Day -10: Why Are We Doing This?

This year our church was asked to take on a God-sized project.  What’s a God-sized project?  A project that cannot  that can only happen if God shows up!  So yes, this project is probably a little bigger than we should be taking on, but we are doing it – trusting that God has called and that God will provide.

What are we doing?  We are starting a new church!  We have been asked to add a second site to our existing ministry.  So, beginning July 1 we will be "One Church on Two Locations."  Our second site is just 3 ½ miles down the road in the Brightmoor community, one of Detroit’s most economically depressed neighborhoods.  Consider just a few of these numbers:

·         $10,196 per capita income                                       

·         32% have not graduated from high school        

·         64% live below the poverty line                          

·         47%  unemployment rate                                     

·         81% single parent homes                                 

This is a big endeavor and we don’t bring much money to the table.  We don’t bring a lot of people either.  Truth be told, even though our church is growing, it often takes everything we have just to keep our own doors open.  So why are we doing this?  

We are doing this because of what we do bring to the table...

We bring two of the most precious commodities in the world:  Possibility and Hope.  

With them you have chance to change the world.  Without them you might as well stay home.

We see possibilities for this new site.  And we have hope for Brightmoor, for Detroit and yes, we even have hope for the church. 

Is this going to be hard? You bet.   

Are there going to be times we wish had not done this?  I am sure.   

But when those moments come we will come back today, day -10, and remind ourselves where we dwell:   

We dwell in possibility 
We dwell in hope.