God wants your experience in church to be valuable, through the preaching, personal devotions or being a part of Community’s small groups. This is why we will be spending the better part of this year deliberately walking through the book of Acts. So why the book of Acts and not the gospel of John or Genesis? The reason is this: after having spent a year Imagining what God will do with our Church over the next several years, we have now developed a vision statement:

"Growing our relationships with God, each other, and community."

But now what will God do with a group of people bent on doing his will and carrying out His vision? The answer is found in the book of Acts. We are at the same point in our history as the followers were many centuries ago who sought to “do church.” We want to be passionate and effective. We want to be led and be leaders. We desire growth and maturity. We want all God has planned for us. So we’re off! We’re off to explore how that works with devoted followers of Christ in the book of Acts. It will hopefully provide the biblical framework and leadership and experience we need to move ahead. I pray that your time spent in Acts over the next year is fruitful.

Pastor Darren