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div align="center"We seem to have forgotten our purpose. The Church exists to serve God, not ourselves. Jesus died for The Church and then commanded us to go into our communities and show love; perform acts of kindness and show startling, shocking grace toward the anyone who would have it. Sacrifice our lives for others.
Have we compromised Jesus message of self -sacrifice? We ask so little so people stay in the pews--and we can continue to â€œgrowâ€. Now, before you write and yell at me---hear this with an open heart. I have no issue with The Kingdom of God advancing. I work for it everyday--that more people would experience the love of Jesus and give up what they want for what He wants. All my ministries have had explosive growth. Growth is natural and Godly, but growth is not what we should be about. Growth should not be our end game. Our measuring stick. We should care why we are growing.
There is no finger to point--except at ourselves. We are all a part of the problem. Leaders, too often we are hesitant to call people to greatness--concerned we will lose attendance and money. Christians are all too comfortable to do only what is demanded of them, allowing leaders to work merciless hours and carry the community on their back. Christians have seemingly given over the responsibility of their soulâ€™s growth to pastors, programs and parishes. We leaders accept the trade for large congregations and the faint hope of reaching more lost souls. There is no one to blame but ourselves. It starts with me. Starts with you. There are no short cuts to working out our salvation--its time we stop looking for them.
THIS IS THE ISSUE BOILED DOWN:
The ONLY customer of the Church should be God. The church is here to serve Him and give Him the desires of His heart. The people who attend the church should come with the expectation and excitement to serve God and others. We are the employees not the customers. Itâ€™s time we remembered that. Itâ€™s time we live that.
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valentines day

valentines day celebrates the day when "valentinus" was executed. valentinus conducted secret weddings for believers when claudius the cruel in 267 ad. forbade marriage. valetinus was executed for his...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:54:00 GMT

HOLD ONTO THE BALL

we all sat around the shema house watching the super bowl last night.i watched while i worked to fix a laptop.near the end of the game, there was this awesome catch. one of the guys on the team with t...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:45:00 GMT

the snow and how to talk to god

i was driving cameron home last night in the snow storm, sylvia was in the car. i was fun. cameron is the car d.j and had a nice mix of music on, we were not in a hurry (which was good since i ended u...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:47:00 GMT

the nobody tour

2008 is the year of the nobody tour. if you click on the banner in the general section "god is the only customer of the church" its takes you to all the info you would need on booking or sharing tour ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:02:00 GMT

visit new friend open arms

hi all.please visit our new friend open arms and get to know some of their community in california. they are a shema community with lots of kids...we discussed on sunday various ways to connect with t...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:47:00 GMT

give a valentine for christmas

i think that we should give christmas gifts. i think we ought to treat the guys who run the shema house with due honor on christmas. you do not need to spend money on them, just write them a little no...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:49:00 GMT

whats a white elephant

we are having a white elephant gift exchange at our very classy and fun christmas dinner on sat. dec. 22.. super fun.for those of you who dont know:1. you bring something that doesnt cost money, and o...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:23:00 GMT

wed. is shema thanks dinner

we are planning a wonderfull evening.a gracious atmosphere-casual and classyyum food: turkey, beef roast, garlic mashed pots, sweet pot casserole, cesar salad, butternut squash soup, homemade stuffing...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:56:00 GMT

making holiday gifts

we have some gifts to make this holiday season and we will need some help.so here are some gift items that you could start looking for:35 quantity- items for our mens gifts baskets. consumables for im...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:38:00 GMT

getting a lot done

look at the calendar-ive added some saturdays to serve dinner at breakthrough. nov 10 and dec 8. this will allow younger kids to go as they have been getting home late on sunday evening.weve gotten a ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:56:00 GMT