My Church!
We tend to be quick to share what we don't like about things so I just wanted to make note of what I really like and appreciate about my church. I know it is not perfect, and there are plenty of other good churches around but today I am giving my church props. Maybe I'll send it to my pastor and it can be a bit of sunshine between letters people may send him about not liking the casual clothes he wears or saying he does not do altar calls often enough or whatever the complaints of the day are.
Our pastor is an incredible communicator. His messages are not overly deep, but if you dare to apply the message you will find the application is incredibly deep. Love your enemies is a simply statement, but a hard one to live out.
We have a very cool environment to invite people to, with a lot of great volunteers to make it all run smoothly.
The church has great facilities for kids, and has quality, innovative programming for kids.
I like having a simple purpose and vision that I can get my head and hands around.
1) Our goal is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
2) We aim for intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders. We get really good teaching on all aspects of this statement.
The aim really is about changed lives. Rarely do we talk about numbers. We talk about how serving anywhere or giving anywhere is done because we buy into the vision of the church and want to be a part of that.
The music rocks. I loved kicking off the Easter service last year with a great rendition of "It's A Beautiful Day."
Everything that is done is done with absolute professional quality that rivals anything out in the marketplace.
Baptisms are done frequently and provide a good opportunity for us to see how real lives are being changed. Baptisms are done live, but what the person being baptized wants to share as a testimony is videotaped and shown right before the live baptism.
The church reimburses us for childcare when we have to hire a babysitter to go to small group. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. They talk about the high value they place on small groups, and they back it up by providing money for childcare.
Having said what I appreicate about my church, I wonder how that measures up with what is the purpose of the church? Maybe that will be next week.
Our pastor is an incredible communicator. His messages are not overly deep, but if you dare to apply the message you will find the application is incredibly deep. Love your enemies is a simply statement, but a hard one to live out.
We have a very cool environment to invite people to, with a lot of great volunteers to make it all run smoothly.
The church has great facilities for kids, and has quality, innovative programming for kids.
I like having a simple purpose and vision that I can get my head and hands around.
1) Our goal is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
2) We aim for intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders. We get really good teaching on all aspects of this statement.
The aim really is about changed lives. Rarely do we talk about numbers. We talk about how serving anywhere or giving anywhere is done because we buy into the vision of the church and want to be a part of that.
The music rocks. I loved kicking off the Easter service last year with a great rendition of "It's A Beautiful Day."
Everything that is done is done with absolute professional quality that rivals anything out in the marketplace.
Baptisms are done frequently and provide a good opportunity for us to see how real lives are being changed. Baptisms are done live, but what the person being baptized wants to share as a testimony is videotaped and shown right before the live baptism.
The church reimburses us for childcare when we have to hire a babysitter to go to small group. Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. They talk about the high value they place on small groups, and they back it up by providing money for childcare.
Having said what I appreicate about my church, I wonder how that measures up with what is the purpose of the church? Maybe that will be next week.
posted by tricia @ 9:22 AM
1 Comments:
Having served on a pastoral staff for a number of years, I think this post would definitely encourage your pastor and other staff. It is just as helpful to hear what people think is going well as when they have a complaint. And it sounds like your church is doing some things really well. (I'm especially impressed by the childcare reimbursement!)
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