Before I write about life and ministry, I want to apologize for not keeping up with this blog. We’ll try to start writing more!
These past seven months in Loveland have gone by so fast. We’ve made a lot of friendships, and life has started to get into a sort of rhythm. As for church, we had our last preview service a couple weeks ago; all of them have been awesome. We are getting really close to the start of weekly services on February 12th, and we’ve just kicked off our Life Groups! With all these things happening at the same time, life has started to get busy. In the midst of all this, what is most exciting are the life changing decisions that have been happening all around us. We had three people wanting to learn more about the way of Jesus Christ. That has been thrilling, because our vision for Elevation is to see people who are far from God filled with new life in Christ.
As a church, we are starting to see what the needs are in our community. A few weeks ago, we provided a teacher appreciation breakfast at the high school where we meet. It was awesome to see about thirty hardworking teachers come to enjoy a little relaxation and pampering. We also did a gas buy-down to love on the people in our community without discrimination. Since we didn’t even know what that was about two months ago, we assume you may not either. Here’s how it works: we partnered with Shell gas station to bring down the price of gas 55 cents a gallon for every person who came to fill up. By the end of the three hours there was a huge line and everyone had a smile on their face. If they asked why, we told them, “We figured we’d like cheap gas, so we decided this was a great way to do unto others.”
Prayer requests:
· Weekly services start on February 12th. Pray that God moves in big ways on that Sunday.
· Spiritual warfare: For Gods protection on our lives as we do His work.
· Direction: We, Sarah and I, want everything we do to be Spirit-led; we want to live on God’s mission without our own agenda, which at times is very difficult. We also need direction about what our future holds.)
· Service: That our eyes and ears be open to figure out our community’s needs
Let us know how we can pray for you!
