Haiti Relief: Who will help the churches in Haiti?
January 17, 2010 by Kyle Campos
Filed under Announcements, Featured, Serving Opportunities
Who will help the churches in Haiti?
The images streaming in from Haiti is disturbing. We feel pity, sorrow and a sense of helplessness at the extent of their plight. The waves of humanitarian aid are washing ashore in Haiti and beginning to meet this massive need but little if any of this medicine will soothe the sores of the suffering church. The country will be rebuilt in time, but so little of that aid will go to the pastors and congregations who are decimated and broken.
Who is helping the Haitian churches and the pastors? While so many agencies will be focused on the immediate social needs, the local communities of faith are devastated as well. These bodies of Christ can also contribute toward meeting the spiritual and emotional needs of the local people who are burying their family members and are seeking comfort, counsel and guidance.
“Churches Helping Churches” initiated by Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald is calling on the North American church to help restore the ravaged church in Haiti. MacDonald writes, “Without question the priority of the ‘church helping the church’ is commanded by Paul in scripture and modeled by Paul in his crisis care for the Corinthians and the church in Jerusalem. If Paul were alive today there is no doubt his first concern as a church planter and leader in the body of Christ would be for the family of God in Haiti.”
“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:10
Mark and James are going to Haiti early next week to see first hand and assess what can be done to meet the needs of the church in the toughest areas. They will take a team to help them capture this story so they can report on the hope the North American church can bring. They hope to get some great stories on video about what God is doing in Haiti to help encourage God’s people around the world to be generous and help those in need. They are seeking to provide great photos and other video footage to give away online, to give to Christian agencies who could use it to help expose the need of the church, and to give to mainstream media outlets showing the difference the church and God’s people are making.
Acts 29 Network is asking you to consider helping the churches in Haiti so they can continue to contribute in the recovery when other agencies have moved on from the devastated land. Please ask the members of your congregation to contribute financially this week or next to unite as the Church helping churches.
A website has been formed to assist in the communication of this effort: http://www.churcheshelpingchurches.com/
We are asking Life Connection Church to show generosity and compassion for the people of Haiti through donations to this organization. If you are interested in helping in other ways please contact us. We will continue to post serving opportunities in regards to the Haiti relief effort.
Post-Encounter Session 1
October 29, 2009 by Aaron Dailey
Filed under Announcements, Featured, encounter
We are now taking our post encounter out of a live class room and making it a virtual class room. All the post encounter classes will be available online.
The purpose of post encounter is to solidify the decisions that you made during your encounter weekend by giving you tools to grow. Post encounter is a 8-session class held online at your own pace. The classes are taught by a variety of teachers and there is no cost to you.
Post encounter also must be completed by those who are planning on becoming members of Life Connection Church. As a reminder the membership steps are:
- Attend an encounter weekend
- Be baptized in water
- complete post-encounter classes
- Attend Membership 101 class
Session 1 – 1
PE Session 1-1 from Life Connection Church on Vimeo.
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Membership Class
May 25, 2009 by Aaron Dailey
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Membership is about more than attending church meetings. Members who enter into a covenant with us are called to a higher degree of responsibility, service and sacrifice. By becoming a Covenant Member you are committing to be part of a spiritual family that will provide support and encouragement in your walk with Christ.
Our elders and leadership pledge to assist our Covenant Members first and foremost, by providing care and counsel as well as pray, teach and guide as necessary.
We hope that as the Lord leads, you will take the following steps by covenanting with us to be part of Life Connection Church.
- Attend an encounter weekend
- Be baptized in water
- complete post-encounter classes
- Attend Membership 101 class - We hold membership in high regard and want our guests and those who regularly attend to make an informed decision about joining our church. By providing a class we are able to cover the essentials of what it means to be a Covenant Member, our basic beliefs, our distinctives and what you should expect from the elders and leaders. The class is coming on Saturday 3/13/10 10am – 5 p.m.
- Sign a covenant agreement
NOTE: These things do not need to be done in order. So if you have not completed one of these steps and would like to attend this class you are more the welcome.
If attending class please sign-up below