WAS...
In 2020 we had 4 Sunday gatherings and 343 members
What a wonderful five years!
Back in 2020 we had 4 Sunday gatherings and 343 members (adults and kids).
No Friday Kids, the first edition of a Holiday Club, No kids camp, a smaller but growing number of youth, no youth camp, no young adults ministry, around 27 Growth Groups, no Junior Jivers, no JesusWORKS, two infant baptisms, no confirmations, no ministry trainees.
Yet, what we did have was a bunch of faithful and prayerful church family members who were willing to stand for Jesus, invite people into their homes and to church, and get involved in mission and ministry.
We stand on the shoulders of giants, who for many years have served Jesus in this church – and that means a culture of mission and ministry has been building here for a long time, in some cases generations. Praise God.
....NOW
In 2024 we have 5 Congregations and 542 members
We have been in a season of growth. God has blessed his church with a Kids Church which has doubled in five years, Friday Kids, a Holiday club that had 150 kids at it (this year), a kids camp, a much larger number of youth, a youth camp, a young adults ministry, 37 Adult Growth Groups, Junior Jivers, a Playgroup which has grown to an average of 124 every week, JesusWORKS courses being regularly run and folk becoming Christian, baptisms and confirmations, Ministry trainees and along the way financial giving increasing to meet the challenge of that growth.
By being prayerfully intentional and setting some goals, it will help us to be servants of the gospel as a church family, led by a Ministry Team, supported by a Parish Council, and on the same page as we depend on God to grow his church in the Lower Mountains. We are co-workers in God’s service – God’s field, God’s building (1 Cor 3:5-9).