JOB WELL DONE . . .BUT WE’RE NOT DONE YET!

July 23, 08 by admin.

Oh what an exciting time this is for Faith Lutheran Church! We are growing faster than we ever have in our history, and we are finding new opportunities to build on that growth everyday. We are currently seeing well over 300 people every Sunday with most Sundays having over 330 people in worship! Wow − what a moment for us here at Faith! I bet though, as we all look around, we notice even more room for growth. We are sharing great conversations about how to manage that growth and are taking risks for the sake of the gospel to accomplish our goals. Through
that faithfulness to evangelism, you are seeing the fruits of the Spirits work in us, through us and with us to this community.

Keep up the great work!

While we certainly need to get a pat on the back, the time is now to continue those behaviors that encourage such growth. May we all be reminded that our most important call is to love: love beyond borders, skin color, socioeconomic background, and beyond those notions that exist in our minds. Love reaches beyond all that and into this world, which so desperately needs to hear good news.

So we are invited to look around to our neighbors here at Faith, and get to know all the new people in our midst. The absolute hardest part of bringing new members into the church is getting them to breach the front doors. Once they do, the battle is almost won. When someone new comes to visit Faith, we MUST care for them like the family they are. We have to introduce ourselves to them, remember their names, and make sure that they feel love from us. Farragut often times gets a stigma of not welcoming people, but Faith Lutheran Church can change that.

We CAN change the world one moment at a time. Believe it, it’s the truth. We only have to step out in faith. The Spirit will do the rest. So here are a couple questions that I welcome your response to through the Pastor’s Blog section of our
website, www.faithloves.org.

1. How did you feel when you entered these doors for the first time?

2. What made you come back? OR
What makes you not want to come back?

3. Why do you spend your Sunday at church? OR
Why don’t you?

Grace and peace,
Pastor Matt

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