We Can

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
In this passage God is calling His people to boldly walk as His missionaries in all the places we will be in our lives. With a joy and delight the world could never produce, we are CAN people, free to explore new ways of engaging an ever-changing culture and world for Christ as His witnesses.
----Acts 1:8

Our purpose for the next four weeks is to look at our church and to revitalize our congregational leaders and congregations to look beyond survival with a missional vitality and purposeful future.

We may be three small congregations, but we do have a ministry role for our rural/small town communities. We need to honor and restore a positive attitude among God's people in our congregations, and to help each of us explore avenues for building up our relationships with each other and with others in our communities. Nurturing open and honest communication between each of us as we look for ways to better serve our churches and the communities we live in.

Each of us need to focus more on our service as we also strive to reach others with the message of our Lord, and Savior; Jesus Christ in our communities.

Our hope is that each of us will become more missional in all of our activities in church as will as outside the church. As Jesus tells each of us in Acts passage above, each of us are His witnesses where ever we are.

On a separate paper you will find six questions we need to ask and answer if we are to become more missional as a congregation and as individuals. My suggestion is to put it someplace were you will see them every day to help you in becoming more mission minded in your own life.