Fellowship Church and the Grand Canyon
One of the hardest things about being a leader (that I’ve found anyway) is the balance between contentment and the desire to get to the next level in that which you are leading. As a pastor, my heart’s desire is to connect and lead people to Jesus. Fellowship Church is a catalyst for doing that, and I love being able to serve God this way.
I love being a part of a group of people who have the same heart and purpose too. I would certainly call myself content. There literally is no other place I’d rather be in the world (outside of Aruba this week when it has rained for more than a week straight).
Then there is the other side of me. The side that wants to go to the next level – spiritually, numerically, and even physically (says my bones after a big workout at the gym).
Currently as a church, we’ve grown to the place that I’ve seen us grow 2 other times since I’ve been here (though I led as an assistant during those times), and are now looking toward the future of growth. Both of the other times, at the peak of that growth, we’ve lost the point leadership, causing us to take a step back in one case and light years back in the other.
I know God has protected this place through all that for a reason – for His glory and for His praise. And now that we’re back where we were, facing the same hurdles we faced before, we’re praying…
God, bring us another step forward.
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Hmmm.
Your last 2 posts, when taken together, make an interesting combination.
I believe that sometimes dreams are just dreams. But other times… they mean something. You don’t even need to buy into modern psychology to see this. Joseph, of course, was a dream interpreter.
At any rate, here’s what I get when I look at this post and the last one:
FC has been driven into the mountains twice before. It’s beginning to almost seem inevitable. We’re into the third replay of those events: We reach a certain critical mass, and like a bunch of plutonium, we explode once we reach this size.
I totally hear what you’re saying about contentment in general. It’s not a bad thing, often times.
In this case, though, I find myself wondering if contentment is the enemy. Contentment is sitting back and going down with the plane.
We are excited about taking things to the next level! Let us know what we can do to help:)
Hi Pastor Marty – how have you been? It’s been a long time since we connected. When you have a vision that you are shooting for, the frustration of transition/anticipation can be a daily battle. We feel like if we don’t continue to look ahead and cast vision for where we feel God is taking us, that we are being irresponsible, stuffy, or even the very “sticks in the mud” that have frustrated us from our previous traditional backgrounds. However, if we don’t celebrate the attainment of small goals as we pursue that vision, we’ll never have landmarks that we can go to and feel the affirmation/accomplishment that comes with knowing that we are making progress in our pursuit of God and the vision He’s given us. Let’s allow the Spirit to lead us in which balance to strike.
Glad to hear about the exciting things happening at Fellowship!
Hope you and your wife are doing well – maybe we can work on getting the families together sometime in the next few months.
God bless,
Matt Legere
860-913-5032
MatthewLegere1400@comcast.net
Complacency is an opportunity thief – M Holman