Now, Lord, look on
their threats, and grant to Your
servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out
Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the
name of Your holy Servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place where
they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Now the multitude of
those who believed were of one heart and one soul… (Acts 4:29-32)
The mission statement of our Church goes like this…
Eastside Assembly of
God is a Spirit filled body called to worship God and connect our community to
Him and other believers.
We believe that when we are filled with the Spirit there
will be physical evidence…(speaking in tongues). In this day and age when
Christianity is being attacked from the culture it takes courage to speak the
gospel message. So like the early Church we too need to witness and experience
the manifest presence of God through healing and signs and wonders. It is my
intention to purposely lead Eastside Assembly of God in such a way that we will
experience Holy Spirit power. We need it for the courage it brings us to be
witnesses and we need it to give us the power to overcome sin!
So I’m asking that every member of our Church commit
themselves in 2015 to do three things…
- Pray daily for Eastside to see miracles, healings, signs, and wonders.
- Be an open vessel for the Spirit to use spiritual gifts.
- Be ready to give a good report about how God is moving in your Church…if we see these miracles and healing then our response has to be to share what God is doing!
I want to thank every leader in our Church for their
tireless efforts to minister to other. I also want to thank my family…Gloria
and Aaron are always willing to help me be pastor this body.
Here are some goals
for 2015…
- Continue outreach efforts through Valentines Dessert and Vacation Bible School, while looking for other opportunities to reach out to our community.
- Expand Mission’s Services by inviting missionaries to minister Sunday and Wednesday nights.
- Find ways to increase participation in Sunday night and Wednesday nights.
- Increase social opportunities within the Church body.
- Christmas light display.
