The week before the week before the first worship celebration

What an incredibly busy week this has been! I have been working feverishly to get all of my writing done before next week so that I can focus on details to the setup of the worship celebration. The sermon is ready. The powerpoint is basically ready. I have talked with my worship leader and he is ready. Right now I am trying to get the family bible studies together for the next month. I don't know if anyone has ever mentioned, but church planting is A LOT of work!

 

I know that I am inviting more work for myself by writing the family bible studies myself, but I think that our core values of excellence and placing a high value on scripture mean that I should write the studies for what needs to be done rather than what I can find.

 

Speaking of finding things, I found a wonderful resource for family integrated churches. Scott Brown at Hope Baptist Church http://www.hopebaptistchurch.info/hope/Welcome.html in Wake Forest, NC has excellent articles for the family Bible study. I also like his concept of the five year discipleship plan. We are going to seriously consider implementing a similar plan at LifeTree Church.