Topics: neighborhood outreach
The Mission of GOD in Real Time
God willing, we will begin our seven week series on The Mission of GOD this Sunday, in which we hope to walk through the story of the Bible and observe what God is doing in the world and how we engage in his mission. As we anticipate this journey, I want to reflect on last Saturday’s neighborhood picnic to help us identify the necessity of being gripped by the bigger picture of God’s mission in [...] Continue reading
Posted by admin on June 25, 2010
Reaching Out Beyond our Reach
Saturday’s Neighborhood Picnic has the potential to be a very
exciting event for our church family and broader neighborhood. Church
members have helped pass out almost 250 invitations in the streets
closest to our building, and it sounds like many families plan to
attend. If nothing else, our desire is to communicate that we are in
the neighborhood to be a blessing to our neigh [...]
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Posted by admin on May 21, 2008
Why Host a Neighborhood Picnic?
One of my consistent personal motivators for ministry is our house’s proximity to a Jehovah Witnesses’ Kingdom Hall. As I ascend the stairs to my back yard office, I frequently see the “Witnesses” gathering to head out for door-to-door knocking as they offer literature and home Bible studies. Their commitment to spread a heretical message (which denies the deity of Jesus) for the wrong reason (so that [...] Continue reading
Posted by admin on May 2, 2008