Yesterday was Vision Sunday at Fellowship Bible Church. It was so encouraging to hear what God has been doing here in central Arkansas and to hear a group of leaders challenge their body to step up and truly make an impact for the Kingdom.
Here is a link to the audio/video of the message. If you are willing to sit and watch the whole thing, trust me, it will be worth it. Be sure to see the ending to see team leadership in action.
As the service was ending, I fought back tears. I think it was a combination of things. Team leadership at times feels like such a pipe dream to me, yet FBCLR has lived it out successfully for decades. I already knew that, but seeing it right in front of my face was huge for me. Combine that with the emotions I already felt this weekend due to Katrina Anniversary and I just lost it.
In so many ways, this service brought to bear what year four of rebuilding is all about, at least for us. It is about turning away from the past and looking to the future. All of our hopes and dreams about New Orleans and the future? Now is the time for them to become reality.
As Lawrence said to me yesterday on the phone, we have been trailblazing through the jungle praying that we’ll reach our destination and FBCLR just picked us up and dropped us off on the highway that they already built that will take us there. All this time we thought that no one had been there before, but Fellowship has. So we can see the future so clearly now.
i love going to PJ’s almost every morning. however, i do not love that i do not run into you there almost every morning. PJ’s just isn’t PJ’s without dooooglas. come home soon please.
Comment by emily — September 1, 2009 @ 11:35 pm