New Faces

It has been wonderful to see so many new faces at City on a Hill Church these last two weeks. Since the Lord first put the idea of sharing the Fireproof message, I have been praying for our community to have a desire to strengthen its marriages. When the Impact Cards were mailed to over 900 homes in our community promoting this series, I prayed that each card would be received with open hearts and minds, and I prayed that those families who need strengthening would have a burden to seek help from the Church. When the article was written in the local newspaper recently, I prayed that the article would be read by those who need fresh encouragement in their relationship with God the most. When we hosted our first service in our new facility last weekend, I prayed that God would lead people who travel up and down Sperryville Pike every day and who see our banners hanging in front of our building to investigate what it would look like to experience Him at City on a Hill Church.

I strongly believe that the Lord has answered all of those prayers. Yes, I know there are many families who need strengthening who haven't visited us. Yes, I know many of the Impact Cards were tossed without even being read. And, yes, I know that the article went unseen by many who need God more than ever in their lives and our banners are considered as spam to so many who are bombarded by marketing every day.

What's important to remember in this season of COAHC is that we're gathering momentum. Momentum is one of the most underrated components to the Church today, I believe. In physics, we're taught that momentum can make an object with little mass have more impact than an object with greater mass and less momentum. Momentum is important to get behind! Join me in praying for God's wisdom and discernment as we get behind this Spirit-led momentum and pray for this momentum to have impact in not just the lives of those at COAHC, but more importantly, the lives outside of the Church in Culpeper. Souls saved and lives transformed are the fruit we want to see!

I'm so excited about what God is doing right now in the midst of the lives of those who have visited us these last two weeks. In talking with people, I have heard stories of how God is moving. I can discern the fresh move of the Spirit in body language and expressions. It's a stimulating time to be a pastor in Culpeper. I thank God that He called my family and I here to be a part of what He's doing in Culpeper and be used as His instrument in the lives of those with whom we share this community.