Lets Talk Land

Cool weather has hit North Carolina and our fine city. I love this time of year....especially with the top down on my jeep. This morning was a brisk ride into the office and with a few leaves beginning to change colors....it was a great morning drive.

When I pulled into the parking lot of our church campus, I once again noticed how beautiful our building and land really are this time of year. The grass is finally green again, the trees and bushes are full and lively and of course those fall colors are starting to turn. The look and feel of our campus says so much about what kind of church we are. That is why I want to invite and encourage anyone who enjoys working outside to sign up for our green team work day this Saturday. From 3-7pm we will be moving trees, planting flowers and making our campus look even better. If you can come and spend 4 hours great....if only 1...that would be great too. This will be a meaningful task for the church but also a great time for you to meet new friends who enjoy the same things you do. Plus you may even get to use a few big tools that we will need to rent!!! Moreover, if you are here around dinner time...we are going to feed you a BBQ! What a deal!

If you are interested in coming THIS Saturday to help "work in the yard" at your church....please email Thom@charlottesouth.org for more information and to sign up.

Speaking of beautiful land.....we are set to close on the 38 acres behind our current property. However, we first have to make sure the City of Matthews will rezone it for us and our intended use! PLEASE mark down Tuesday night Oct. 14th on your calendar and plan to come to the Matthews Town Hall rezoning meeting. We want to show a huge support for the dream we have as a church for our community. There may be one or two neighbors that shows up because they are not in favor of us buying the land for church use....so we need to have about 350-400 people to show up a "represent!" Plan on being there by 6:30 pm to get a seat up close.

We would like to close on the land as soon as it has be rezoned for us. Also, as a reminder, the owners of land are working with us to allow us to purchase the property over a period of time.....we will not be using our Expand Campaign money for the land...Your Expand money is going toward three specific things...the new building addition, seats for the balcony and a huge state of the art play ground for our kids!

Today's Bible Reading Luke Chapter 6

This Chapter is full of many principles and nuggets of truth that we should apply to our lives. To many for me to comment on all of them....so I will focus on one that stood out to me and maybe it will be helpful to you too.

Verses 27-36 speak about our attitude and actions toward other people. Especially those who have done something wrong to us. The principle here is that when possible we should choose to live in peace with all people....even those who treat us poorly. It is matter of Character and Inner Strength to be able to bite your tongue, not retaliate and even show kindness to a jerk. When we are able to act this way toward jerks....then we are doing something that is not natural. Jesus said....it is easy to be nice to people who are nice to you...it is easy to give someone something if you know that you are getting something god in return. A true test of a godly character is to love your enemies and bless those who curse you.....then your reward will be great.

Have any jerks in your life?