A portion of this week's message

This is the end of this week's message that I thought to be crucial for us as we continue in this thing that God is calling us to. Read through this and pray through it as well, I would love to have your thoughts and feedback.

Here it is::

We talk so much about this missional thing, this church plant and we are very eager to go along with it. But this is not just a cool church that you can wear jeans or shorts or flip flops to. It is not just a place to connect socially. It is not simply the antithesis of your parents church or a rebellion against established church.

It is more than that it is bigger than that, it is bigger than me and you and all of us combined. Perfect creator God is stirring a work here in this area and it is us that he has chosen and called and equipped to do this thing. God is changing the eternities of human souls. Your neighbors, your work friends, the guy you used to drink with, the guy you still drink with, you, the kids you used to go to high school with, you dad, your brother, the girl that serves you coffee, the girl that gives you your donuts every Thursday night.

There is a world full of people who do not know what to do with the doctors report they just got or their husband who just left them or how to pay for school. Life is not about you and having a good time tonight or the next big fun thing on your calendar. This church is not about you and giving you some wisdom or a hip place to go to church and feel connected with God because you went to church this week. There is an eternal and relational God that is the motivator of this church. He has called this church to a mission; which means He has called those who call this place their home to a mission. That mission is to live out a life that screams there is nothing better in this world than Jesus.