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Rising to Meet the Future
The Leadership Team has contracted with
John Neff as a Planning Consultant to lead us through a process as we look
to the future of our congregation. John is President of Nielsen Construction
Company and pastor of the Grottoes Church of the Brethren.
The initial steps of our journey will begin in
May with a Church Health Analysis which will outline the depth of our
programs and ministry in evaluating the six purposes of the church—worship,
fellowship, evangelism, service,
discipleship, and prayer. Sixty (60) persons within our congregation will be
asked to complete a survey affirming the work of our church. Throughout the
month of May, additional information will be gathered to help develop this
Health Analysis.
In September, each person in our congregation
will be asked to complete a survey with specific questions on our ministries
and where God is calling us to serve in the future. Then, on October 12th,
we will gather as a Community for a special event in the Life of Sunrise:
The Vision Planning Summit.
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Sermon Schedule
4 - TEN COMMANDMENT SERIES
“The Sanctity of Sex”
-- Exodus 20:14
11 - PENTECOST
"The Three Faces of God”
-- Matthew 28:29; 2 Corinthians 13:13
18 - HOLY COMMUNION
“Dying to Live”
-- Romans 6:1-11
25 - "In the Beginning God Created"
-- Genesis 1:1-25
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Worship
attendance on our first Sunday meeting at EMHS (February 10, 2002) was
exactly 100. Attendance on our last meeting at EMHS (February 13,
2005) was exactly 100. During our first three years there have been
15 Sundays when attendance was 100 or above, with a high of 132 on our Charter
Sunday in 2002. Attendance for the first Sunday meeting in our new
facility (February 20, 2005) was 157.