29 Years of Freedom

Tomorrow we will be celebrating our 29^th anniversary as a church, fitting as it’s on January 29^th. On Jan 31, 1988 3 families along with Greg and Ruth’s family met at Greg’s house to begin this work. We have had many experiences through the years and we should take a moment to rejoice in the Lord’s promise to us and all churches, “the gates of hell shall not prevail against you.” They have not prevailed as we are still standing to continue worshiping in our own little way to exalt the name of Jesus Christ.

After the morning service we will bust up the auditorium (not literally of course) and have a potluck lunch. We will have a committee meeting to determine how we want to set up the church for the potluck and then conduct a business meeting where it will take a 2/3 majority vote to approve this set-up. We will have lunch at 5pm on Monday! LOL and chuckles: what’s good about us is that it doesn’t take a committee to decide to eat.

Immediately after the potluck (we don’t intend to keep you all day so we’ll keep it as brief as we can) we will have a short discussion on the “State of the Church.” This is to provide the communication we determined 2 years ago as being necessary to keep all informed as to our financial condition and what our needs and desires will be for the year. For the last 2 years several goals have been met and we praise the Lord that upon determined what our needs were we have substantially met our goals. All glory goes to Jesus Christ the Lord of the church!

We will also allow you guys to brainstorm any new practical goals you think we ought to have for the year. We know the spiritual goals are in the hands of the Lord but we always need to revisit the overall health of the church and how we can be healthier. Be thinking about this, but the overall purpose of the meeting is to discuss where we’re at on a practical level and what we think we want to do for the coming year.

We signed a new lease this year that lasts until December 31, 2018. We’re in the Lord’s hands but we’ve been in His hands for 29 years and that is the best possible place we can be.

Think on these things: Worship – Bible knowledge and teaching – Missions and Outreach – Finances – Building, tools and furnishings – these are only some of the items that either enhance or limit the overall health of the church.

And oh by the way, I blogged 7 times in the last year. I hope I can keep up this breakneck pace! I always think of things to blog about during the week but with my old brain I soon forget to do it or just don't get the time. I'll keep trying and thanks for your patience, but I was pleased that I found 7 posts from me for the past year!