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>>> FIRED UP AND EXCITED TO BE
ABLE TO GIVE TO GOD.
SO ARE YOU READY TO HAVE AN
OFFERING?
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S DO THIS.
♪ EVERYBODY DANCE NOW ♪
♪ EVERYBODY DANCE NOW ♪
>> IT'S OFFERING!
>> WELL, OFFERING IN MY CHURCH
WASN'T QUITE LIKE THAT.
>> GOT TO LOVE THE MUSIC.
>> LOVE THE MUSIC.
WELL, THATTAGE YOU'RE
SEEING NOW IS TEXAS MINISTER
BILL CORNELIA TAKING UP
OFFERING.
IT'S IN CORPUS CHRISTI.
CLEARLY HE'S NOT A BIG STICKLER
FOR TRADITION BUT WHAT HE'S
DOING FOR EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE
MIGHT EVEN TOP THIS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEAMERS,
BIKES, FURNITURE, LAPTOPS.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET
SOMETHING.
THE GOOD
MORNING LIVE VIA SKYPE.
KIND SIR, WE APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE.
WE WON'T GIVE OUT THE DIRECTIONS
TO YOUR CHURCH BECAUSE I'M SURE
EVERYBODY WOULD BE TRYING TO
SHOW UP TOMORROW BUT TELL ME
WHY?
WHY DID YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
>> WELL, THE REAL HEART BEHIND
THE WHOLE THING IS FIRST OF ALL
PEOPLE'S GENEROSITY IS J
PEOPLE STEPPED UP AND GAVE.
WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE WANT
TO REACH PEOPLE AND BRING THEM
IN AND TELL THEM HOW MUCH GOD
LIVES THEM.
>> PEOPLE SAY IT'S LIKE YOU'RE
AND THAT'S JUST NOT THE WAY IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THINK
ABOUT IT, MOST CHURCHES BACK IN
THE DAY AND EVEN STILL TODAY DO
EASTER EGG HUNTS TO DRAW KIDS
IN.
I JUST CAN'T FIND ANY EASTER
EGGS LARGE ENOUGH TO PUT ANY OF
OUR CARS IN.
>> AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR A
CHILD VERSUS A SEVEN SERIES FOR
AN ADULT.
IT'S JUST OUR PEOPLE STEPPING UP
AND GIVING THINGS SO WE CAN DRAW
PEOPLE IN.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE OF A PURPOSE
AND WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN MANY,
MANY PEOPLE COME IN.
WE WERE ATTICA PASSITY CROWDS
THE OTHER NIGHT.
JUST VERY, VERY EXCITING.
ALSO BRING A TANGIBLE SIDE TO
THE INTANGIBLE TRUTH THAT CAN
BASICALLY GIVE THEM HEAVEN AND
SO IT'S REALLY -- IT'S A GIANT
ILLUSTRATION TO POINT THEM TO
THE ULTIMATE GIFT WHICH IS THE
GIFT OF HEAVEN.
>> TELL ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO
WORK IN CHURCH TOMORROW.
FIRST, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU
EXPECT AND TELL ME HOW DO YOU GO
ABOUT WINNING SOME
ITEMS?
TO 8,000 PEOPLE, AND SO WE'RE
VERY EXCITED.
BASICALLY YOU COME IN, YOU
REGISTER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SERVICE, AND AT THE END OF THE
SERVICE WE TAKE ALL THOSE
REGISTRANTS AND PUT THEM IN A
BOX, SPIN PULL
A NAME AND LITERALLY YOU COULD
SHOW UP AND AN HOUR LATER LEAVE
THE NEW OWNER OF A CAR.
>> NOW, I ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO
GIFTS BECAUSE YOU ORE YOU START
DON'T WANT THE PEWS TO BE EMPTY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT OF THIS
IS THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT GIFTS
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE
ULTIMATE GIVEAWAY WHICH IS JOHN
3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON.
>> WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE
ATTENDANCE TO T WEETER THIS WEE
BIG CROWD?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE EXPECTING A BUMP.
WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO STILL
RETAIN QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
THAT'S OUR GOAL AND WE SHOULD
HAVE B 20,000
THIS WEEKIEN AND I THINK WE'LL
STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE
COMING BACK NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
>> SOME PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY
GO TOMORROW NOT
YOUR REGULAR PARISHIONERS,
PEOPLE WHO HEARD ABOUT THIS AND
WANT TO GET THEIR HANDS ON
SOMETHING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT IDEA
OF SOME JUST SHOWING UP TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF A GIVEAWAY?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHO WE WANT.
HE PERSON WHO YOU WANT?
THAT
MATERIAL SIDE OF THINGS AND NOT
THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THINGS AND
IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO TELL
THEM ABOUT GOD AND HIS LOVE AND
TELL THEM ABOUT HEAVEN AND JUST
GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RECEIVE CHRIST.
>> ARE YOU WORRIED SOME OF THAT
MESSAGE MIGHT GO IN ONE EAR AND
OUT THE OTHER AND THEN THE MONEY
GOES OUT THE DOOR?
>> WE'RE REALLY NOT WORRIED
ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE'RE
JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO
LEAVE PEOPLE WITH A GIFT AS
WELL.
EVERYONE THAT COMES LEAVES A
WI WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED
DOLLARS WORTH OF ITEMS WORTH OF
COUPONS IN THEIR -- IN AN
ENVELOPE WE'RE GIVING
EVERYONE LEAVES A WINNER BUT THE
ULTIMATE REASON IS TO POINT
PEOP'VE ALREADY SEEN OVER 500
PEOPLE MAKE COMMITMENTS TO THE
LORD AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SAYS
ABOUT US THESE DAYS, THIS DAY
AND TIME, THAT IT TAKES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BRING
CERTAIN PEOPLE INTO CHURCH?
JUST WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT US
ALL AS A SOCIETYs AS A WHOLE?
>> I THINK IT SAYS FRANKLY WE'RE
NOT HEAVENLY-MINDED, SO IT'S
FUNNY HOW WE'VE BEEN GIVING
HETCH OUT FOR FREE OR THOUSANDS
OF YEARS AT CHURCHES ALL AROUND
CAR AND A BIKE ANDNLY ONE
THE WHOLE WORLD GOES CRISY.
I JUST FIGURE THIS JUST HELPS US
SAY, THIS CAR IS NICE, BUT IT'S
'S NOT GOING
TO WORK ONE DAY, BUT HEAVEN IS
FOR I DON'T EVER.
IT POINTS US TO A GREATER
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEM ABOUT
THE LOVE OF GOD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GO NOW
BUT WE CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE ON?
IS THAT ONE OF THE AY
>> WE JUST GAVE AWAY THAT AUDI
A-4 LAST NIGHT TO SOMEBODY.
WE'RE ALSO GIVING 300 BIKES TO
CHILDREN IN ONE OF THE ROUGHEST
AREAS OF OUR CITY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR PEOPLE
WHO ARE SO GENEROUS TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
>> WELL, OUR CREW HERE IS BUYING
UP EVERY TICKET FROM ATLANTA TO
CORPUS CHRISTI RIGHT NOW AND WE
WILL ALL SEE YOU IN CHURCH
TOMORROW, SIR.>> SOUNDS GREAT.
THANKS A LOT.