Sunbury Church-Plant Moving Forward
Posted by Terry White on August 23, 2006
Many have been following the exciting story of the church-plant in Sunbury, Ohio, under the direction of Pastor Brian Williams and through support of the Delaware and several other surrounding churches. Here is an update report, edited for brevity, from Pastor Brian:
We are seeing a good flow of visitors through the church each Sunday morning. Please pray that God will cause some of them to stick.
We have a good spirit in the church. God has blessed us with many talented people and with a wonderful sense of unity. We laughed together the other day that the only thing we fight about is who loves the other more.
We are beginning two services September 10 in order to accommodate the growth of the church. This affects the facility (where to put Sunday School Classes, etc.) and the people (more workers for SS & Church). Pray for good solutions and continued growth of the body both spiritually and numerically.
Youth Group restarts September 10 as well. Pray that our teens would be excited about making their youth group great. If they don’t assume ownership then it doesn’t matter how good your staff and programming are–it will fail.
We have several publicity strategies that we are pursuing this fall. Mass mailing, personalized invitations, newspaper ads, and a feature article are all part of the plan. Pray for a good response.
We are implementing leadership on many levels (an Interim Advisory Task Force charged with establishing membership processes and moving towards an Elder Board, Youth Staff leadership, adult, teen and children’s Sunday School Teachers, Teen and Children’s Ministry Directors, and more). Pray for wisdom in leader selection and wisdom for the leaders.
We have a work day scheduled for this Saturday, which will be primarily focused on cleaning out the garage and the attic, putting things in the basement for storage or throwing them away, and beginning to create Sunday School space out of the garage, basement, and second floor of the parsonage.
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