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The Hometown NewsHappy Birthday!
August 3 McKenna Stewart August 23 Dorothy McLoedAugust 11 Lauren Engels August 23 Dustin Petik August 14 Martha Staples August 23 Annette LinemanAugust 15 Wanda Koren August 26 Karen Van WorthAugust 16 Clint Rierson August 26 Dawn Appleby LeroAugust 18 Evelyn Rayner August 30 Josh Staples
2011 and Beyond
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Christ at the Center of Church Leadership
We have done a lot of mission planning in 2010 together. We have prayerfully considered what God has planned to reach
our community and how we can be a part of God’s plan. As your pastor, I cannot tell you how thankful I am that, through-
out all of our study, prayer, and discussion, we have remained united in Christ. That has been and always will be my primary
concern: that our focus remains on the Cross where we receive God’s blessings, forgiveness of sins, and everlasting life.
We are now moving into action for Jesus, not to earn blessings, but because we have so steadily received them! We want
to share this Good News with our community! What an important year 2011 will be for God’s people in our church and
community! I ask that you do some reflecting as we approach 2011 and prayerfully consider how God is directing you. Spe-cifically, your role as a leader within this church.
Do you believe that serving on a Board for this church would be a blessing and an honor?
Please note that I did not ask if you thought that serving on a Board would be easy. I can assure you, it promises not to be.
Where God’s people are trying to advance the Good News, there the devil will be trying to thwart their attempts. But do
you believe serving on a Board important? Is God asking for you to serve His church in a new way? If not you, then who? If not your skills, then from where will they come?Through
Abraham
we learn that we need to trust God’s push even when we don’t know where He is pushing us.
Through
Moses
we learn that we need to trust God’s vision, even if we cannot see it yet. Through
David
we learn that we
must trust God’s forgiveness, even when we know we do not deserve it.
To serve in a Board, you do not have to be perfect, you simply have to be trusting in God
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a gift that comes from the faithyou have been given in Christ. 2011 is a year that will require for us to trust in Him as we, like Abraham, are going to ven-ture into new lands as we reach out to our community
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and we, like Moses, are going to see things we have never seenbefore, as we implement what we have thus far only talked about
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and we, like David are going to continually rely upon theforgiveness that comes through
Jesus Christ
in everything we do. In 2011, in what role will it be an
honor
for you toserve God?
“Lord, it is my prayer that our people do not wait to be asked to serve you, but that you move their hearts to eagerly pro-claim, „Here I am, send me, send me‟ into service and leadership at our beloved Church. Amen.”
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