House Keeping and Reminders
Remember, like I mentioned tonight: I am not "the minister" at Living Hope. I am A minister alongside all of you, fellow ministers of the gospel. My calling as pastor is to ad-minister whichever ministers the Lord would provide for the vision we have.
That being said, you have 4 weeks to find just one person/family to join us for a semi-launching service as we launch out our children's ministry on April 11th. We need a freshness and newness to our group, if the Lord would be pleased to give it to us, some momentum to pick up more momentum; wind in our sails so to speak. Like mentioned above, it's all of our job to share the hope that we have, not just one particular person/pastor/leader. Let's join together and make this happen!
Use facebook and twitter to pass the word along. Get creative! Make a t-shirt, write a blog, make one of those silly pictures where you tag 100 people but have each of the squares say "Come with me to Living Hope"! If it's worth showing up, it's worth sharing, right?
Also, don't forget to pray this prayer we looked at tonight in Colossians 1. Make a list of people in your GC and make sure to pray for one of those people each and every day the words that Paul prayed (and that the Spirit inspired to be recorded for our benefit!).
Living Hope can't stand on the power of all of us, much less the power of me or any other pastor or leader. But it can stand on God's people being the new creation that they are, the body of Christ that they are, by the power of the Spirit at work within them. Let's rely on Him and each other to accomplish the mission that we have to reach our city for Jesus.
Love you all. Spread the word, spread hope. (and spread that little slogan!)
Pastor John