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LEADERSHIP

As we continue to grow as a church it is important for us to equip the leaders to do the work of ministry well! However, it is also important to discover the hidden talent God has gifted us in our congregation. To help our men and women, our young and not so young, our members and guests to grow in their gifts and to equip them with the tools to be successful in fulfilling their ministries and allowing God's will to impact our community through them! Won't you join us this year!

STEWARDSHIP

Finally, 2019 is going to be a year of seed sowing. God was a giver, Jesus was a giver, and it is our joy as a congregation to be givers as well. Our offerings support our local and national church in order to share the gospel here in the United States as well as several other countries in our hemisphere. However, it is important for us to also be good stewards over the resources that God has given to us. Thus, we will continue to establish controls, budgets and practice sound management with our ministries as we work with our national church at becoming more fiscally sound.

We had another blessed week sharing God's love with children and over 60 families in our community! This years program was entitled "Scuba...diving into friendship with God" and we welcomed over 100 different children this year with over 50 volunteers assisting from our congregation and community. The program ran Monday thru Friday nights from 5pm to 8pm with our graduation service/celebration on Sunday July 28th.

Thanks again for all that helped in some way to make this outreach a success!!

in 2026, we will be blessed as a congregation to celebrate 100 years of a New Apostolic Congregation in the Kalamazoo area. We have already begun the planning for this special celebration and Pr. Bob Gregg Sr. & Brayden Schimp will start with interviews of our brothers & sisters and a planning team will be coming together soon to coordinate all of the details to celebrate this historic milestone and especially Thank the Lord for His love, faithfullness, and grace over all of these years with so many families and friends!

As we move into 2025, we have three new Shared Leadership Team Members supporting our congregation. Sister Michelle Wanders Ellis stepping into our Outreach leadership role. Pr. Bobby Gregg stepping into the leadership of our Divine Service Experience and finally, Sister Kendra Cook assuming the role of our Pastoral Care Team. We thank Sister Bonnie Miller, Pr. Gary Cluster and Sister Dana Cook for their leadership and support in faithfully serving our congregation these past several years in these roles

Again, so many of you seized the opportunity to personally invite your friends, classmates and coworkers to our Fall Bring a Friend to Church Day last year...let's continue to share the gospel and invite those friends, classmates or family members who the Lord has put on your heart to join us for the our upcoming spring "Bring a Friend to Church" Day! Many Guests joined us in the Fall and we had a wonderful day filled with faith, family, friendship and fellowship! We look forward It was a blessed day meeting people in all walks of life with many different stories and yet all were treated as friends!

In collaboration with our national FaithArc program, our SLT and Pastoral Care Teams are in the process of rethinking our Children & Youth Ministry programs and structure to determine what is the best way to connect, teach and integrate our younger generation into our congregation both now and in the future! Some of the questions we're evaluating are: Should we change our structure to match the school year such as preschool, elementary, middle school, high school and college? We are also evaluating a small group strategy known as Leading Small that poses some great questions: What if the biggest difference in a young persons life is made by not doing something BIG but by doing something small? Can we come to the realization that doing something for a few will always have more potential than what we do for many? When we lead small we simply make a choice to invest strategically in the lives of a few over time so we can help them build an authentic faith!

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." Deuteronomy 6:4-7,9 NIV