Sunday was an incredible day! Information Sunday, journey guides, and Impact Groups created a buzz in the lobbies at both our 46th Street and Wash campuses. You can click on the picture above to see a slide show of the day.
Pastor Bob along with Mark Johnson, Ed Luebe, and John Maurice presented how we arrived at the decision to relocate. In 2003 our Building Committee recommended that we not further grow on our current site, but seek out other alternatives. We brought in church consultant Bob Gilliam a month later to do a comprehensive facility analysis. At the end of the consultation, all of our elders, deacons and equipping staff unanimously selected the relocation option.
In 2004 our Elders voted to relocate. A Property Acquisition Team began to look at potential properties. Then in May 2005 our church family voted 204-2 to purchase 55 acres on North Center Point Road in Robins.
It has been an exciting journey that brings us right up to this point. And now we are embarking on our Embracing Faith capital stewardship campaign in order to raise $10 million dollars! This is a God-sized vision and will require God-sized resources.
Yesterday, Pastor Bob asked everyone member and attender to begin a spiritual journey, asking: "God, what do you want to do through me to accomplish your will for New Covenant Bible Church?" The answers to that prayer will begin to unfold over the next two months.
We handed out Journey Guides at the end of the services to assist each person on their spiritual journey. And this Sunday was the last day to sign up to participate in an Impact Group during the Embracing Faith series.
Let me encourage you to ask God what part He wants you to play. Inform yourself and then begin to pray. Grapple with what sacrifice means to you. Ask God to lead and guide you as you seek to make not just a financial decision, but a spiritual decision. Let the journey begin!
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