Do you remember when we built on the highway in 1999? We did not do that because we had lots of money – we did not. We had little cash on hand. We had pledges for 1/3 of the project, and we borrowed the rest of the money – around 2.7 million. No we did not build because we had lots of money, we built because we believed that by doing so we could win others to Jesus Christ and his church. Because of those actions, today our worship attendance is up over 800 people from those days.
This addition will be paid for in cash. We are inviting new people to come join us in space that is paid for. They will want to join us in our mission, and their gifts will surely cover the extra cost of keeping the new space heated and cooled.
Change is always difficult, and it is scary, especially in scary times. In a few years when this project is completed, we will have a time when we ask those to stand who started attending Woods Chapel after the new worship center was built. We will look around at their faces and we will love them. They will have become our friends. At that moment we will understand that the process of travail was more than worth it.
It’s a beautiful day in God’s world, be sure to see the good.
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I like it! Can you add a "like" button so we can just check it? Or maybe that is only for FB. Anyhow, thanks for keeping us posted. The way you explain it . . . it just makes sense.
I like it too! W.
Drove by church today, just to get a look at the construction trailer. Exciting times.
Thanks to everyone for their hard work in planning and presenting. The driving message in all this is that church's who ignore the need to provide places and spaces for contemporary worship, will either slide into just exising, or actually go backwards. There is still a need to minister to those who prefer traditional worship, but the great opportunites going forward are to make sure we provide for seekers who are drawn to contemporary worship.
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