I have been a part of a daughter church plant from Clifton Baptist Church since April. 50 people left Clifton to make Grace Church Louisville. It has been a great experience. Our pastor has done a lot of research on church planting and it shows.
We meet in a building that is home to some Korean Seventh-Day Adventists; they meet on Saturday and we meet on Sunday. The church service is similar to Clifton’s except we partake in the Lord’s Supper every Sunday. At the end of every service the congregation goes up to the front of the room and breaks off some bread and dips it into either juice or wine. I enjoy that we do this every Sunday because it cultivates a reverence for God and His people.
The church has really been focused on getting out into the community. Whenever an event is going on in Louisville our Pastor calls for the congregation to volunteer to help out. This is a great way to glorify God by the example we set. I hope to reach out to the community by doing some door to door evangelism soon by simply telling people about our somewhat new church and telling them the basics of our beliefs. Some of our members have been able to share the gospel with co-workers just because they shared how they were excited about the church plant they were going to.
When our pastor and a few of us met to pray for the church plant, I said that I wanted to see some reaching out to the poor. There were a few other guys who have a heart for the poor and we are now visiting a homeless shelter weekly. Talking to the people has been a challenge, but I rejoice in the humbling experience. The four of us are going to be giving sermons at the homless shelter every Monday so it will be good experience for me.
We meet in a building that is home to some Korean Seventh-Day Adventists; they meet on Saturday and we meet on Sunday. The church service is similar to Clifton’s except we partake in the Lord’s Supper every Sunday. At the end of every service the congregation goes up to the front of the room and breaks off some bread and dips it into either juice or wine. I enjoy that we do this every Sunday because it cultivates a reverence for God and His people.
The church has really been focused on getting out into the community. Whenever an event is going on in Louisville our Pastor calls for the congregation to volunteer to help out. This is a great way to glorify God by the example we set. I hope to reach out to the community by doing some door to door evangelism soon by simply telling people about our somewhat new church and telling them the basics of our beliefs. Some of our members have been able to share the gospel with co-workers just because they shared how they were excited about the church plant they were going to.
When our pastor and a few of us met to pray for the church plant, I said that I wanted to see some reaching out to the poor. There were a few other guys who have a heart for the poor and we are now visiting a homeless shelter weekly. Talking to the people has been a challenge, but I rejoice in the humbling experience. The four of us are going to be giving sermons at the homless shelter every Monday so it will be good experience for me.
2 comments:
Sounds cool John! Hope you're having a fun summer! Lindsey has been home the past two weeks so that's been fun...but she leaves next weekend :-(. See ya lata dude!
~Gwen
John,
You haven't posted in 2 months. Do you have a girlfriend or something?
Jim
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