So you want to know how we are stepping out in faith? Well, this morning I introduced Jim Hewitt and his wife Rachel. We recently hired Jim as our intern church planter. He and Rachel will be starting a church early in 2009 in the Greenbrier area. We are so excited to have Jim join our staff team for the next six months. We are going to pour ourselves into him. I hope he will learn from our past failures and successes. However, one thing I have learned is that without some of the failures, we wouldn’t have had near as many successes. I believe with all my heart that if we are not risking failure, we are not moving forward with an audacious spirit of believing that God can do the impossible.
Not only are we sponsoring this church plant, we have also signed a lease for a new church office space that doubles the amount of room that we currently have. This office will allow us to have plenty of room for classes and training. It will allow us to continue to move forward in hiring future staff. With the addition of Jim Hewitt and Val Campbell, we can sure use the space. We will move into the new office on the first of August. We look forward to hosting an open house for everyone to see how once again, God has given us an amazing deal.
Let me also say that if you are not volunteering right now, you better start soon or you are going to miss the event of the year for our church. I’m not going to let the secret out, but we are going to appreciate our volunteers like you have never seen this fall!
Keep checking back for more ways that we are going to move forward with an audacious spirit!
It’s amazing how God is showing His power in our church!