Monday, September 29, 2008
Shepherd's Statement
Several of you have asked about the statement I read a few weeks ago. Here it is. Feel free to comment.
From time to time you will hear and read "statements" from the elders. This morning what you are getting is a look into our hearts. My fellow elders have asked that I share with you a glimpse into our hearts. I will tell you I know these men. I have studied with them, prayed with them, cried with them, and laughed with them.
Our hearts, our passion, and our lives are committed to reaching our community and our world with the Good News of Jesus and enabling each of us to grow to be more like him. We commit that all of our assemblies (Daybreak, Refresh, Sunday evening service, Home Gatherings, or any other assembly), each of our ministries, and all our financial and physical resources will be designed and utilized to honor God, to know Jesus, and to invite others into our family.
We will use a common core teaching thread thru all of our assemblies. We will share in the Lord's Supper together. But in order not to lose focus on this critical task of reaching people for Jesus, we do want to address two items that have come to our attention: we are an a cappella congregation so our singing during the assemblies will be without instrumental accompaniment, and our worship services are, and will be, led by men.
As always, we are willing to visit with any of our members about this or other questions you may have, But our passion is to have all of our flock follow us into heaven. So please call on us for spiritual counsel or prayer. And we want our flock to increase so if you are here and want to know more about Jesus and to die with him in order to live forever, please see one of us today.
We love our Lord, we love your, and we love the lost of this community. May God bless each of us on this and every day until he calls us home.
From time to time you will hear and read "statements" from the elders. This morning what you are getting is a look into our hearts. My fellow elders have asked that I share with you a glimpse into our hearts. I will tell you I know these men. I have studied with them, prayed with them, cried with them, and laughed with them.
Our hearts, our passion, and our lives are committed to reaching our community and our world with the Good News of Jesus and enabling each of us to grow to be more like him. We commit that all of our assemblies (Daybreak, Refresh, Sunday evening service, Home Gatherings, or any other assembly), each of our ministries, and all our financial and physical resources will be designed and utilized to honor God, to know Jesus, and to invite others into our family.
We will use a common core teaching thread thru all of our assemblies. We will share in the Lord's Supper together. But in order not to lose focus on this critical task of reaching people for Jesus, we do want to address two items that have come to our attention: we are an a cappella congregation so our singing during the assemblies will be without instrumental accompaniment, and our worship services are, and will be, led by men.
As always, we are willing to visit with any of our members about this or other questions you may have, But our passion is to have all of our flock follow us into heaven. So please call on us for spiritual counsel or prayer. And we want our flock to increase so if you are here and want to know more about Jesus and to die with him in order to live forever, please see one of us today.
We love our Lord, we love your, and we love the lost of this community. May God bless each of us on this and every day until he calls us home.
