There's Something about that Name

At last, brothers and sisters, we have finally announced the name of our church. After months of canvassing neighbors, discussion amongst the launch community, research and a tremendous amount of prayer, we are no longer the Forest Hills Church Plant. We are now Ascension Church. I know what some of you are thinking. There's a trend out there in the PCA to call new church plants Redeemer. In fact, it seems that every time I read about a new church in this denomination, it's called Redeemer. Acesnsion is intriguing and memorable without being a theological compromise. It points to our outward face in sharing the gospel and our focus on preaching God's kingdom here in central Queens. This week's bulletins for our worship service will be the first to bear the new name. This is one more step in our early-stage growth and we are all very excited.

This Lord's Day, as I've been mentioning to you, is our broadening service. I've been inviting most of my friends to come, as well as some local pastors I know in the hopes that a connection would be made. We have also sent out an e-mail invitation to the various contacts Michael and I have made over the past few months and we are expecting a larger crowd than we've had in our pre-launch services. Some of these will be individuals that we will be encouraging to attend our services weekly, while others are people we have invited in order to make them aware that we are out here and want to be a resource and well connected in the community. Please pray for our preparations for this important worship service as we are hoping to put the best foot forward not for our own glory and recognition, but that God will receive all the glory in our church planting efforts.

Finally, the Post Office changed the price of a stamp from 37 cents to 39 cents and almost no one knew it. In fact, the Post Office did such a poor job publicizing it, this blog entry may be the first some of you are hearing about it..I'm just glad this didn't happen over the Christmas holiday or my mailing would have seen a little problem. Well, it looks like I'll have to raise more money this year to cover postage. Oy Vey! Please keep Ascension Church in your prayers.

Until next week, may God continue to richly bless you.