New Season, Same Mission
On Sunday we made a big announcement. In case you weren’t able to be there, we announced that Sunday services will now be held at 424 Duss Ave. beginning next Sunday, June 27 (Listen to the announcement here). As a leadership team, we had been sensing that God was leading us into a new season as a church for several months. The season of meeting at the school was a good season. I am so thankful for the many people who came to Christ and are part of our church family today because they heard of us through the school venue. We are also very thankful for the many friendships we were able to make with our amazing janitors, tech students, and administrators.
Just as seasons change in the life of our planet, they also change in the life of a church. Part of the responsibility of leadership is to understand the times and seasons and know what to do (See 1 Chron. 12:32). While we rejoice in all that God did in this past season, we clearly sense him leading us in a new direction. When the Apostle Paul was traveling in Asia Minor, God clearly redirected his steps to pursue ministry in Macedonia (Acts 16:6-10). His message stayed the same, but his venue changed. For Paul it was clearly a new season, with the same mission.
The gospel never changes, and our mission to reach the lost and make disciples never changes, but sometimes the seasons change and God redirects our steps. Practically, this means that nothing is changing except our venue. Our style will not change, our message will not change, our love for Scripture, the gospel, and our burden to reach people and make disciples will not change.
As we enter this new season as a church, I feel that we are entering a season of renewal. It will be a season of renewed vision, renewed relationships, and renewed spiritual vitality. As far as the details go, we are going to try as best we can to remain at one 10:30am service through the summer. There’s nothing better than walking in step with the Holy Spirit and following his plan. The best is yet to come!
