Building myth #3 = we should not spend the money on a building, but we should spend the money on missions.
Ahh. So awesome sounding. But if we took that advice 12 years ago, we would still be spending $3,000 per year on missions. Fact is, the money we spent to build the building in 1999 opened the door and increased the potential so that now we are spending 100,000 per year on missions.
Making room for others grows the soil from which larger missions ideas grow. There are dreams for us out in the future in mission that we will never know if we do not invite others to join us.
Truth is, it is a both and. When others join you, your potential grows. But, that will never happen unless you make room for them. It all goes together. Space for people that will hear God's call and join us in mission. It all goes together.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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Jeff, if people are keeping up with what's going on in the U. S. today, they'll realize that there hasn't been a group in some time that is so highly committed to personal involvement in missions, than the current generation of young people. Stories of their involvement is in the news media continually. The kind of service young people are involved in, within the community and the world, is changing their lives forever. Many are no long challenged by sitting on the sidelines.
Because the target group for our new building is young people, this seems like the right time and right place to build a hub for them to worship in, and then go out to serve.
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