Fellowship Church is a place where real relationships begin
with God, people, purpose, and change.
We earnestly desire to be such a place for the 8,200 non-churched people
in our area. And in order for us to be
this it will take faith – it won’t be easy, but it will be worth it!
I recently heard a story about a young pastor years ago who
would go down to the local railroad station to watch the local train pull
through. Word began to get out about
this habit. In fact, word got back to the
leaders of his church that when the train would come through, he would lose it
with joy, excitement, and exuberance.
One day the leaders decided to go secretly to watch their
pastor at the railroad station. Sure
enough, when the train came barreling through the depot their pastor lost it
with passion and expression. After the
train passed, the leaders came out from hiding to question their pastor as to
why he got so excited when the train came through town.
He told them that the reason he got so excited when the
train came through town was because that was the only time in his week when
something was moving in that town that he wasn’t pushing!
I’m glad that this can’t be said of Fellowship Church! We have always had a wonderful history of
people being active and alive. Our
challenge as a church has not been getting going, it has been getting going in
the same direction. The image of that
train should be the image of our church – great momentum, connected, single
direction.
Our momentum comes from the individual passions and energies
given to us by the Holy Spirit. Our
connectedness comes from the relationships we develop with each other. And our single direction comes from our
Biblical mandate to reach the 8,200 non-churched in our community.
Are you on the train of Fellowship Church? Are you ready to impact the 8,200? Are you committed to the unity of our church
as we roll forward?
Loving and Leading,
Jeff Powell
