Last weekend a group of guys from the church went out to Y-Camp for a retreat. What happened there has given me a new fire in my belly and set our church on a whole new direction.
We concluded that the current four core value words that we have at The Fort (Influencing, Connecting, Devoting and Helping) were not something that anyone really knows, or understands for that matter. So we scrapped them for something much more simple and to the point.
Here it is...
Love God, Love People, Serve Everyone!
That's it. We love God through our worship services and classes where we learn about Him. We love people by getting involved in small groups and learning to share our faith. We serve everyone by getting involved in a ministry of some kind.
It is a simple plan for us to help people become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ! Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing? We don't have church on Sunday morning just because that's what you do on Sundays...we are supposed to be taking people on a journey! We want them to become fully devoted followers of Jesus.
And we are adopting a posture where we want anyone and everyone who attends to know that it is entirely unacceptable for you to come and sit on Sundays with us and not go farther. We want people to be the church not just attend church!
This past weekend was awesome! I am so pumped about it! I am also beside myself with excitement about Easter 2008 as well! This is going to be the biggest, best Easter we have ever experienced! We are having an Easter egg hunt to kick everything off where kids will have a chance to win one of four iPods!
Then we'll have a big ol' breakfast followed up by our worship celebration where we will conclude the series VERDICT! That is going to ROCK! Don't miss it. Bring people with you!
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