Annual Business Meeting 2019

Vision: God’s Spirit would flow down Main Street where by each individual, young & old, would come to encounter, trust & love Jesus with all their heart, mind, soul & strength.

Vision: God’s Spirit would flow down Main Street where by each individual, young & old, would come to encounter, trust & love Jesus with all their heart, mind, soul & strength.

How does this happen?

Our Mission: As we Encounter God we are driven to reach the lost, touch the pour, train leaders (this is discipleship) and plant churches

All this is predicated on Encounters w/God

I often think of:

Acts 2:1–2 ESV

1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

or:

Acts 2:1

1 Kings 8:10–11 ESV

10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

1 kings 8:

We can never force God to move, but we can provide environments that are conducive to HIS moving

gathering together in one accord

focused prayer before services

praise and worship

lowering lights during worship to limit distractions around us

dedication to God’s word & its preaching

to that end: We are doubling our efforts to (renovate) redesign the rooms we have into comfortable, engaging spaces that help people in their pursuit of God.

We are going to start w/Pre-School Praiser room!

why pastor, that room isn’t occupied - true. But I believe God wants it to be bursting w/pre-schoolers!

for that to happen, the room must be a place leaders want to be in

& engaging for the specified age group all w/the focus of encountering God

from there, we will move into the treasure seekers room to make it engaging for the age group that will be in there

My heart is to see GMCC continue to grow in2 a church of all generations!

I believe these are necessary steps to see this happen!

more next steps toward the vision:

I believe that if we want to see more folks encounter God, we are going to have to provide environments during times that are helpful for our community to seek HIM

Illust. early devotional time w/Rebekah

waking up @4am so Rebekah could go to work.

we tried to get up together and read the bible & pray b4 she headed out.

the time wasn’t conducive because we were both falling asleep while trying to read & pray.

I wonder if 9:30am on Sunday is troublesome for the Bennington Community?

I think it might be troubling for GMCC too since a lrg # o our people come in2 service around 10am already.

After careful prayer and discussion w/our leaders, we have agreed to move service times as follows:

8:30am-9:30 prayer

9:30-9:59 Fellowship

10am service

Thoughts?

To make the service time change work we need your help!

The point is to create environments conducive for encounters w/God & there’s something powerful that happens when God’s people gather together in like-minded worship!

that means we are going to have to start 2gether on time

if ur showing up at 10, please don’t adjust to start showing @10:30. ur presence on time is valuable!

ur presence shows guests and members alike that your commited to and value seeking God

ur presence helps to build momentum in the service

ur presence helps to foster an atmosphere of unity

we need u!

By starting on time 2gether we are also communicating that we value their time to our guests and members alike

Please help us by committing to shift our culture from “show up whenever” to “show up to encounter”