Transition Team Update
How Actively Are You Participating?
Transition is a church-wide process. Some of you are actively participating in subgroups such as History or Prayer. Others have helped with small groups during the joint Sunday School. Perhaps you have added content to the "Time Lane." If you are already participating, that is great. If not, the Transition Team would like to encourage you to participate more actively.
This Sunday, December 10, you are encouraged to make a concentrated effort to contribute to the "Time Lane" by adding a sticky note (available in all Sunday School classrooms) with some event that is important to you in regards to the church. Maybe you can bring in a picture or newspaper clipping that adds to the visual display of our history. There have been some marvelous milestones in our history and we need to celebrate those. If we are honest, however, there have been some very painful moments and we need to face those as well.
The Transition Team would like to suggest a way to turn loose of some of those things that are still burdensome to us. On January 8, as we begin our new year, we would like to bring the history segment to a close with a celebration of our history and a sacred offering to God. Whatever you struggle with in regards to our church, we ask you to write it down, seal it with tape or in an envelope, and be ready to offer it to God. There will be a cross in the sanctuary. During the invitation time we hope to see a stream of people coming to the cross with those things that cause pain, hurt, or concern, and attach those to the cross. After the service, we will enjoy a meal together, enjoy some music, and then take those sealed messages and literally make a burnt offering to the Lord. Only he needs to know what you have prayerfully written. He is the Healer and the rebuilder of His church. This can be a very significant time for us if we approach it as a sacred moment and allow God to speak to us through the experience.
Currently the Transition Team is working on the Mission/Church Identity Task. We will seek your involvement as we try to discover our core values, our mission, and our ministry plan for the future that lies before us. Also, we are studying the feedback that many of you have given through the joint Sunday School and we will share that with you shortly.
You can find all the Transition Team Updates by clicking on the new Main Menu item "Transition Team Menu."
