A God Moment
by Rev. Gordie Barry | February 10, 2012
February 10 Weekly Update
1. A God Moment shared by one of you!
I want to share how God is calling our own members. This week one of our members came into the office to talk and keep me up on what was happening in their life. We talk about a variety of things. As they were leaving they looked at me, and said they needed to make some changes in their giving. Because of some recent changes in their lives, they needed to move from giving 15% to 10% to the church! In these days of economic instability, they could have very easily made some drastic changes to moved to the more normal giving to a church (2-4%), but there was no doubt in their voice nor faith conviction to continue their witness! I am inspired by you and your ongoing witness of God’s awesome grace and abundant love!
2. There is a Revival Coming!!!!!
Our theme for the coming Sundays in Lent (February 26— March 25) is “Membership Revival and Renovation.” This is a personal faith revival and renovation. We will read the book, “Renovate or Die”.
The books are on three tables in the hallway. We have books for every household. Please sign the paper as you take your book.
We will read two chapters before that Sunday.
Feb. 26 chapters 1&2 Theme is “Everyone is in Ministry”
March 4 chapters 3&4 Theme is “Getting the Basics Right”
March 11 chapters 5&6 Theme is “Relevant Worship to All”
March 18 chapters 7&8 Theme is “Discipleship vs Member”
March 25 chapters 9&10 Theme is “Our Mission Mentality”
We hope everyone will participate in a small group discussion during each week.
Our plan is to have twelve small groups meeting at the church or in a home: Sunday morning, Sunday Evening, Wednesday evening, and another weekday during the day.
We need twelve people willing to guide the discussion.
(Questions for the discussions will be provided.)
Please call the office if you wish to be one of the discussion leaders.
We will celebrate our personal revival and renovation after Easter on April 15th at one awesome celebration service at 10:00 am!
3. We have another awesome addition to our worship services this Sunday.
This Sunday is Scout Sunday, and we will have the “Scout” band offering a special place in our worship services. We welcome each scout in this wonderful new experience!
4. Work Day at Peace Temple building tomorrow.
Another work day is planned for Saturday, Feb.11. We will meet here at the church and leave at 9am and work until about 1pm. If you can come to any of this please let me know.
5. The “World” counter in Faith Hall will be the place where we offer goods for the congregation to buy and help support various mission projects.
6. The “Opportunities” counter across from the bulletin boards will remain for you to sign up for classes and areas of service in the church.
Have a great weekend, pause for some silent time remembering how much you are loved, Gordie