Laborers Together

Yesterday during the morning service, I revealed my vision for Kendale Acres Church to the church body. My vision for 2010 is Laborers Together. Our theme verse for the year will be 1 Corinthians 3:9 "For we are laborers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building." In our message yesterday we had to come to the reality that if we are truly going to labor together, we needed to find a way to get along. So many problems in the church are caused by individuals or groups that refuse to get along. The only way to overcome this is to realize it is not about us, it is about Christ. He has called us to labor together for something greater than ourselves. There are things that we can accomplish together that we can only dream of accomplishing on our own. It is also worth noting that not only are we called to labor together, we are called to labor together with God. We are not simply laborers for God, but with God. What an awesome thought, God chose me to work with Him. It is our goal at Kendale Acres Church in 2010 to bring the focus of our ministry to the place it should be, Christ. We will seek to labor together to promote His name and His kingdom throughout our community and around the world. But in this challenge to the church, there is also a challenge to us all, keep the main thing the main thing. Imagine what could be accomplished for the cause of Christ if believers learned to focus less on our differences and more on what makes us the same. May we all labor together in 2010 for the cause of Christ.

A New Year

I was hoping to be able to sneak in to the New Year without it being to eventful. With all of the hustle and bustle to close out 2009 I have fallen behind in a few areas and was hoping to use the early days of 2010 to catch up. Life had other plans, we had a leak in the parsonage while we where gone for Christmas so now I am tearing out the bathroom floor and since I am going to be in there anyway, I am doing the renovations originally planned for later in the year. I am also trying to get a tentative 2010 calendar together and preparing my "Vision Sunday" service. I have also promised myself that I am going to be better about updating the pastor's blog. It is my goal in 2010 to have an update at least once a week so that we can keep you all up to date on what is happening here at Kendale Acres. My prayer is that you will enjoy reading these updates and that you will join us in prayer throughout the year for the ministries of Kendale Acres Church. First on our agenda is a church wide cleaning day this Saturday to get God's house looking nice for the New Year. This will be followed Sunday with our annual "Vision Sunday" when I will unveil my vision for the church in 2010. If you are in the area, stop in and see us, we would love the opportunity to worship with you. For those not in the area, we ask that you keep us in your prayers. We are looking for God to do great things in 2010, but realize we must give Him something to work with. May God's blessing be with each of you in this new year.