Year End
Reflections
Hello Deer Flat
Family,
I just wanted to grab a few minutes of your time and let you
know how grateful to God I am for His incredible goodness to Deer Flat Church
during this past year. As I reminisced
for a bit I had so many great reminders of the hand of God being extended to
our flock in so many areas, for instance:
Growing Number of New
People – You’ve seen it happening and so have I. The Deer Flat family does an amazing job
inviting friends! Beyond that, God
continues to draw people through the doors.
We have enjoyed wonderful growth during 2015.
New Followers – With
the new attenders, there comes many new followers of Christ. We have had no shortage of people dedicating
their lives to the Kingdom of God and becoming new Christians. What is greater than this?
Many Answers To
Prayer – Week after week people submit prayer requests. There has been no shortage of people and
circumstances to pray over. Week after
week, we as a Staff have met together and prayed. Time after time so many in our congregation
have interceded and prayed over the needs.
And we have rejoiced about the many answers that have come. God has certainly been good to us in His response
to our prayers. Thank you for praying!
Health and Life – Have
you ever stood in the lobby between services? You watch people and you can feel the life happening in the flock. You can see that God has blessed us with some
wonderful levels of health in all of the areas of Deer Flat Church. Children, Youth, Adult, Celebrate Recovery,
Life Groups, Volunteers, and so much more have enjoyed healthy ministries and
God’s blessings.
Spiritual Growth – Beyond
numerical growth has been something so significant that has taken place, and
that is the spiritual growth happening in the lives of our kids, students and
adults. People have moved forward in
their love for God and their knowledge of His Word. There is a climate of spiritual education and
hunger that is definitely a part of Deer Flat. I am so grateful to God for creating this passion to know Him and His
Word better than we do.
Time doesn’t permit me to cover all of the things that have
made this year significant, but we praise God for His goodness for each of
these and more. While we have much to
rejoice over, there still remains some very real needs. I’ll close with just a
couple…
Upgrading the Prayer
Life of Deer Flat – This is an area that needs and deserves our
attention. I think we can improve and
raise the importance of the role of prayer in the life of the church. I’ll be talking more about this as we head
into 2016. However there is a prayer
opportunity every Sunday from 8-9 am in room 13. If you arrive early enough, your time of
intercession will truly make a difference.
Spiritual Formation –
With the amount of new people and new believers, I’d like to step up our
investment into these lives and help people really get anchored in their
faith. Nothing beats High Impact Low
Maintenance converts.
Both of these areas will require leaders who share a passion
for these arenas. As opportunity is
provided, I hope you’ll dedicate yourself to help us take these needs to some
new levels.
There are a few dates that you need to be aware of coming up:
December 31st - last day to give and have it count toward your 2015 taxes. The office will be closed, but as long as you have it postmarked by tomorrow or give online before midnight tomorrow night, it will still count for 2015.
Tuesday, January 12th at 7 pm - Jeremy Gimpel, The flyers last week listed the incorrect time! It is truly 7 pm and not 6 pm as listed on the insert. Please plan to join us for a great evening.
Tuesday, January 26th - Financial Peace University - classes will be held at 7 pm beginning the 26th at City Pointe in Caldwell. REGISTER HERE
Sunday, January 31st - Financial Peace University - classes will be held at 9:30 am in Room 19 at Deer Flat Church. REGISTER HERE
Remember, this Sunday only, one service at 10:30
am. I can’t wait to see
you! Come expecting a tremendous Lord’s
Day.
Loving You and Him!
Pastor D
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