As I am typing this  newsletter I am thinking back to almost five years ago that I was going to be  making a trip form Michigan to preach my first Candlelight Christmas Eve  service at Meridian Woods and how excited I was about what God was going to do  at this church.  I can say within doubt  that the same excitement that was in me five years ago is still growing and I  believe that God is moving.  Things have  changed over the last five years, people have come and gone and the building  has changed, with have truly connected to this community.  And now with a new excitement I say let’s  continue to move forward as a church body, just think what it will look like  next year at the time around this place.   Which leads me to ask a question of you today, how you will be different  over the next year.  Will you be in love  with Jesus more than ever before, will you be praying, reading the Bible and  crying out to God for change? Will we continue to connect in a greater way to  this community, would they care if we closed the doors of the church this  year?  What is it going to take to show  them that we really care and God loves them?   Will you step up in 2010 to make a difference for the Kingdom?  Doing this season of giving the make sure  that we are giving ourselves to the Lord, no greater love than a man have that  he lay down his life for others.  As you  close the year will you be willing to give?   It is my prayer that we become known as a church who serves, one that  serves each other and the community but most important is that we serve God  with all that He has given to us as a church body.

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