the COMMUNITY fellowship ... the name of our new church

Last night 70 people met for our first worship service as we prayed, read, dreamed, studied and ate together. Before the envening was over we chose a name for this brand new church ... The Community Fellowship ... a Southern Baptist Congregation.

We meet again on Sunday morning in 3 different homes for Small Group Bible Study and prayer time. E-mail me at michael.harrison@adelphia.net or call me at 276-732-7749 for more information.

The coming months are going to be exciting as we move through the process of planting a new church here in Henry County, Virginia. My wife and I have applied to be church planters with the SBC of Virginia, and we will hear from them in the coming days. The process that the new church is going through and that our leadership team will guide us through is as follows:

DREAMING ... now thru October 8 ... a time of dreaming about the new church, healing from anger, bitterness and pain and growing to be more like Jesus.

DEVELOPING ... October 8 thru December 3 ... a time to put together our core values, how we will do ministry, policies and so much more.

DELPOYING ... December 3 thru January 7 ... a time for two preview services (Dec 3 & 24), letting our ministry teams begin their work and refine what it takes to have worship each week and ministry on a full time basis.

D-DAY ... January 7 and beyond ... D-Day stands for "demonstrating the love of God to our community" and this begins with the new church's LAUNCH DAY (1st Sunday we meet regularly as a church body).

Please pray for this process and for those who will be leading us along the way. Pray for church planter strategist Tony Inmon and that we will find all the pieces it takes to be successful in this process of beginning a new work that God has called us to plant.

Isaiah 43:19 gives us some great advise from God. He said, "behold, I am about to do something brand new ... I will make a way ..."

The COMMUNITY Fellowship is off and running!

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