Why we do what we do!

There are a lot of GREAT stories and pictures from One Service this past weekend but this picture really struck me.

This one man under the tree, the onlooker, the curious one, the SEEKER?

He didn't come to "Church". He didn't have to. Because as the body of Christ we UNITED and brought the "Church", Christ to him.

Will he come back? We don't know. But through us being faithful with our TIME, TALENTS, and TREASURES his life may have been touched for ETERNITY.

Blessings...

Sleeping in Church

Hey All!

WOW! What an amazing time of Worship and Prayer at our 3rd Wednesday service the other night. And what a POWERFUL message. Ed Young spoke about SLEEPING in Church. Not physically but SPIRITUALLY!

He challenged the Church as a whole and each of us INDIVIDUALLY to WAKE UP! One of the passages he quoted was Ephesians 5:14 "Wake up, O Sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you." (NIV)

He basically said if we are only ATTENDING church on Sunday but aren't connected and SERVING we are SLEEPING!

I honestly had to ask myself, am I SLEEP WALKING or FAITH WALKING? What's YOUR answer?

Speaking of SERVING don't forget KIA this Saturday July 19th. We will meet at the AHS around 9:30am and head out to SERVE the community from there. Can't wait to see you all again.

T minus 11 and counting

Hey all! What a great time we had sharing at our most recent Launch Team meeting. It was AWESOME to get together and share the vision of what God has called us to do as His body and each of us individually.

We each have our own part to play that God has called us to in this mission in Ashland. None more important than the other but together to fulfill what He wants to do through us.

As I was preparing to write this I was thinking about the word "launch". What does that really mean? There are several definitions but the ones that struck me most are:

• To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream


• To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

God is moving with force and swiftness to send us out to make a new beginning in Ashland . But the "launching" of something is just the start. It is the just the first phase.

We talked about the obedience God called Abraham to with his son Isaac. It was a journey for Abraham with different phases and he was obedient in all phases. God is calling us to the same OBEDIENCE!

Are we being obedient with our Time, Talents, and Treasures? Are we really stretching ourselves? As we continue to meet and prepare for this new adventure God has called us to I would challenge each of us to continue to pray about this. SPEAKING OF PRAYER...see the comments below for our updated PRAYER LIST. PRAYER is the foundation for all that we do. Please leave any new requests/praises under the COMMENTS section this week.

Thanks for being obedient to God's calling in this phase of our adventure together! I am so EXCITED about what God is going to do in the other phases!

Remember....Faith is not believing God can, It's knowing He will!

Blessings