Our Third Preview Service: The Official Warp-Up

We had a great Sunday! In the face of all the challenges (Charger game, cold weather, and Christmas shopping), we still broke past one hundred. In fact, 101 people showed up to our third preview service.


We are thankful for all your support! We would like to say a special thanks to Sam Hart and the band for filling in for music this week (you guys rocked)! We would also like to thank our friend Christian Turner for snapping all the photos (you've got skills boy). Be sure to check out the photo gallery for a complete picture of what took place. We can't wait to do it all again on January 13th, 2008. We hope to see you there!

iNeed To Invite A Friend

Firstly, we wanted to say thank you for attending one of Seven San Diego's preview services. Remember, our third preview service is coming up this Sunday, December 9th.


Secondly, we wanted to assure you that Seven San Diego is a place where people foster an environment of warmth and invitation. At Seven SD, people are encouraged to invite their friends, family, and coworkers to attend our services. Please, feel free to ask those you love to join the journey alongside you. We are a new church with a future built around our responsibility as believers to invite those that don't know Christ into His church.

The first line of our purpose statement is "We exist to show people Jesus..." Sunday morning services are a great place for people to meet Jesus. We encourage you to invite as many people as you can to our next preview on Sunday, December 9th at 10:00 AM. When they come with you, be sure to have them write your name in the "How did you hear about Seven San Diego?" line of the registration card. We will be giving away an iPod Nano (or gift card of equivalent value) to the person who has invited the most people to our December 9th preview.


Why? You may ask...well this is because we would like to reward you with a tangible gift that might help motivate you to take a chance and invite that person who has been on your mind the past couple of weeks. Also, in case you haven't noticed, we have a little iPod theme tied to our teaching series, so we're stickin' with it.

One of our core values at Seven is having "FUN"! We hope that you have fun inviting your friends, family, or coworkers. We are sure that you will enjoy seeing them around church more often. We are also sure that you will have fun with our little friendly competition!

We are looking forward to December 9th and can't wait to see you there. Please feel free to email info@sevensdchurch.com or call with any questions you might have.

Wait... Jesus Has Something to Say

Here's the mailer we sent out to a few thousand homes this week. We always said we would be tools for Christ. Please, accept the invitation... Our third preview service is this Sunday, December 9th.


Letter from Jesus: Hello! My name is Jesus Christ. Remember me... Christmas, Easter? I’m that guy! I know you’ve probably lost interest in me a long time ago. Well, I must tell you, I haven‘t lost interest in YOU... Nor, do I believe popular culture has lost interest in telling you about me either. Did you see Stewie poke fun of me on Family Guy? or how about Morgan Freeman pretending to be me again in another “Almighty” film? or what about the Heroes that keep suggesting that I gave them their extraordinary powers? I agree, some of it is funny and intriguing. Although a nice try, it's not quite me.

..Well, enough of that. It’s time for you to get to know the real me. I want to invite you to a brand spankin’ new church I’ve launched in Chula Vista, CA. Seven San Diego is currently meeting at Olympian High School in Otay Ranch once each month. I have assigned Jeremy McGarity, former professional baseball player turned pastor, to lead this church. He met me while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Colorado Rockies, Texas Rangers, and Duluth-Superior Dukes. He now lives in San Diego with his wife, Janie, and two kids. Check out their new church on the following previews dates. They will meet week to week beginning in February. Their current teaching series is titled, “iNeed a life: A guided tour through messy spirituality.” You don’t want to miss it, JC

Photo Gallery Now Active

We have officially activated our photo gallery on our website. Check it out! We're not done uploading, but in the meantime feel free to take a look at what we do have. We know there are some photographs you may have already seen. We also know that there are others you still have not.

Giving/Tithing Report

Giving Totals This Month:

10/14/07 - $1,900.00
10/21/07 - $223.00
10/28/07 - $50.00
11/04/07- $4,997.00 (Second Preview Service)

We are thankful for your sacrificial giving. You can now make checks payable to Seven San Diego. Your financial gifts may be sent to:

Seven San Diego
PO BOX. 212098,
Chula Vista, CA 91921

If you are still making checks payable to HDC, we ask that you would write Seven SD in the memo line, or designate your giving online at highdesertchurch.com.

Our Second Preview Service: The Official Wrap-Up

This blog post is partially dedicated to our sign holders! "I saw the sign!," is one comment we keep getting from our congregants. Of course, when they say that, we don't believe they are speaking figuratively or even quoting that early 90's Ace of Base song. Yeah, you know what we're talking about.


Currently, our church meets at Olympian High School in Chula Vista, CA. The school is tucked away, so having the help of at least sixteen sign holders is very critical.




To all of our sign holders we say, "THANK YOU". Thank you for getting all 166 people to Seven San Diego. You are literally leading the way!

Oh, and in case you missed it, check out some more photographs from our second church preview service (all photos by Christian Turner).


Above: Matt Coulombe and band. Below: Pastor Jeremy McGarity.



Above: Pastor Jeremy McGarity teaches. Below: Seven SD Kids leaders, Maryjo Moore and Jennifer Richardson.



Above: Seven SD Kids guest speaker, James Burdette, a.k.a Visible Man. Below: Seven SD Kids, elementary.



Above: Heidi Randolph, and Todd and Rachel Rehrer tear down. Below: One of many happy iPod winners.


Praise God for another great church service! We are ready for preview number three.

iNeed A Life: Part Two (Nov.4th)

Here's the second installment of our series titled, "iNeed A Life". This Sunday, Jeremy McGarity will teach on "What to do when iThink I've been wronged".

Remember, you can find us meeting at Olympian High School at 10 AM for our second preview service this weekend. Check out the teaser!