Where are we going?
I hate being lost when I am driving. I hate it even more when I am a passenger and the driver was supposed to know where we were going and how to get there. Directions
are helpful for getting us to a destination. But the bigger question is why I
wanted to go to that particular location in the first place. Both are needed,
of course. You may know where you want to go and why you want to get there. But
if you don’t have directions, you’ll never make it. Or, you may know the
directions to get to a place, but once you are there, you may wonder why you bothered
to go there.
It’s no
different for a church. Where are we headed as a church? Why are we going to do
certain things? Even with those questions answered, directions, in the form of
a plan, are needed to get there.
This Sunday
is the Sunday in which I give my State of the Church address in the morning,
and then in the evening, we have our annual business meeting. I think this day
is important every year. If gives me a chance to reflect on the past year, and
then ask God to guide my thoughts as I look ahead to the next year and seek
what he wants us to emphasize and focus on in the coming year. It gives me a
sense of where we are going and why we are going there. And I like to pass that
on to our church.
In the
morning sermon, I’ll build off our mission statement to help people see a clear
pathway that will help them become more a part of Trinity and will help them to
know how to develop their spiritual life in a deeper way. It’ll combine the
where and the why with the directions.
This year’s
business meeting brings the anticipation of approving the new church name that
we have selected. For people who haven’t voted yet, we are keeping the voting
opportunity open until after the morning service. That will add to the
suspense, because no one will know what the name to be presented will be until
we actually vote in the evening. You’ll have to be there to find it out since I
won’t give it out ahead of time!
The other
important issue that we will present at the annual meeting is a recap and
explanation of the building costs. We want everyone to hear how things have
gone with the costs, and there will be time for questions.
Almost Done!
Some of the
final parts are now in and making our building look just about finished. The
bathrooms have their tile in and the stalls up. The kitchen floor is almost done.
All the doors are now in. But the biggest transformation has been that the
carpet is now in in the lobby and auditorium. We still have lights to receive that
are on order and the plumbing needs to get done, along with the final
electrical connections in some spots. Maybe by the end of next week, we could
get our certificate of occupancy from the city, which means we are good to go. Here
are a few pictures to show you what awaits you this Sunday.
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