Forest Park Carthage 2008

It is hard to believe that 2008 is already here. The past four months have flown by and we have seen God work in mighty ways. First of all I want to thank each of you for your commitment, dedication, and hard work at FP Carthage over the last several months. You all have been an inspiration and blessing to me personally. Now it is on to 2008! We are moving forward at a fast pace this year with a couple of new additions to our staff. If you have not heard yet we have two more people coming on staff, one is Aaron Stockton who will be heading up our all Tech duties, and the other one is Kendra Miller who is now our Children’s Director at FP Carthage. They have both hit the ground running and are doing a great job! Both of them are looking for volunteers in their perspective areas and if you know of someone attending but not serving send them to Aaron or Kendra and they will be glad to give them more information. Since we are talking about staff we can not forget about Ryan, he is doing a fantastic job and has a heart to minister to FP Carthage in more ways that just worship. He truly is an associate to me and can help you in whatever areas you may need help.

January and February are key months for us at FP Carthage and I want all of you to be geared up and ready to go. We start our Dangerous Church series tomorrow and John will be sharing the vision of Forest Park and the type of church we want to be. You will not want to miss it. Then on January 27th we will begin our Why series that will explore some difficult questions that people have about God and Christianity. We will be promoting this series heavily in the Carthage and will have some fliers for you to hand out to your neighbors and friends as well. This will be a great series to bring your lost friend to that has questions that seem difficult to answer. We will also be having our next membership class on January 27th so encourage your friends to be there at 6:00 PM to find out more about our church. One final activity occurring in January that I really want to encourage you to attend. Jan 13th is our next GroupLINK and if you are not plugged into a small group this is the place for you to be. This is such an important part of our strategy and I want to personally challenge all of our leaders to be plugged into a Life{group} this year.

I am excited about working with you and serving you as Campus Pastor. This vision of Multi Site has been my dream for the past 3 years and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with you guys on the front line as we seek to see lives changed! I can not wait to see what God is going to do in 08!

Let me encourage you to be active and involved this year. If you do not have a place of service let me know and we can help you find the place that fits you best. Remember, our goal is for everyone to be involved in three things each week. #1 Attend a worship experience each week, #2 Serve in a ministry, and #3 be involved in a Life{group}. Make it your resolution this year to hit all three! See you Sunday!

Mark