What is the vision and direction for Ebenezer?? There are many pieces of this puzzle in place. And for it to be complete, EVERY MEMBER will need to find his/her place to plug in.
When you think about strong ministries at EBC, you cannot help but talk about our children’s ministry. Our youth ministry. Our Weekday Early Education Ministry. Our music ministry. Our Family Life Center. The list can go on and on… Considering all of these things AND the fact that of the 25,000 people within a three-mile-radius of our front door, 17,000 claimed on the latest Census to NOT have an ongoing relationship with a church, one cannot help but understand that God put us here to REACH THE LOST. And that He has given us many tools to use in this mission.
And here we are… We started the HOW Campaign to save money for a new sanctuary, new classroom space, and a new Youth Assembly Building. Then the economy took a downward spiral. HOWEVER, God allowed us to build the YAB WITHOUT DEBT!! The next steps have yet to be taken, and for good reason…
We are NOT USING THE SPACE WE HAVE NOW to the best of our abilities. I believe with all of my heart that until we are good stewards of that which God has entrusted to us, we WILL NOT BE GIVEN MORE. We will not be allowed to build. This is where we really need to pray and seek His face.
What to do?? We could consider changing our Sunday morning schedule and doing two Sunday Schools and two Worships. We could add another service on Sunday evening that mirrors the Sunday morning worship service, and have Sunday School during that time as well. We could add a service on Saturday night.
What SHOULD we do?? HERE IS THE ANSWER. HERE IS THE VISION FOR EBENEZER: We SHOULD … WE MUST … SEEK GOD AND HIS WILL FOR EACH ONE OF US. AND WE MUST BE THE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE THAT EACH OF US IS, EMBRACE IT, AND MOVE FORWARD AS THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US. EACH ONE OF US.
Period.
The Random Thinker 
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