ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
When we began this year, we talked together about how, in the upcoming months, God was going to challenge us in BIG ways. We can see that happening in families all around our church; however, we can also see it happening in our church as well. God is challenging us to step outside of our comfort zone to reach real people with the love of Jesus.
If you have been to our 10:30 a.m. service lately, you probably noticed one thing...it is PACKED! It is filled with new faces, shoulder-to-shoulder seating, and even people in the balcony. While this is an awesome “problem” to have, we need to make a transition to make room for more people. The elders of the church have spent many hours asking God together what the best transition is for us to make. Beginning on Easter, April 8, we will be transitioning to three services. We will have an 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. service. We will have Sunday school running during the 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. service.
We know that this will require more servants. We know that it will require some of us to sacrifice. We know that it will cause a few of us to change our schedule and we know that it is different. However, we also know that God has called us to reach as many people as we can and in order for that to happen, we need to make more seating available on Sunday mornings. This transition will give us the privilege of encountering God’s Spirit another time on Sunday morning. This will open the door for more life change, more worship and more opportunities to hear God’s word. This is a big challenge, that, we believe as a church, we will rise to meet. Listed below is a schedule of the new services and what is happening during them.
As we step into this transition, please pray that God will work through us as the church to be as flexible as He wants us to be in order to reach more people. Please pray for your role as a servant. Please pray for a smooth transition, and most of all, pray that we will stand together in UNITY.
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
Philippians 2:1-3
New Sunday Morning Breakdown Starting April 8, 2012
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8:00 a.m. Service
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9:30 a.m. Service
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11:00 a.m. Service
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Worship
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Worship
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Worship
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Junior Church
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Junior Church
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Nursery
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Nursery
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Nursery
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Love & Respect Sunday School Class
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Christianity 101 Sunday School Class
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Christian Standard Sunday School Class
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Women’s Study Sunday School Class
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2- & 3-year-olds Sunday School Class
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4- & 5-year-olds Sunday School Class
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K-1st graders Sunday School Class
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2nd-5th graders Sunday School Class
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6th-8th graders Sunday School Class
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9th-12th graders Sunday School Class
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