Celebrating the Leaders @ GraceRiver

Tuesday evening our small group leaders met to debrief the year, celebrate and set direction for the coming Fall.  The room was full of vision, passion and the presence of the Lord.  These people are amazing!  The Lord moves big in them and through them.  This community will never be the same!!!

Who's on your team?  Who stokes your fire and fuels your vision?  II Corinthians 2:12-14 this trailblazer named Paul leaves a wide open opportunity and moves on looking for his teammate Titus.  Imagine that, he leaves a wide open opportunity!  Church is not a place we go.  Church is not a Sunday experience.  Church is a group of people called together to make a difference in this world.  People... called together...to make a difference!  This Summer we want to be on your team, fueling your fire and restoring your soul so that we can have the flow of His life into and through us.  Together we experience joy, hope, vision and passion.  Come join the team at GraceRiver and experience the real meaning of "church"!

Better Together

Many Bible scholars understand Paul the apostle to be an independent type, task driven, mission oriented leader and he was. But once in a while we get a glimpse inside the heart and life of a leader by what they say, do or don't say or do. II Corinthians 2:12-14 Paul discovers an open door for ministry to Troas. But he doesn't stay. In spite of the open moment he moves on. Why? Looking for Titus! This independent apostle still needed "team". Instead of feeling guilty, thinking he was missing an open door, he moved to on and experienced that the Lord would use him wherever he went.

We are better together. We need teammates! One of the cool joys of GraceRiver is doing ministry with so many amazing teammates! I find encouragement, laughter, joy, hope and care when we serve together. It is such an amazing gift to be together in this pursuit of God's heart. Here's hoping you are finding teammates to dream together, laugh together, pray together and fill each other's heart with hope!