2012 Ministry Theme Verse:

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
— Matthew 28:19-20

In the last days of Jesus’ life on earth, He made it very clear that He had a mission for His disciples. They were to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20). Often we can think that Jesus’ goal was to get the world to come to church. Instead, His intention was for His Church—the Body of Christ—to go to the world, to serve our local and global communities in Jesus’ name.

In Scripture, the book of Acts reveals that a growing church is a going church. On Sundays in 2012, we will study Acts together to grasp God’s strategy for reaching out to our community, nation, and the world. As a church family, we will apply what we learn from our study of Scripture by serving our community together in unprecedented ways. In the first half of the year, we will invite the community into our church home to Encounter Jesus through the Love & Respect Marriage Conference (LIVE! February 24-25), and we will take the love of God out into our community through Serve the City (April 21). Throughout the year, we will reach out through Small Group projects and creative personal expressions of love.

In 2012, we pray that God will renew our passion to be a church that “exists for the benefit of its non-members.” Our Sunday morning worship experiences within our church walls will be preparation for reaching beyond those same walls to serve our local and global communities in Jesus’ name. The Church is on the move; it’s time to GO!

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