Tomorrow evening Pastor Mark and I will be meeting with the leadership council of Bethel Lutheran Church in West Humboldt Park. Bethel was founded in 1894--same year as New Life Lakeview (then Galilee Baptist.) The church has struggled to reach the community over the last era and they are looking at options for the future of the church.
We connected with their team through a strange route--another pastor's children were taught by the wife of the lead elder. (You might need your toes and fingers to calculate that one.) We've had a couple initial meetings with the pastor and elder but this meeting will be more of a formal proposal. Two other ministries will also be presenting proposals to the church council.
This is an Opraytunity (not to be confused with an Oprahtunity.) Something we crossed paths with by Divine accident and which we are pursuing with an open-hand. "God, this could be an opportunity you want us to pursue or it might not be. Please confirm your heart and allow us to walk forward with generous passion."
Will you join us in praying? Thanks.
We connected with their team through a strange route--another pastor's children were taught by the wife of the lead elder. (You might need your toes and fingers to calculate that one.) We've had a couple initial meetings with the pastor and elder but this meeting will be more of a formal proposal. Two other ministries will also be presenting proposals to the church council.
This is an Opraytunity (not to be confused with an Oprahtunity.) Something we crossed paths with by Divine accident and which we are pursuing with an open-hand. "God, this could be an opportunity you want us to pursue or it might not be. Please confirm your heart and allow us to walk forward with generous passion."
Will you join us in praying? Thanks.
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