The Boone, NC Report

Of course you know that it is very cold outside and that the North Carolina mountains received about 6-7 inches of fresh snow.....

Here is what many of you don't know about Boone, NC. We are very close to completing the details for our first church plant out of the Charlotte, Metro area.

As you know, over the last seven years we have helped to plant three other new churches in our area.(University City Fellowship, Charlotte North Fellowship and Watershed Church) We have given over $115,000, CSF people, band and nursery volunteers, media resources and also provided "on-the-job" training to help these new churches start in their area.

We now feel it is time to put our church planting and missional dollars, resources and training into areas that are for the most part void of our style and philosophy of doing ministry. We feel called to start a new church in Boone, NC. Although it is not a large city it is an area with over 50,000 people and a state university that has over 15,000 students on Campus. After talking with many of the local churches there and getting their wise counsel about the need for a new church....we are confident that this is a great place for another church that wants to reach those who do not currently attend a church there. Moreover, the large campus population is in need of a few different options for daily/weekly Fellowship.

We are in the process of interviewing the person who will be the Lead Pastor of this new Fellowship. This new plant will have a direct and lasting relationship with CSF as it partners with us to reach the people in Boone, Blowing Rock and the surrounding area. We are planning to have the official launch in January 2009. However, this Summer and Fall we will be asking CSF people to help us lay the personal ground work for the new church. We will have one-day or weekend mission trips up there to do community service projects, get the word out and help the planting team make a relational and practical impact this summer and fall. Our student ministry will be very active in helping in this process so that they learn early that following Christ is about action and doing something for other people! Be looking for these fun and life-changing mission details....

Today's Bible reading jumped to 1 Corinthians chapter 13....

This is the classic Love Chapter! Paul is very clear in this chapter that if we do not have and show love toward people....then we have missed the point of being a Christ follower. It is not about what I can get but what I give. It is about information put to use not information to impress exclude others.