Amy and I had the great pleasure of visiting Elevation Church this past weekend.  What an amazing church!  We had such a great time seeing everything there.

Chunks Corbett, the executive pastor, was kind enough to spend the entire morning with us.  He answered every question I could come up with an then some.  You simply couldn’t have asked for a better host.  I was very impressed with Chunks and I’m sure he’s a big part of the reason God is growing Elevation Church.  I was about ready to offer Chunks a job but I think he knows Elevation is a very special place.

I believe the real story behind Elevation’s phenomenal growth, in their short 18 month history, is their volunteers.  Truthfully, I just couldn’t get over the amount of energy and effort these folks put into setting up (and tearing down) each week.  They meet in a high school where they have three services on Sundays (8:30, 10, & 11:30).  They run around 1700 people through the doors at that campus alone.  The volunteers are some hard working folks and it shows.  (For those interested, Tadd has a lot of great Elevation pictures here.)

The pastor, Steven Furtick, was sick as a dog that morning but he pushed through and did a great job.  I reminded me of the playing hurt posts I’ve been seeing on a lot of the blogs lately.

I don’t get to do it very often but I always learn so very much from visiting other churches.  I also seem to always walk away with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for what God is doing back home at Mill Creek!