Hello Heritage Family!
September is here, school is back in session, and SEC football is back on the weekends! These are all exciting things, but despite how great these things are, I am even more excited about what God is doing here at Heritage Church as we enter the fall. This month we are diving into FREEDOM on Wednesday nights; allowing God to work in our hearts and take us into deeper freedom where we can live in all of the fullness Christ has for us. I want to encourage all who have signed up for FREEDOM to bring your “A” game to the table in your studying and in your groups to encounter God in a fresh way and bring you into new vibrancy and intimacy with Him. I am so looking forward to doing this study together as the month continues.
Also, this month we are doing a lot with our leaders as we continue to develop as ministers of the Gospel through the ministry of Heritage Church! On September 10th, our ministry team leaders will gather and plan the rest of the year’s calendar in addition to formulating their budgets for the next year. Later in the month, our Nominations team will meet to nominate four new people on to the Vision Board which helps set the governing vision for our church. Finally, our Vision Board will meet at the end of the month to approve the coming year’s budget and to also dream about and discuss Heritage Church’s overarching vision for 2024. All of this is exciting because we are setting the stage for new ideas, new growth, and new fruitfulness in 2024. So stay tuned as we move forward together!
In addition, as we move through this month we will be “lifting the hood” of our “Optimus Prime” vision and seeing what does it take to be a church that not only talks about discipleship but lives discipleship in every aspect. This will include looking at the practices we carry in our own lives, the ways we relate to each other, and the way that we structure the church that will challenge each person to become someone who truly lives and loves like Jesus as we are called to do. This pursuit of creating a deep discipleship culture in Heritage Church will carry through this month and indeed into next year. I am excited to see what God does through us as we adjust our lives to being disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ. Join us for the adventure as we move forward!
Finally, this month there will be many other ministry opportunities: from celebrating a bridal shower, to Men of Valor meeting, to working in the church garden, to doing a walk with Anchors of Hope, to prepping for the Pumpkin Patch, and much more. In all of these things I invite you to get involved not because I want you busy but because life is so much better together. We are the church together and Jesus has called us to carry each others’ burdens and to reach the lost. Let’s let September be a month we do those very things and see God glorified in our midst. I love you guys and hope you have a great September!
In Him,
Patrick
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