Relevant Worshipper’s Blog

Hi, my name is Shan. 

I am a part of a team that is launching one of those “relevant” type churches.  The name of the church is LifePoint Community Church and it is located in Findlay, OH.  The website address is www.lifepointfindlay.com and we are having our first preview service on July 20th, 2008 at 10am.  If you are reading this and have nowhere else to be on that day, please stop by for a visit…we’d love to get to know you!

My wife and I are trying to help out in as many ways as we can to launch this church which has a Vision to reach our community as God would want us to…to make an impact in the lives of people in our community and see them change for the better.  We want to be relevant, but we don’t want to compromise the truth of the God’s Word.

We want to fulfill the purpose that God has for our lives and do whatever it is that He has called us to do.  We both enjoy organizing events and coming up with creative ideas to present God’s message to a World that expects a lot.  Let’s face it, we have all grown up in a society that wants the “best” and we want it “now”.  It just seems that it is no longer good enough to attempt to fulfill the Great Commission the same way our Grandparents and even our Parents did.  Not that anything they did was wrong or ineffective, but our world is changing, and our methods must change as well if we expect to remain “relevant” to this generation and the generations to come!

Jennifer and I both love music and are also helping with the worship team at LifePoint.  As the music ministry director, I felt I was responsible for helping the worship team stay focused on God so that we would be successful in this area of ministry.  So I had this great idea to start a blog for the worship team to read.  I was also going to insert an eloquent devotional that could be used throughout the week as an option for those who need direction in that area. 

Well, so far I have failed on every point!  Just goes to show how our plans don’t always go the way we want them too.  It is also a reminder of how imperfect I am and how important it is for me to realize that I have to daily depend on God before I can even begin to help others.  Finally, I am getting started…I guess they say, “better late, than never!”.

Being foreign to “blogging”, I wanted to make sure I knew what I was getting myself into.  So, I decided to look up the definition for “blog”.  I was worried that the definition may require me to be involved in this complicated process that would discourage me from consistently blogging and thus propel me into a state of failure.  That was not a desirable outcome, especially considering the number of failures I have already faced in my lifetime.  Hopefully I will get to share some of those things with you in the days to come.

What I found was comforting.  The word Blog comes from the term web log…basically meaning that it is an online journal. 

That sounded simple enough! 

Although it will be difficult to find the time to blog on a daily basis, my goal is to blog at least once a week.  I will journal about the past, present and future…trying to use what I have learned from my experiences to help those who visit this blog to change for the better.  Ultimately I would love to see many people come to have a relationship with Jesus.  That is my hope.

Soon I will discuss the meaning behind “Relevant Worshippers”.  Let me know what you think so far!

God Bless,

Shan

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