Veterans Day

Across American today, those who have served in our Nations military will be honored and......they should be! It is a great and noble thing to go and serve one's country. America would not be what we are if not for the brave young men and women who have served and some have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

That is one thing about success and dreams that come true. They always happen because someone has gone ahead of that dream and usually had to sacrifice something of great worth. That sacrifice could be in time, money or even in their life. As we get ready next year to celebrate our church's 10 year anniversary I am always reminded of the personal sacrifice that it took from my family and many others to help lay the ground work for this dream church we now enjoy.

This past Sunday I spoke to a new core group in Kershaw, South Carolina. This, of course, is the site of our first campus in our dream of being one church that has many campuses is places where churches like ours do not exist. I talked briefly to a gathering of about 45 people who are excited about being a part of church...there in Kershaw. I began telling their leaders there about the coming excitement and sacrifice that will be a part of the new campus God is leading us to start there. We are excited to announce that we have a 4,200 square foot warehouse that we are going to lease and this will be the site of our new church campus there. The owner of the warehouse is paying all "up-fitting" cost and we will assume the lease when he is done. This is going to be awesome!

REZONING ALERT: Last night the board made their own motion without discussion to defer the vote until December 9th. They are getting false information from a neighbor about our church and the plans we have. The town council said they need more info before voting. We will be meeting with the people who have questions over the next few weeks. If you live in the city limits of Matthews....Please take the time to call and write each person on the board and express your concern of why THEY are not willing to vote for this basic rezoning. We need 6 out of 7 town council people to vote "yes." I am not sure which ones are holding up the vote, so just send a note to all of them. Let your voting voice be heard in this manner! A couple hundred calls and emails should let them know how passionate their voting public is about this matter.

Today's Bible Reading 1 Corinthians 9-11