Watching God Work!!
We had a BIG DAY at Life House today! Little by little the building is shaping up and coming together. It is functional and getting better all the time. This week we had a group come in and they were able to get the children’s area A/C unit working and boy was it just in time! We hit a new record in attendance today (60!) and it was awesome! You should have heard the people singing! The coffee shop, foyer and children’s area were alive with people coming and going before the service started. This week we hope to get the lot next door to the church “groomed up” so that many of us can park on it and make room for more cars. It was parking room only today! It was almost “standing” room only in the worship center. It was great to see new faces. Several mentioned that they feel led to become involved with us at Life House because they believe in our mission and purpose. Some were coming to “check us out” and begin to pray about what God wants them to do in their lives. Pray as we continue to see new people that God will save souls, add to the church by baptism and by new members as HE pleases.
It was also great to see several people “step up to the plate” to assist and work in various areas this morning that I’ve never seen involved in church before. Two of our teen ladies took on the project of greeting and passing out the bulletins and Life Group Study Guides this morning. Another one of our youth excitedly worked the projector for the song service. It’s great to see people begin to step up and get involved with the work of this new ministry.
This past week we saw one saved and in the past three weeks we’ve seen four saved and two follow the Lord in baptism. We rejoiced as we were able to “give out” free to the community over 100 bags of school supplies. Thanks again to one of our partner churches for collecting the supplies and allowing us to give them out in our area.
We also rejoiced as we got word this past week that a local business is going add us to their missions support with a monthly partner gift. I received word via e-mail that a sister church from out of town will vote Wednesday night as to whether or not to become a partner church. This same church has already given their VBS offering to Life House and also gave us some furniture and chairs. God is working and we stand amazed at all HE is doing. We “AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET” – so get ready!
One of our visitors this morning made me laugh as she shared that she had asked one of our members about the new church and ministry. The member told her that she would love for this visitor to come visit with us at Life House but that Life House Church was different from your ordinary traditional church. She told the visitor “if you are searching for a church home where you can join and sit you better not come to Life House because at Life House we expect you be faithful, tithe and get involved in the work!”!! The visitor laughed and said that at least she knew what to expect! Believe it or not the visitor showed up this morning and said she enjoyed the service! AMEN!
Keep praying for us that we can be the mission church God desires for us to be. Pray that we might continue to impact our community with the Gospel. We’ve only just begun and God has great plans for Life House and College Hill Community! I can’t wait till next Sunday! Pastor James