Monday, December 28, 2009 2010 Is Going To Be Off The Hook!

These holidays mark our first Christmas and New Year for Encounter Church. While we have been planting Encounter for less than a full year, many things have been accomplished — we are building the foundations for a strong, edgy, and dynamic faith community simply devoted to following Jesus.

Efforts to be a burning bush in our Helena community have been directed and empowered by God's guidance — and we desire nothing less for 2010!

As the lead pastor and church planter, I am devoting this week to a special time to seek God's will for Encounter in the new year. Will you join me?

I will be asking important questions like ... Are we moving in the right direction? Do we have the right people in the right roles to help us move forward? Are we focusing our time and resources on the right priorities?

I can already tell you that we are super excited for what God has in store for Encounter in 2010. And there are at least three simple things we will be doing as we seek to catch the attention of our community and see people moving forward in a growing relationship with Jesus.

1) Encounter God: Planning for Launch

We will make plans and preparations for our grand opening. There are several key roles that have yet to be filled for a successful launch team. We are passionate about what God will do in Helena through Encounter and are seeing awesome people come forward who desire the same.

2) Experience Community: Meeting and Growing Together

We will meet regularly for Friday Night FWD to connect with others, encounter God in worship, and engage in some essential discussion of life and faith. In addition, we will launch our LifeGroups with the intention of multiplying into more as the year progresses. We will continue to learn more about, and live out what it means to follow Jesus in tangible and dynamic ways.

3) Engage Culture: Being The Change

We will engage our culture by meeting needs and sharing God's love in tangible ways in our community. We've already been making an impact and will continue to do so. As part of the Helena community, we desire to help make a difference for others while also seeing a change in the spiritual landscape.

What You Can Do

You too can be part of what God is doing in Helena. Do you know friends who are struggling with life or faith? Are you struggling to find a place to fit in and just be yourself? Want to journey with others and find out more about what it means to follow Jesus?

Our dream is to see Helena changed in a positive way. We desire to see broken families restored, struggling lives renewed, and new hope offered to those who are ready to give up. We want to be a burning bush, something out of the ordinary, that catches peoples attention so that they can encounter the hope of God.

Do you resonate with this dream? Do you want to know more? You don't have to join us in a formal capacity, we just invite you to check us out. Let's have coffee. Come join us for Friday Night FWD. Come serve the community with us this month. You just may find that this Encounter movement is what you are longing to be a part of.

Contact us to talk more...

Check out a little of what has happened in 2009 with the following links:

Encounter Happenings on the Encounter Helena Blog
Encounter Videos on YouTube
Encounter Photos on Picasa