Last week I spent three days in Chicago learning how to conduct multiethnic conference type workshops. Overall the training was pretty informative but the major event that happened during the training was talking to the National Church Plant Director for the association of churches that I belong to. It was great talking to someone who has a wealth of experience and knowledge in the subject of church planting.
Our church’s inaugural Clean the Bay Day effort went really well. We have about 17 people show up to help clean up Birchwood Malibu Park. I got to the site around 8:30 and it was HOT already. We spent about an hour on the effort. I was really happy to spend the time cleaning up. It is our job as Christ followers to make sure we take care of our community. A great way I have found to do that is by taking advantage of events like Clean the Bay Day. The next community clean up type event I will look into may be Adopt-A-Park.
This weekend we will do a cookie outreach to guys for Father’s Day. The last outreach we did for Mother’s Day went really well. We pray for the same amount of results this time as well. Many kids will graduate this weekend also. The city of Virginia Beach will have tons of new graduates this Saturday. My eldest daughter Katherine will be one of those graduates.
As we move into the summer months, I need to start focusing on two things for the church: 1) funding and 2) the community letter. The community letter will be put together as a result of doing a survey in the community. I feel if I can survey at least 100 people about church and their attendance then that may be enough to draft some ideas about how we will serve our community. A big part of starting a church is funding. Churches in America cannot be started without money. This is a fact that cannot be changed. We have done really well in the early stages by using our tithes and offerings. I heard it said before that funds follow the vision. I have seen this ring true in our church thus far. We have a very faithful team that are 100% sold out on the vision. As the old saying goes, “Where God guides, he provides!”
Until next time…
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