This is all HIS Doing
Planting, or re-planting a church never progresses the way that you expect. But it would be hard for me to be more encouraged than I am right now. I am witnessing a magnetism of sorts at the Journey because people are being drawn to the strong sense of community that is being offered as well as incredible worship. We have had those who came for a service and left, never to be heard from again; we expected this. We are not trying to be so vanilla that everyone likes us a little. Bill Cosby said, “I don’t know what the key to success is, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody”. We unapologetically are not trying to please everybody. I preach in jeans and that alone is enough to offend a lot of religious people’s sensibilities. We are trying to be who we are without any sense of performing to meet other’s expectations.
This is why some of you are drawn to the Journey, because it’s honest. And this is why I am so encouraged. We seem to be really connecting with more and more people every week and we haven’t even launched with weekly services yet. So, as I write this, I am praising God for His grace at the Journey. This is all His doing. The fact that we get to be involved in a work like this is a privilege that many pastors never receive and we certainly don’t deserve it.
We launch next week. The wave that we are riding is swelling to greater heights and we need your help to sustain and even increase the momentum that God is giving us. We need you to pray and we need you to invite. Get your friends, family, co-workers and anyone else to come to a service soon. The buzz will increase, people will hear, and we will offer to them the same thing that was offered to you. This is our promise to you.
Mission is what we are about. We are here to continue the work that Jesus began. This is who we are. This is who we will always be.
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