Monday, May 2, 2011

A New Hope!

So, have you done something epic in your life?  Something worth making a movie out of?  That's been the question challenging me for the last several months, thanks in part to a great book I read, and in part to a lot of things on my mind lately.  As I shared in my last post, I really do feel that the story of our family bringing Sage (our youngest daughter) into our family is a pretty spectacular story.  And if that's the greatest story that I'm a part of, I'm good with that.  But I've been feeling like God is calling me and my family into a new thing that may just become an even bigger story.  We're going to start a church!
Yeah, I know, we just moved to a new church.  Shepherd of the Valley is a great church, and I believe it has a number of great years ahead of it.  But I no longer believe that I'm supposed to be part of that future.  I believe God wants Sarah and me and our family to do something we've always thought He wanted us to do: Start a new church.
So, we're going to do just that.  We'll be starting a Covenant church in Lake Stevens, WA beginning this Fall.  Actually, we'll start doing some meeting and planning and worshipping this Summer.  It is incredibly exciting.  And terrifying.  And thrilling.  And nerve-wracking.  In short, it's got all those things that help make a good story.
So, if you're in the Lake Stevens area, we'd love to chat with you about this.  I really believe this world needs more good churches, and we aim to be exactly that.  A good church, interested in making an impact in our community, because, more than anything, we believe a relationship with Jesus Christ changes lives.
It's going to be an adventure.  And our whole family gets to do it together.  Join us.  Pray for us.  Come watch this story unfold.  With God as the director, I really think it could be something amazing.

Don't go to church, Be the Church

Bill Walles