One of my strong convictions is that God places people in church circles for a definite purpose. There is a special ministry reserved for each of us. Our job as pastors and leaders, like parents, is to train up our church members in "the way they should go", so that as they mature, they won't depart from it. I love watching as the lights go on in a person and they discover their purpose in the church family.
It seems like every week I have a conversation with another enlightened person who has heard from God. Of course some stories are very personal and others are just seed ideas, but this week, I had at least 4 such meetings. One, as an example, was an inspiring meeting with Marg Gilmour, our Prayer Coordinator. Even though Marg is nearing 80, she continues to be an inspiration to me and hundreds of others. Our meeting this week was about a plan to pray person by person for everyone in our Tri-Cities. We did this before in 2000 along with hundreds of our friends from several churches in our community and it became one of the most memorable years of ministry ever. Now Marg is taking the lead in our city-wide project again this year.
Marg has taken a map of our Tri-Cities and divided it into 77 sections. We're giving everyone of our 60+ churches an invitation to sign up for 1 to 10 sections. Then their members will walk and pray throughout their assigned streets. Every home, school and business will be prayed over! Thank-you Marg for your love for God and People! This is going to be another banner year in the church!
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