July 2010 Newsletter
Purpose: a priceless piece of clarity absolutely necessary for reaching our potential and truly enjoying life. With clarity of purpose, we enjoy more liberating answers and fewer frustrating questions. Allow me to discuss a few foundational elements of our purpose here at DCC.
As you all know by now, we’ve made some exciting changes to our Sunday morning programming. The purpose is simple: to open as many pathways as possible for people to approach Jesus Christ. The summer will mostly be used to collect feedback and tweak the two services toward something perfect for God’s Kingdom. In the fall, we will launch a city-wide advertising effort to get the word out about what DCC has to offer.
I invite you to explore the services and simply choose one that gives you the most freedom to approach the Throne in your own personal way. After that, settle in to serving your God and your church through DCC’s mission: “Preparing people to love God and each other.” It’s what you were made to do.
In addition, we’re going to start a sermon series to provide biblical clarity to the reason we’re all here. I will primarily be teaching through two of the most important portions of scripture: the Greatest Commandment (Matt 22.37-40) and the Great Commission (Matt 28.18-20). Read through these passages carefully and prepare for a great real-life study on how these direct our lives—giving us potential and purpose. They are truly what you were made for.
I highly recommend committing to a 40-day reading of Rick Warren’s Purpose-driven Life—even if you’ve read it in the past. He does wonderful things with these passages. The already-classic book will provide a great complement to the sermon series and truly enhance your summer “church experience.”
As always, I am excited about the horizon of DCC. We are laying great foundations this summer: both in preaching and in programming. I pray that you join in the effort to push our church to the forefront of God’s growing kingdom.
