City Community Church Launch

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Yesterday we had the privilege to attend the launch of City Community Church (t), an amazing new church being planted in downtown Indianapolis. Nathan, Erik and the rest of their team hit it out of the park with a worship set and message that clearly set the stage for what this church is about and where it is going.

It was easy to get excited about the service just by walking in. CityCom secured the Indianapolis Central Library as their church location, probably one of the coolest venues I’ve ever been in for a portable church.

As soon as we walked up the steps and into the library we were welcomed by a team of happy greeters directing us where to go. They were friendly, but not too friendly. By too friendly, I mean the kind of friendly where 15 people converge on you, hug you and act like you’re their long-lost brother. If you’ve ever been to a church like that you know what I’m talking about.

The kick-off series was called Imagine. The creative team did a great job of weaving musical and video elements into the morning from the opening notes of Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ on the keys in the beginning of worship to a video clip from the original Willy Wonka movie.

Worship was energetic and powerful. Songs like God of This City, while overplayed at some churches, were very appropriate in the worship set and sung with passion by the worship team who clearly believed that, “greater things are still to be done in this city.”

The launch team understands the value of today’s technology and utilized social networking tools like Facebook, Tokbox and Twitter in the weeks prior to the launch to help generate anticipation.

I’m so excited to see how God is going to use City Community Church to impact downtown Indianapolis in the weeks and months ahead and look forward to making it back very soon.

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1 Juli Jarvis said:

It will be interesting to see how soon they outgrow this facility. How many services are they doing?

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2 Brad Ruggles said:

It was their first service yesterday and they were pretty full. Not sure what the count was but I’m sure they’ll be going to multiple services in no time.
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3 Rachel Richard said:

Last we heard was around 300. We’ll find out the final count at the “downloading meeting” on Tues. night. CityKids was overflowing with kids!
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4 Curtis Honeycutt said:

Yeah, that service was incredible. They had me at “Imagine”. This church has the potential of being an incredible presence in the heart of downtown Indy.

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5 Jason Ruggles said:

Don’t have much to say other than…
So cool!

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6 Denise Jackson said:

Nathan, Denise here. Rick and I heard this was being launched. We have our 24 year old son here with us (going to IU Med School) and looking for a church. We are so excited about trying this out. Jimmy, a freind of yours from Lakeview, maybe in the youth ministry told us about it,he met Cicker about a month ago. Looking forward to seeing you there
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7 Beth Taylor said:

I love it when church planting is done right and done with excellence! We attended a new church plant yesterday that was tremendous. It must make God smile.

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8 BJ said:

That is tight stuff…as the topic of relevence in the chruch is so crucial nowadays it is awesome to see a church using tools to hopefully stay ahead of the curve and attract the younger generations and continue to add full to their flame for the passion of following Christ….wow who would of thought Beej would go deep… its a 90 yard touchdown pass baby!!!!

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9 tam said:

that is exciting!

we’re opening new campuses this year, possibly theater churches.

but this got me thinking about our multi-million dollar library that was built about five years ago and closed a year later from “lack of funding”. its still closed. bet they could use some “business”….

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10 Justin Davis said:

My wife and I plan to check it out. So cool to see and hear about new churches taking new ground for the Kingdom. Excited to hear more about City Community.

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11 Jay Brock @ The Sex Rev said:

Awesome.

Brad, do you know the story on how it started? Was it a send-off church or a home Bible study or what? I’d love to know!

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12 alece said:

that facility looks fantastic. and it seems like the church is off to a great start.

are you involved/helping with the plant?

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13 hannah t said:

i dont go 2 church i bleive on my own time and at my ‘church’ ! XD
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14 Joanna Rose said:

I believe in god the father almighty.
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15 diy build a shed said:

Same with you Hannah. I don’t really go into church but I read bibles as part of my studies. I’m not that religious in nature but I do believe in God.