thoughts from the weekend

Thoughts from the weekend

It was great to be back "in the saddle" yesterday, as I spoke on the subject of vision.

At the end of the teaching, I asked our church family to turn in a "let's dream together" insert.

I asked them, "what would you dream for our church if we had all the money, resources, time, volunteers and facilities in the world?

Answers varied, but yet most articulated the same vision: Connect people to Christ, draw closer to God, draw closer to one another.

I liked Cody Wolf's "dream".

He writes (in the context of dreaming for his church) - He dreams for:

Trampolines
Indoor soccer arena
Football field
Ice rink
Weight room
Gun range.

At least Cody was honest.

We do have a dream. We dream of "loving God and loving people."

We dream of reaching our community for Jesus Christ.

We dream of seeing people grow in Christ.

We dream of having 12,000 people come each Sunday to our church at different campuses around the southland.

We dream of having 2,000 small groups, ministering to people in a personal way.

Great Sunday, wonderful worship.

Many are gone on vacation. I encourage you, if you are in town, please be faithful in attendance. We need you!

Would you dream with me?

What would you dream for our church if we had all the money, resources, time, volunteers and facilities in the world?