Sunday August 11, 2013

With only a few short days until our Luau, I hope that you will be in prayer for the event, for all of the people who we will come into contact with and that God will be at work among us.  I am so excited for our 4th annual Luau, this Saturday, August 10th. 

On Sunday we will celebrate.  With a major event behind us we will look at what God is doing and celebrate the mighty works of a great God. We have so much for which to be thankful, come ready to testify to what the Lord is doing.  This is an important Sunday, I hope you will come to listen and come to participate!

Blessings,
Pastor Shannon

Sunday August 4, 2013

This week, Brett and I are on vacation, but we will be back Sunday and are looking forward to an exciting day!  This coming Sunday we will finalize Luau details and also we will vote on our new property! Are you ready to step forward into God's plan for our church? I know I am, and I am so excited to be taking this journey with you!

On August 4th, I am preaching from Matthew 9 and 10. I am going to be talking about the call of Jesus on the lives of the disciples.  We will discuss the instructions that he gave them and we will learn about the process of outreach.  Come as we prepare for our Luau, the biggest outreach event of our year.  It's coming soon, on Saturday August 10th! Are you ready to meet with the people?

I love you and I am praying for you while I am gone,
Pastor Shannon

Sunday July 7, 2013

Greetings! After a long week of the wonderful Global Gathering and many meetings - it is nice to be home.  I pray that you are well as we start a new month!

This Sunday I will begin preaching about Discipleship.  We are going to look at inward and outward discipleship over the next two months.  As we head towards our annual Luau (on August 10th) a time where we meet many people who do not have the hope that comes from Jesus Christ, we are going to talk about outward discipleship.  Maybe you use the term evangelism? or witnessing? Whatever you call it - the idea is the same.  The Bible calls us to "make disciples" (Matthew 28), to "seek and save the lost" (Luke 19:10), to be God's witnesses (Acts 1).  Why? For what purpose? Let's find out!

I am praying for each one of you,
Pastor Shannon

Sunday January 27, 2013

Following our series on Acts 1:8, I think we should discuss that if we are doing this right, we will be drawing people to God and perhaps also drawing people to the church. So then we must ask ourselves...if people are people drawn to God - are we welcoming them in?

Jesus welcomed sinners and ate with them (Luke 15:1-2).  The Pharisees and teachers of the law did not like this.  We are called to follow Christ's examples.  He welcomed anyone and everyone who would come to him - we are to do the same - to welcome them as brothers and sisters and love them like our own.  So how are we doing? Are we welcoming people? Are we a welcoming church? Do people feel welcomed, safe and loved in our midst? This week we'll assess how we're doing.

I look forward to seeing you Sunday morning for worship!
Pastor Shannon

Sunday, Janaury 20, 2013

Hello! We have had some crazy weather this week - some days definitely feel like winter and others the temperature is up in the 50's! I guess we can be thankful for the good days!

We have finally arrived at our long awaited Global Gathering Sunday!  As we have followed the idea of Acts 1:8 where we are called to be Jesus' witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth; we have begun to understand that the call on our lives is big! We can be involved in God's work all over and this coming Sunday, we will hear about our opportunity to get involved in God's Kingdom work all the way in India!

Come Sunday ready to worship and bring your love offering for missionary Sudipta Nanda!

I am excited and look forward to seeing you!
~Pastor Shannon

Sunday October 28, 2012

Greetings! How is your day going? I hope that it is good and that you are enjoying the beautiful fall God has given us. 

This weekend the Elders will be going on their annual retreat.  We are going to White Hall camp in Pennsylvania and would appreciate your prayers.  We will be discussing leadership, our Next Step as a church and setting goals for the vision that has been laid out for us.  Please pray for us as we go. 

Gary Koch will be joining us this Sunday and sharing with us a wonderful presentation about Father Viktor Koch, an American priest stationed behind enemy lines during WWII who shared the Church of God's passion for tolerance and peace.

I am praying for you and for our church. 

Blessings~
Pastor Shannon

Sunday September 16, 2012

Good morning! I hope that you are doing well this week. 

This past few weeks we have been searching for messages from God in all parts of life. I have used secular songs as foundation for this time.  This week I am using the song "Signs" by Five Man electric Band.

We all wear signs that the world sees, what signs does Harvest Point have up? Do they keep people from from us? Do they draw people to us? What are we telling the world about God and about Harvest Point Church with how we act, live and speak?

This week we have our outreach event at the Apple Cider Festival - I hope that you can come and help in this fun event!
~Pastor Shannon