Two weeks ago, our Texas church planting team celebrated one full year of Utah residency! We had fun reminiscing about all our experiences as brand new "Utah-ans". Each of us has now passed the driving test to obtain our Utah state driver's liscence, and we all have cool Ski/Arches Utah plates adorning our vehicles. The men in our group have experienced the back-breaking work that is shoveling snow and now have a better understanding of why we see some men outside shoveling in nothing but shorts and boots! We have hiked through national parks and forests, we’ve seen both sunrises and sunsets over the mountains, and we have skied some of the best snow this country has to offer!
Most importantly, we've gotten a real taste of the spiritual depravity that dwells right here in this beautiful landscape. Our hearts break as we watch our neighbors and friends work to earn grace. The reality of why we are here sets in daily as our co-workers joke that they’ll never go to Heaven because they’re not good enough. We understand now more than ever why God's heart is to reach these precious people with His love and the GRACE He offers through His Son!
We enter this coming fall season with much anticipation of the work God will do through us. We would love to see God grow our Sunday attendance from our current average of 60 to around 100 by mid-October, when Lifestone Herriman will celebrate our one year anniversary of being open to the public! We also plan to have 4-5 separate small groups who will meet during the week to fellowship and study God's Word! Please pray that God continues to bring up new leadership within our church. As we grow, we are in constant need of disciples to step up and lead new believers as they, too, learn to walk in all God has for them. Over the past year, we have seen many lives changed through Jesus' love, and we trust that God has great things in store for the year ahead as well!
Check out these pics from one of our small groups...our Youth Lifegroup!
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| Utah teens diving into God's word! |
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| Prayer Huddle! |
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| Students used marshmallows and spaghetti noodles to discover the importance of a strong foundation... |
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| and dominoes to remind us the potential of the actions of one individual! |
Thank you, TEXAS, and to each of you...for LOVING UTAH through your prayers, encouragement, and giving! Greater things are yet to come!
