Hey Trailblazers!
We're less than a month away from our Vision Nights in September. I'm excited because this is the first opportunity for our church to hear about Shaken.
Vision Night will be a celebration of the work that God has done in and through White Oak and an opportunity for us to look ahead to where we believe God is leading us as a church.
Blazing the trail with you,
Nathan
Transcript:
Hey Trailblazers, this is Nathan. Thank you for joining with me this week.
God has called you to be a leader or influencer here at White Oak and I want these bi-weekly updates is to engage, encourage, and equip you as a Trailblazer as we enter into this season in our Shaken initiative.
Remember, trailblazers go first. I believe, and I see this in Scripture both in the Old and New Testaments, that God calls groups of leaders and influencers in his Kingdom to lead the way (for His glory) so that others will follow.
In this season, I’m praying that you are asking God how he wants to move you forward. I encourage you to talk to him about this regularly. Dig out your Trail Guidebook and look through the Scripture and questions posed there.
We don’t need to wait for the SHAKEN initiative to go public to START NOW, asking the Holy Spirit of God to shake up our lives. In the areas of generosity, leadership, influence, and legacy… what work might God want to do in you so that he can do new things through you?
That’s the question Denise and I talked about as we walked through our neighborhood last week. We talked about how God has faithfully provided for our family consistently. We talked about how our own giving has become somewhat comfortable, and how we could be stretched in that area. We didn’t come up with any answers. We talked somewhat nervously about it, in fact. I’m telling you this because we said that we needed to be praying about what God wants to do in us.
As you should know by now, Vision Night is coming up very soon next month both on September 18 and the 25. It’s the same event, you simply have two option to attend.
We’re excited for this event and have some special things planned which we have never done before. You’re not going to want to miss Vision Night this year.
There are two things you need to do to prepare:
One, be sure you register yourself and your family for Vision Night. We have childcare available for birth through third grade, and we definitely want to plan for your family to come.
Here’s the second thing I’m asking you to do: Since Trailblazers go first, I want to ask you to talk Vision Night up and invite others to join you. I’m asking you to lead the way. I’m asking you to join with other leaders to reach our primary goal for SHAKEN and that is that 100% of our White Oak family would be engaged in Shaken. We want everyone to take deeper steps of trust in Jesus and for the power of the Holy Spirit to shake up our lives.
Please start talking to your friends, those in your life groups, those who serve on teams with you, and those whom you bump into in the lobby at church. Send text messages that say, “Hey, I’m registering for Vision Night at church, are you planning to attend? Would you want to go with me?”
We want everyone to celebrate at Vision Night this year and to experience the exciting things that I believe God is leading us to in the coming months. Be sure you’re registered to attend. And please, lead and influence others to join you.
Pray…
Thanks for joining us and we’ll catch you next time.