Friday, July 24, 2009

Second Verse


Soft launch service number two is just a couple of days away. It is hard to believe that we are approaching our second service already. A lot has happened since our last time together.

We had five churches join us for some summer help. We are extremely indebted to our friends from Georgia, Illinois, and Missouri for all the work they did for us. While they were here they conducted Kids Clubs in various neighborhoods in Fishers (one in McCordsville). We were able to meet several families and spend some quality time with a boat load of kids. These clubs were focused on Bible stories and supported with recreation, crafts, and refreshments. We have been able to share the love of Jesus in a very real and practical way with each of these neighborhoods. We are looking forward to being an active part in the community with a strong family emphasis.

We wrapped up each each week with a block party. The goal was simple, we had met a lot of kids during the week and we wanted to meet the rest of their families. We were able to meet several siblings with moms and dads while enjoying free food with face painting, balloon animals, and games. It was a great opportunity for neighbors to get reacquainted as well as an opportunity for us to get to know them.

The highlight of each week however was the intentional prayer walking. Each team dedicated several hours during the week to go door to door with one simple request: how can we pray for you. We were not interested in gathering personal information that we could use to send mailers, email, or a quick phone call. Our purpose was simple, we want to become aware of the specific needs of our community and show them we are more interested in spiritual matters than collecting email addresses and phone numbers. Some requested that we follow up while others were more eager to give us a request so that we could be on our way. Our leadership team is faithfully following up with those who asked us to do so!

Thank you for faithfully praying for us and helping us out whenever possible. We truly appreciate the amount of prayer walking that has been done, the amount of hot dogs that were grilled, the childcare that has been provided, and the unconditional love and support you all have shown us. God is doing some amazing things and we are extremely humbled to be a part of it.

Continue to pray for our leadership team as we finalize our logo, design our website, work on our budget, and gear up for weekly services in September. God is continuing to put people in our paths that are eager to join us and walk with us. We’ve come along way, but we still have a ways to go. Looking forward to sharing about our second service.