Fellowship Church,
Thank you for joining your core leadership (Pastoral Staff, Active Deacons, and Administrative Team) and Rick Lawrence in prayer on Monday night. I have heard from some of you how your lives were blessed by joining us in collective prayer around our facilities and some of you in the comfort of your own home - thank you! I believe that God indeed began to move in response to you, His people, investing time in prayer.
While you were praying, your core leadership and Rick Lawrence spent approximately one hour in individual and corporate prayer. We then spent a few moments sharing with each other things on our hearts. We then proceeded to engage in a dialogue for approximately two hours around leadership direction, staff and church health issues. Rick challenged us and encouraged us on many points throughout the night.
As we take a break from meeting as a core leadership for the next few weeks, I would strongly encourage you to continue in a mode of prayer and fasting. Ezra 8:21-23 has powerful, and I would add, timely words for us as a church body - let us please follow this text of scripture.
And as you pray, please allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you. Recently I received an e-mail from a dear member of Fellowship Church that says in part... "Clear communication comes from the stillness of time spent with Christ, not in the grumblings of when one gets their feelings hurt. In the world, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. In Christ, the quiet ones are able to hear His voice and receive His blessings. His blessings are always better than grease! Many of us are remaining quiet and listening to Christ, not the gossip. Please know that we are not being outspoken, but we are in deep and constant prayer and truly believe the best is yet to come for Fellowship." May we follow these wise words as well!
Fellowship Church, God has given us a clear purpose to lead people to become followers of Jesus. During this time may we exemplify that purpose by being the best followers of Jesus that we possibly can by loving each other with the undying love of Christ!
Loving and Leading,
Jeff Powell
