Reading the Signs
“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”
Changing wind, changing momentum – it is hard to see and hard to gauge, but you sense it when you feel it in the early stages. It’s more of an intuition than a hard demonstrable fact. Some signs of late:
New faces coming weekly to worship and online.
Our recently tightened in-house plus at-home worship numbers are at pre-pandemic levels, 500-550.
Finishing 2024 in the black financially when that looked impossible in November.
39 of 40 surveys for our capital campaign saying we are heading in the right direction with this spring’s capital campaign.
The same number saying we have the right staff and layperson leadership to go where we want to go.
Nearly every person interviewed for leadership on the campaign team has said, “Yes.”
18 people jumping into Disciple Bible study to learn a strong overview of the Bible – a record class number for that course.
A strong Feasibility Study Report that says we will raise between $1.7 million and $2.0 million over three years to accomplish our primary goals.
A record number of people are involved in a variety of outreach work, including the Plano Overnight Warming Shelter this week.
16 very bright, eager, and already-involved students will be confirmed this Sunday at the 9 a.m. service – our largest class in several years.
Like the wind, you feel it but cannot yet know how long it will keep blowing or how strongly… but the signs are encouraging. Join us with the Holy Spirit this Sunday – in the Sanctuary or from wherever you are. I thank God for your being part of something bigger and better than any of us apart.
Connecting God and Grace to Self and Community,
