Hey everyone, we are on the verge of our biggest weekend EVER at LifeGate. As everyone should know by now, Sunday is our Grand Opening service in our new home, Veteran's Park Elementary School. There is a ton of stuff going on around the Grand Opening that I wanted to make everyone aware of.
1. Final Door Hanger Push - We had a great team effort last Saturday, getting the word out to over 5,000 homes about our Grand Opening. Through the week we've had small teams working to get out several thousand more door hangers. Friday and Saturday are our last opportunities to really get the word out. We want to maximize this moment to reach as many people as possible. If you have some time either Friday or Saturday morning and would like to help, please call 699-0686 or send a message to Pastor Ashley and let us know.
2. Friday Night Set-up - 6:00 pm at the school. If you're free, come give us a hand for 30 minutes.
3. Prayer - We will be setting aside 30 minutes at 7:00 pm on Friday to gather in the auditorium at VPE and pray for this weekends service. We're asking Jesus to show up in a big way on Sunday to change people's lives and give them a fresh start. For that to happen we need a supernatural breakthrough, the kind that only comes through prayer. If you can't make it to the school, take some time Friday and Saturday and pray specifically for Sunday's service.
4. THE BIG DAY - Sunday is our Grand Opening. We're kicking off a series called Fresh Start which will be geared especially towards people who have never been in church or have been out of church for a while. Please use our Facebook event invite or our website e-mail invite to get the word out to your friends. Our door hanger campaign will draw some people, but the vast majority of people come to church because they receive a personal invite from a friend or family. We're counting on you to help us pack the place out for this big day.
I'm excited to see all the cool stuff God is going to do this weekend. I encourage you to jump in and be a part of what is going to be a pivotal moment in the life of our church.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
A New Year...A New Location for LifeGate
A couple of months ago we made the decision to find a new home for LifeGate Church. Now we're only 6 days away from our first service in our new location and only 20 days away from our Grand Opening service for our new community. A lot of my friends and acquaintances in ministry have asked about the reasons behind our move. I thought it would be good today to take a minute and recap why we're making this leap of faith. The following is taken from my message on October 30th. (You can listen to the full message here.)
Over the past couple of months of prayer and with the encouragement of some key friends and overseers for LifeGate, we’ve come to the decision that we have to be much more intentional about being the light in our community. So today, I want to let you know that we are making a major strategy shift at LifeGate.
That shift begins with a new location. Beginning January 8th, LifeGate’s new home will be Veteran’s Park Elementary school. We chose Veteran’s Park to be our new home for a couple of reasons that I want to share with you this morning.
1) It’s in an underserved area of our city. Within a three mile radius of the school there are 70,000 people. There are 3 Krogers and a Wal-Mart in that area and only a handful of churches, none of which offer what we have to offer here at LifeGate.
2) It’s a secular school. Lexington Christian Academy (our home since launch in 2009) has been a great partner in the gospel, but the fact that we have church in this building has not helped us win many people. To attend at LCA you must already have a home church. The vast majority of students at Veteran’s Park come from unchurched homes. We can build relationships with the school, the teachers and the families that attend there and see people come to Christ.
3) It’s a great base for ministry – The school is surrounded by thousands of young families. They play ball in the park behind the school. There is a massive apartment complex across the street that’s home to thousands of young professionals. There are dozens of small businesses and professional offices in the area.
4) We will be able to control the environment
· One of the blessings and curses of LCA is that we use their equipment.
· At VPE we will be purchasing and using our own equipment.
· We’ll be self-contained and self-sufficient
· We’ll convert the hallway to an awesome fellowship area
· We’ll take the gym and create an intimate worship space with our own sound and lights. We can make it as large or as small as we want.
· We’ll be able to upgrade our kids ministry in a space that is already decorated with kids in mind.
This move is about more than just a building. It’s about us becoming the light in our city and specifically in this Veteran’s Park community. We don’t currently have the resources to reach every neighborhood in Lexington. But for the next couple of years we are going to make the three mile circle around Veteran’s Park Elementary our mission field. We are going to serve that community. We are going to pray for those families and businesses. We are going to share the good news with them. We are going to be the city on the hill. We are going to be the beacon of hope. We are going to be the light for this part of Lexington. Does that mean that if you live in Nicholasville or Winchester or off Richmond Road that we are not interested in ministering to you. Absolutely not. We are counting on you to jump in with both feet and bring your friends and neighbors from where you live as well. But we are going to bring laser like focus to reaching the area around Veteran’s Park.
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