October 5 - Sunday Morning - Potluck -
Friends Day
On this Sunday, October 6, we are having a
potluck fellowship meal immediately following our morning
services. We are also calling this "Friend's Day."
Use this day to invite your friends to come. The morning
sermon will deal with friends and friendship.
We
will be mailing out over 150 letters inviting people to
come on October 5. We are expecting a large crowd. We
need to be ready to feed a large crowd!
We
have experienced a tremendous amount of growth in a short
period of time. This church will continue to grow if each
and every one of us is willing to do his or her part.
Every invitation, every kind word to a visitor, every
dish prepared for potlucks, every visit made, every Bible
Correspondence Course set up, every class taught,
everything we do - - is important and vital to the growth
of the church. (Matt. 10:42; I Cor. 15:58)
Church
growth scholars point out that members of growing
churches are willing to go out of their way to make it
easier for visitors. Are we willing to do this? One major
concern is our parking lot. We have plenty of space in
our auditorium and classrooms, but only 48-50 parking
spaces. The national average is one car brings 2.5 people.
We are averaging 1.8 people per car. Therefore, using
simple math 50 times 1.8 is 90. (We had 94 in attendance
at our4 last potluck.) We need members who are able to
park on the grass which will enable our visitors to have
places to park. I have talked to the auto parts store
manager across from the building and he said it would be
alright if some of us used their parking lot, provided we
use the spaces closest to our building.
One goal I feel worth pursuing is for us to enlarge our
parking lot by asphalting the lots on the north side of
our property. As we continue to grow, this will be a
definite need. With the Lord's help, we can accomplish
this goal. Soon!!
Bring a friend this October 6, and expect great things to
happen.
In Christian Love,
John Hobbs
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