Moving Forward

I have been thinking a lot about the Second Step Meeting this Sunday night.  If you know me well, you know that I say what I feel.  So here goes!

One of the things that has disturbed me the most lately is the few people that make the statement that "It is like we are two churches".  Well I strongly disagree with this statement.  We are not two churches but one Church with 3 amazing services!  Each service serves a very specific purpose in Gods plan for Klein UMC!  If you view Klein as two churches, then perhaps you should change your perspective.  No, I don't mean leave.  I mean visit the other services and get to know the members that attend them.  You may not like the specifics of the service, but that is fine!  It serves a purpose for the people that attend  that particular service!    If we all start saying and believing that we are one church, then it will feel as such!  Pastors, staff, volunteers, members....we ALL need to work together to be one church!  So, lets be one church and forget meeting with small groups to get people to see it your way. We should  begin to work together and do it Gods way!  Let's move forward together!  Let's not make this about if we are going to change or not and let's make a plan to move forward in God's world!

I am an educator and work from very specific lesson plans, Steve as an Engineer works off of very specific plans and formulas, construction workers work from blueprints.  When there is no specific plan or blueprint, things look scary or unplanned.  This frightens many including myself.  I prefer to know how to move and the overall picture for where and what to do next.  This changes as things go on but at least I have an outline and idea of the outcome.  This perhaps is where we are now in our steps.

What would I like to see happen Sunday night?  I would like to see our Church take up the mission to show people that we are ONE Church!  I would also like to see a plan.  This plan may or may not include looking at changes but I would rather have a blueprint for moving forward rather than going blindly.  Yes, the blueprint should change and adjust as we move on.  But that is ok, in fact, that is exactly what God wants.

Blessings and prayers for Klein UMC.......ONE Church for ONE God!