Coming back
It was really good to meet so many people that came to check us out that haven't been to church in a while. For the most part, they were all raised in the church but have just phased out. This is one of the areas of our community that we are trying to connect with...they are already connected to Jesus, but not to a faith community they can journey with. I'm not a huge fan of taking people from other churches...all it does is create animosity between pastors. It shouldn't be that way but it is. The other demographic we are trying to reach are those who haven't ever followed Jesus or did a long time ago. We've also been seeing this happen and can't wait to see it take off even more. Now what I'm really trying to figure out is how to connect with everyone and get them connected in. It's the fight to not get all wrapped up with Sunday's to the point where they define everything that we are. When we gather on Sunday's we want to have a good time but, like I said on Sunday, it's one hour out of 168.
