Hey everyone,
I just wanted to briefly talk about the vision God has given me for our ministry (in case you were not able to make it to our meeting the other night). First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you on a job well done! I am very impressed with where our ministry is and the quality job all of you are doing. I would also like to thank you for all of your selfless service, and reassure you that there are eternal ramifications for what we are doing.
This past weekend we had a number of kids come forward to either receive Christ or express a desire to be baptized. This is something to be celebrated! It should also serve as motivation to us as we move forward. If we look out our windows we have a front row seat to a lost world, a lost world that we must work diligently at reaching. With this in mind, we are going to become more outreach focused. That is not to say that we will neglect the children that we have, we will simply become more intentional at going out and bringing them in.
One of the ways we are going to accomplish this is by creating some bus routes. We have a goal of 3 bus routes to begin in January for our Saturday service. I would ask you to pray about what your part may be in that exciting ministry. Another way we are going to try to reach out to the community is by expanding some of our events to make them more outreach oriented. For example, on December 11 we have a Parents Night Out (P.N.O.). In the past the P.N.O. has been limited to the first 60 kids registered and it has been free. We are now going to charge $5 a child and use the budgeted money to sponsor kids from our community who may not have been able to come otherwise. During the night there will also be a gospel presentation and an opportunity for kids to come to Christ.
More long-term plans include; V.B.S., Upward sports (upward.org), and continued building of the bus ministry. Again, I would ask that you all pray about how God may use your gifts in these ministries. I believe the fruit we saw in this past weekend should serve as motivation to us, the world is truly lost and we have a responsibility to reach them for Christ.
In Christ,
Pastor Dan
