1st Wednesday Celebration

We had our first 1st Wednesday Celebration last night! Thanks to everyone who made it last night. I hope that everyone was encouraged by our time together - I know I was - I can't get the song "Resting Place" out of my head. Thanks to Ryan for leading our worship, Jim for leading our communion time, John for leading our prayer time, and to Drew for closing us in prayer.

Our theme for last night centered around "Greater Things" which comes from John 1:50:

John 1:50 (NIV)
Jesus said, "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that."

We should be expecting greater things in our lives that come from God - both individually and in our families and in our church. I outlined 7 "greater things" that as a church we can be trusting God for in the coming year (for quick reference these are also in the right sidebar towards the bottom):

1. 24 new souls to minister to
2. 12 new saved souls
3. 12 baptisms
4. 4 community outreach events
5. 100 prayer requests
6. Everyone contributing (serving the church)
7. 2 new Fellowship Teams

The thing that matters to God the most is the souls of people - that is what He redeems because that is the most important thing to Him. Therefore that is what we should be centered around.

Please be praying for these "greater things" on a consistent basis and let's trust God that He will bless us in these ways. I am looking forward to serving with you over the next year as God does "greater things" in our midst.