All the new faces

I’m continually blown away by what God is doing in our midst. Do you realize that just a year ago Sunday I had only been with the church a few weeks and we only had 65 people in attendance at United? Yesterday we had 264! That’s 199 more…a 408% increase!

Now here’s the frustrating part. We’re growing faster than I can remember and learn people’s names. If I’m being truly honest, I’d bet that I couldn’t have given you the names of half the people that were in attendance yesterday. That’s very frustrating because I want to get to know people, but it’s just not possible to know everyone. However, I was reminded yesterday that not everyone needs to know Gilbert Thurston, but everyone does need to know Jesus Christ.

So I’m doing my part to make His name known…would you do me a favor? When you come in on Sunday’s, don’t spend all of your time with the people you already know. Find someone you don’t and introduce yourself…make them feel welcome…help them get connected in some way with the church. New people may come in for awhile because they like the Experience, but eventually they will stay because of relationships. If you’ll do your part, I promise to do mine…together we can make a difference!