Simple is Best

So, I've been praying for the last month about what we need to be focusing on at 242 in order for the church to progress forward and here is what I believe God is saying to us. We need to be the simple church that we were created to be. We shouldn't worry about trying to have a program for everything, rather we should focus on doing just a few things really well. Having said that, I feel that over the next six months to a year we need to focus our energies on three things:

• Creating the best Sunday morning worship experience possible: Simply put we need to get much better at doing Sunday mornings. We need better systems, structures, and organizations in place so we are better prepared to meet the needs of people on Sunday mornings. This means focusing on a few key ministries and building them up....Things like our children's ministry, greeting visitors, kitchen services, and designing better worship services. Most people's initial point of contact with the church is through our Sunday morning worship experience, so we should put more thought, energy, and prayer into planning services.
  
• Building a better sense of Community: We need to find ways to help people connect with one another. Small groups, meals, fellowship, all those things need to be built up so we are in a better position to meet the needs of those God brings across our path.
• Becoming a church of prayer and expectation: My heartfelt desire is that 242 church would become a praying church and a church that shows up with the expectation that God is going to do something awesome! That starts with being a praying church. When God is doing amazing things at the church it creates a sense of excitement and people want to be a part of a church that is exciting!
  

Over the next few months I'll be sharing my heart about how we can do these things within the context of Acts 2:42...