A Word from Your Mission Strategist, Steve Laughman
Let me take a few moments to thank our Steering Committee, Budget & Finance, and countless others who have helped as we have worked through the process of restructuring our association. The details will be shared at both the Executive Committee on September 6 and the Annual Fall Meeting on October 23. I encourage you to attend both of these meetings as we will be making some key decisions that will affect how we do ministry moving forward.
Some of you may say, “Why are we restructuring the association? Isn’t it working fine already?” My answer to you would be that we have accomplished so much together. God has blessed us with a spirit of cooperation and the resources to impact our communities with the Gospel. Proverbs 29:18 states that “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is the one who keeps the Law.” As your Associational Mission Strategist, I believe it is my responsibility to always be asking whether we are doing everything with excellence, for the glory of God, and in the most effective way for the churches. We are compelled to continually examine our methods to ensure we are accomplishing our goal of “networking churches to make disciples.”
The churches of our association have graciously and consistently given to the work of Centennial. For that I am extremely grateful. I understand that you are entrusting us with your ministry dollars and expect us to steward those resources well. To that end, I believe we can do an even better job of impacting our mission field. This restructure will help us focus on some new areas of ministry while continuing to do many of the things that we have done in the past.
If you have specific questions, we would be more than happy to address them personally. We are here to serve you and your church family. Join us at Shiloh in Barnesville on September 6 and then again at Fellowship in Thomaston on October 23. Please make note that the Annual Fall Meeting will be held on a Sunday evening this year. We hope your church will plan to move your service to Fellowship that night so we can all worship together.
