Church Council 11.5.2020

Yesterday Does Not Have To Be Tomorrow

Philippians 3:12–14 ESV

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

· It is time to begin looking ahead again

· It is time to have honest evaluations about what works.

· It is time to begin recognizing new ministry options that we have.

· It is time to begin to cooperate fully to grow “The Kingdom”.

“We are perfectly built to accomplish what we are accomplishing”

The church needs a new Mission and Vision Statement that we can all get behind and support.

Here is my current thoughts on schedules ahead – Open for discussion

· We hold what we have until the first of the year-mainly because if we do not get shutdown again this fall, we likely won’t get shutdown.

· November 29th - we celebrate communion

· December 24th - we celebrate communion

· December 1st - we begin a prayer emphasis on the renewal and refocus of our church.

· December 24th – we have baptism, communion and worship at our Christmas Eve Service.

· January 13th – we launch a new Wednesday night children’s ministry called Fairlawn Kids Club

· January 17th – we relaunch LifeGroups on Sunday morning along with two morning services at 9 and 10:30am. The LifeGroups will meet in one of three rooms and we will have to decide who meets at which time during which service but, they cannot all meet at either timeframe.

Two Important Questions for Each Ministry of the Church

1. Will you commit to pray and ask God how your ministry may need to change?

2. Will you commit to helping a ministry other than your own to grow or accomplish a task or goal this coming year?

Open Discussion

Adjournment and prayer