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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pastor Jim Powell's Dream


Greetings on the Thursday October 27, 2011.  As I am writing this I am overwhelmed by the goodness of God.  He never ceases to amaze me.   Allow me to elaborate on the element of being overwhelmed.  I had a dream last night, which is a rare occasion for me.  In the dream I was flying a plane by myself.  I have never taken flight lessons, however I have flown with my friends on numerous occasions and they have allowed me to take the controls during a safe time of the flight, which was NOT at takeoff or Landing.   In this dream I took off flying like I knew what I was doing, when all of a sudden someone on the ground who had radio contact with me alerted me that I was headed for power lines.  I quickly noticed the lines and flew for miles under the eminent danger.  As the Power lines ceased to be a threat I climbed over a series of Hills only to find the most breath taking valley I had ever seen or experienced.  The colors were brilliant, the water, lakes, rivers and farm land that I saw was nothing less than breath taking.  As I completed the tour of the valley I headed back home only to be challenged by the power lines.  I flew as far as I could under the dangerous high voltage lines only to find a landing strip.  At the end of the landing strip there was a gate that I thought I had to go through.  There was no way the plane would fit through the narrow gates.  It was at this time I awoke from my dream.  I began praying and asking the Lord for the meaning of the dream.   It was as the Lord was warning that there are risks, threats and dangers at every turn in life, but if we fail to try we have already failed.   The first thing, with my lack of flight training,  and my lack of aeronautic navigation equipment it was a set up for flight disaster from the beginning, not to say anything about the power lines or the landing that would have to happen.  The reality is I have never been part of a food ministry like Mountain View Christian Center, I have never been part of Putting together a faith based Medical Clinic, I have never been part of a recovery ministry like Celebrate Recover.   The fact is I have never pastored such a great Church and community as this.  I know there are risks, challenges and obstacles as we take off in flight with the outreach ventures to our community we are undertaking.  We must always listen to the people on the ground that has a vantage point we may not see to avert us from disastrous power lines.  As we take off in flight I believe the valley I saw was the Mini-Cassia Area.  A valley full of beauty, rivers, lakes, farm ground and breathtaking opportunity waiting to happen as the people of faith rise up to take their place God has ordained for them.   The flight back to the landing strip reminds me of to stay watchful of the ever present threat of danger and how we must be reliant upon the Lord for protection.  The gate at the end of the run way reminds us of the doors that we are not to attempt to go through, that are to small for us or closed to us. 
  I have been one who sees the glass half full not half empty and have the faith in the Lord to give me ability beyond my experience, schooling, or wisdom.   My thought is there is nothing to hard for us, as long as the Lord is in it.  The reality is the Food ministry is nothing short of miraculous, as Chris Bean our food ministry leader gave me numbers through October 2011.  We have served 6,000 people just through our 2 day a week food bank in addition to the  thousands  we have served in the larger events.  Through Celebrate Recovery that meets weekly the team continues to reach into a culture that many fear.  Those with hurts, hang-ups and habits converge on MVCC on a weekly basis to be met by  the most genuine people, who they themselves know the delivering power of God ,with a smile hand shake, a warm meal a great time of worship and small gender specific groups.  Then my mind races to the Free medical clinic, Mini-Cassia Community Health Clinic.  This will be a place where those without insurance can come and receive medical attention.  An amazing fact about this clinic is, although sponsored by Mountain View Christian Center, the clinic will be self supporting not putting a stain on the ever increasing needs of the church.  The clinic will be funded by private foundation and grant money on a monthly and yearly basis.   Just through these three ministries Mvcc is taking on a look I can only hope and trust that Jesus is proud of.    A few prayer points on these ministries.
1.        Pray that the plans for the Food bank warehouse will come together smoothly.
2.       Pray for our Celebrate Recovery Team to reach the unreachable, touch the untouchable, reach the unreachable and give home to the hopeless.
3.       Pray for the Leadership team as they continue to host meeting for the clinic.
4.       Pray for wisdom for the MVCC leadership team.
Here are a few items on the Calendar for you to remember.
Friday October 28th… Celebrate Recovery  6:00 p.m. Church fellowship hall
Saturday October 29th  Men’s Breakfast  7:00 a.m. Church fellowship hall
Saturday October 29th  Couples Fun Night 6:00 P.m.  Church fellowship hall
Sunday October 30th. 9 am & 11a.m. Church… The book of 1 Peter.
Sunday October 30th 6.p.m. Sacred Assembly.. A time of praise, worship, prayer and word.
Monday October 31st 9:15 a.m. Meeting with Cassia County Commissioners about Clinic
Monday October 31st  5:00-7:00 p.m. Harvest Party… Chili Cook off and more.
Wednesday November 2nd 7:00 p.m. Family Night—Love and Respect Class
Saturday November 5th 4:00-8:00 p.m.  All Church Leadership Training. 
Sunday November 6th…..TIME CHANGE

I will be preaching the book of 1 Peter this weekend; you won’t want to miss this most exciting book.  Be sure to invite a friend to church service. 

We Love you all,

Pastors Jim & Joy Powell

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