A WORD FROM OUR DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Sisters and Brothers, 

     We are coming to the end of the Lenten Season. It is a time of penitence and preparation to celebrate Easter. I hope this season has been a time for us to remember not who we are, but whose we are? If we are going to be the church that God created us to be, we must remember that God has empowered and equipped us to make new disciples of Jesus. We are not promised that making new disciples will be easy, but we are promised God will be with us! I look forward to the day when all the churches on the Farmville District will report making new disciples. I want to thank the laity and pastors for getting your number goals recorded on the Vital Congregation Website. All 110 churches on the Farmville District met the March 1 deadline for reporting the number goals. As I read through the goals I was blessed and excited to see churches making a commitment to grow. We serve a God who commands fruitfulness! Reporting numbers was the easy part, now we need to start putting meat on the numbers. How are we going to increase our number goals? At charge conference this fall, we will spend the majority of our time celebrating the goals accomplished and for how to accomplish the goals that were not met. I look forward to being in ministry with you as we make new disciples of Jesus! As Jesus was going through towns and villages teaching, proclaiming the good news, healing the sick, he said to his disciples “the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:37 Join me in responding to Jesus’ call to GO make new disciples!

Blessings,