Greetings the week of September 16, 2011. As I was setting down to write this on my regular Thursday my life was interrupted as Pastor Joy was admitted to the Emergency room with severe abdominal pain. She had the flue last week and she thought it was still lingering. However the pain was so great she could not handle it anymore. The Dr.’s drew blood, x-rayed her stomach and determined that a bowel obstruction was present. It has been a painful venture but thanks to a lot of prayer and great professionals at Cassia Memorial Hospital she is on the road to recovery.
Another Great week here at Mountain View Christian Center. This was the first full week having Dan Hendricks our New Family Life worship Pastor with us in the office. His presence is a breath of fresh air in the office and on campus. We are still refining his full portfolio of duties, at this point it is playing catch up. One area he is working on is our intern program. We have been in contact with the college of Southern Idaho audio visual department and offered an opportunity for a student to learn, grow, teach and excel in this department. The college has been very supportive with the concept and has opened the opportunity to students. We will have at least one student on campus this weekend that will begin the journey. It is a great opportunity for MVCC as well as the College of Southern Idaho. Speaking of opportunities. We have been challenged with filling a full time Nursery Director. I have great news to report that the position has been filled. We will now have staff in the Nursery at all our regular services on Wednesday evenings, Friday evenings and Sunday at both services. Congratulations to Kerry Zemke as she joins the team at MVCC as the Nursery/Jr. Church coordinator.
At a recent executive leadership meeting we reviewed some short term and long term opportunities at MVCC. We have a tremendous amount of things going on all the time at the present campus site. In an effort to facilitate all the opportunities we have currently going on I delegated to the Executive team areas of responsibility. We want to remodel the kitchen into a fully Certified Commercial facility. We have plans for “Home groups”. I have commissioned Rick Molina the task of fulfilling these objectives. We are in the process of designing a Food Pantry Warehouse complete with Freezer/cooler compatibility. I have commissioned John Gerrard this task. We want to pave the remainder of the parking lot before winter. I have commissioned Ron Setser this task. We will be fiscally responsible in each of these areas and commissioned Darrin Preece and the finance committee the oversight of the budget. In each of these areas it will take a team of like minded individuals. If you are interested in helping please see one of the Executive committee. On the building note, we have heard back from Qwest on the building beside the MVCC campus, they have accepted another offer, so we will put into full action building a facility on our property.
We have some great tings planned in the very near future. On October 26th at 7:00 p.m. we will begin a Community wide Marriage Enrichment series entitled, “Love and Respect”. There will be no cost for the class; however a book will be available for purchase. The work book cost will be approximately $15.00 each. What a great investment and opportunity into the future of our Church family and Community.
Another upcoming opportunity will be the Next food/ Coat give away. We are planning a grand event around Thanksgiving. We will let you know for sure soon as to the particulars but I know this will be the Largest event we have ever facilitated. Please begin praying.
Our Celebrate recovery team continues to hit it out of the park. Their great organizational, leadership and sponsor team will be hosting an Open house September 23rd at 6:00 p.m. The team was features in the recent publication of “The Voice”. We are so proud of our Team.
Let me preach at you for a minute on Leadership with a few one liners. (“From Leadership gold”, John Maxwell).
1. Leadership is willing to put oneself at risk.
2. Leadership is the passion to make a difference with others.
3. Leadership is being dissatisfied with the current reality.
4. Leadership is taking responsibility while others make excuses.
5. Leadership is the readiness to stand out in a crowd.
6. Leadership is the power of one harnessing the power of many.
7. Leadership is a dream made reality.
I will be preaching on the Book of 1Timothy this weekend. It is filled with church leadership principles, instructions and guidance. If there is any doubt in your mind if MVCC is following the biblical leadership model this service will be for you. We have a team of Leaders (Deacons) that would do anything for the body they serve. I addition they are a great support and help for me. I know they would respond to any need I present them with. As well they make sure Pastor Joy and I am taken care of. It is comforting to know we are not alone in this Kingdom service. Ok I’m done for this week. Hope to see you on Sunday and don’t forget to invite a friend to service.
Love Ya,
Pastor Jim Powell
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