Posted Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 at 8:48 am

I am reading a book by Brad Powell and in it he says, “The Bible makes it clear that there are two essential values and priorities that must be invested by anyone desiring success and fulfillment in their spiritual lives and/or ministry.  Those two essentials are hard work and huge faith.”  That is exactly where we are as a church.  We are in the midst of our third time through the “30 Days of Prayer” guide as we pray together as a church family for God to provide a new lead pastor.  It takes huge faith as we, as a search committee, go through the process of reviewing resumes, praying over them, contacting potential candidates, meeting with them and seeking God’s wisdom to discern His choice for us.  It is also taking hard work to read through the resumes, meeting and discussing as a committee, interviewing references and possible candidates.  It takes hard work and huge faith to work together as a constitution revision committee to update and change the present constitution so that it will be consistent with biblical eldership.  We are meeting consistently and going through the constitution, article by article, praying that God gives us wisdom and trusting Him to lead and guide the process.  And it takes hard work and huge faith as our group of 32 men continues the study on biblical eldership; being trained and equipped to be leaders in the church.  The materials and biblical references are extensive and require hours of preparation each week- it’s hard work!  But these men are up to the task and are joined together in heart and spirit as they study, meet together and discuss the Word.  It also takes huge faith as we are praying for God’s Spirit to reveal to us, the men He is preparing from this group to serve His church as elders.  God is amazing!  He continues to reveal Himself and His will as we “step out” in huge faith in Him and “step in” to hard work for Him!  These are such exciting days as God continues to re-shape and re-mold us to make us a more effective church for His glory!

Clark Williman
Interim Lead Pastor