bellingham

It is nice to be back in WA, and to begin to think again about the task before us. We've been called to start a new church. As individuals and as churches we are called to partner together in reaching our neighbors w/ the good news of Jesus Christ. My hope is that the church plant will focus on loving and worshiping God, while loving and serving others in their physical and spiritual needs. My hope is that this new church will call others to Christ, be built up in Christ, and send people out in the name of Christ.
Since starting 2 months ago, I've begun to network w/ local CRC folk, and other church leaders. We'll continue to pray together as we partner together in our common task of Kingdom growth. We'll have another prayer gathering next month, so stay tuned. The other task since we started was to begin looking at where God is leading us locate. We've looked at lots of demographics of the county. We've spent many more hours in communities throughout the county, meeting folks and getting a feel for the personality of each place. We've spent lot's of time praying for these communities and how we fit into reaching needs. Through these efforts and discernment w/ others, we've decided that God is leading us to plant the church in Bellingham. It, like everywhere, is a place that has a great need for the gospel. It is a town that matches who we are as a family and our vision for ministry.
So now our task becomes to find who we feel led to reach in Bellingham, and which neighborhood would facilitate that. This means we will continue to to pray discern w/ others. Once we feel a leaning toward a general part of town we will move to that neighborhood, so we can begin developing local relationships in the neighborhood. We will also continue to pray for folks to initially join us - whether that is to simply worship w/ us or join us in initial leadership.
Please pray that:
-God would draw us to a specific neighborhood in Bellingham
-Folks would gather w/ us to worship and serve
-And how you individually can get involved (contact me if this strikes a holy chord in you)