Beloved,
With the glorious and dramatic
increases in worship, music ministries, Sunday School, and Midweek attendance.
excitement, freedom, and depth over the past two months or so, this
is a great time for us to invite new friends to get involved in our rapidly
expanding life and ministry together:
Are you still looking for a different way to do church?
Are you tired of the SOSO religion?
Are you put off by posers in pews,
politics, and pulpits?
Are you searching for
something/Someone real, honest,
timely, and true
to...?
Try our family of faith on the corner
of Lincoln and Main!
(Belvidere, Illinois)
Sundays
at
7:20 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
And so much...
I really don't know what's been
happening lately; but a logjam has burst and our worship, attendance,
educational opportunities, mission interests/involvements, positive attitudes,
passion, peace, unity, and purity for our Lord have moved to...
Well, you're a part of it and you
know what we mean.
All I know is the excitement,
enthusiasm, and energy are exponentially greater than anything that I've
experienced on the corner of Lincoln and Main as we cross over into the 8th
year of our life and ministry together.
It's a miracle of increasing
intimacy with Jesus!
Criticisms, negativities,
speck-inspecting, dissonance, stress, contention, and all of those kinda things
have suddenly dissipated and evaporated!
Praise the Lord!
I don't know what's happening; but
as we said last Sunday, we're not gonna get in the way!
I've rarely seen anything like what
has happened so seemingly overnight!
The Holy Spirit is unleashing...
When I received several calls,
texts, and e-mails of concern and frustration and disappointment on Wednesday
about a world ablaze, country in division, and sister congregations in
disarray, I wrote a message to one dear friend that I have been sharing over
and over and over again and which I urge you to forward along with this script:
Certainly, I share your sentiments.
Just as certainly, I trust God will
not be mocked.
I will pray about this on Sunday; and,
providentially, the
message will be scratching the surface of
Joshua: "But as for me and my
house, we will serve
the Lord!"
We are together and we will build
something together
for Him on the corner of Lincoln and
Main.
Invite others to be a part of our
beacon for Jesus
as we welcome, include, and love
others into our
safe haven!
You will be glad you did!
And our part of America will be
stronger for it/Him!
We have shed the control needs
of religion at First as we have increasingly embraced the servant
leadership modeled by Jesus!
Don't cheat people of what can
satisfy their hunger and thirst!
The confessional, repentant, and
increasingly unified Body of Christ on the corner of Lincoln and Main!
Invite! Welcome! Include!
Love!
Blessings and Love!
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