In the last few years, we have dedicated ourselves to connecting, loving, serving, and multiplying and have created programs to reach those ideals.  

This year we want to take a little different direction.  We will continue to embrace the four ideals of connecting, loving, serving, and multiplying, but will do so with a focus on:

1.   mission work

2.   those serving in mission efforts 

3.   our members who will visit or spend time with a mission program 

4.   mission work where we live  

In short, we want everything we do this year to be done after asking this question.  How will this activity support and encourage others, specifically those in the mission field?  Some may ask, “How do you measure a goal like this?”  Well, a year from now the review of ‘25 will be given, and through prayer and hard work, there will be a long list of accomplishments to report.

Mission work is congregational work, and something everyone, young and older, male and female, experienced or inexperienced can do.

If mission work is congregational work for everyone and we approach the work of the Lord in 2025 by focusing on spreading the gospel through our mission program, we will, by default, connect, love, serve, and multiply.

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The last thing we say to our children when they leave the house is generally a very important thing.  Whether it’s “be careful”, “act right”, or “call me when you get there”, it’s an important message that we expect to be adhered to.

The last thing Christ said to his disciples from a mountainside in Galilee after his resurrection and just prior to his ascension to heaven was a very important message too, and it's an imperative!

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We are already well on our way to success in 2025, but this is an aggressive aim and we can not slow down.  It will take everyone using their gifts to be successful.  If we come together for the purpose of taking the gospel to all, it is a worthy goal!  Remember that after Christ gave his imperative to the disciples that  “they went out and preached everywhere.”