Church guide

Sunday is about Christ's intended legacy for everyone. Come Sunday and bring a friend. Plus, we have super expensive, one of a kind, never to be seen again gifts for every dad! See you Sunday!

Please pray for our Youth. They are at Camp this week.

Praise God, Emma was baptized today!

Time for VBS!! We've got great adventures and lots of fun planned!! MORE INFO AND REGISTRATION HERE! https://kideventpro.lifeway.com/mychurch/?id=52852

Sunday we will be talking about making small steps, come hear what this means, you may be suprised.

Come Sunday and not only celebrate Mother’s Day but learn from Joe Garkovich about Mercy Today Ministries

Ann is 29!

It's official, our new church name is Connect Church! Please continue to make your checks out to First Southern Baptist Church, Canon City for now. I will let you know when our account is ready for the change. Thanks everyone for your prayers and support. I am excited that our church is so willing to connect to God, Community and each other. It's a new day.

Join us for a small group, Francis Chan video series on the book of Mark. Come hear Mark tell us how it really was!

Awesome Youth Sunday!

Hello Church, please make every effort to support our Nursery ministry. It is absolutely essential we provide a quality, safe Nursery for our visiting families as well our church family. We need you! (this is a second version, apparently your Pastor is a bad speller!)

Widow and Widowers lunch tomorrow at KBobs! Did I mention FREE!?

After years of prayer and a great journey with God, He has given us a new vision as a church. It is our desire to connect our community with Jesus, our selves to each other, and to connect personally to God. Thank you to our name team for their hard work and commitment. I’m excited for what lies ahead for our church.

Amazing Service Today!

Great Valentines Banquet. Good time and great job by our Youth and Youth Pastor.

In case you missed the email from Nathan Lorick. From Dr. Nathan Lorick, for public release Pastors and Churches, You may have seen the article about Sexual Abuse in SBC churches in the Houston Chronicle. Here is a statement from Dr. Nathan Lorick: "Colorado Baptists are deeply grieved by the occurrences of sexual abuse in Southern Baptist Churches as reported in the Houston Chronicle. We believe that any form of sexual abuse is absolutely wrong and sinful. We stand with those who are victims of abuse and will do all we can to assist them in their journey towards healing. We will work fervently with the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention to pursue changes that will help all SBC churches to be a safe place. We are praying for all the victims and their families as they walk through these very painful days." Dr. Nathan Lorick Executive Director The Convention provides training and seminars concerning Sexual Abuse in our churches. If you have questions, or would like help addressing this in your church, please contact us. STAY CONNECTED: Facebook Twitter Colorado Baptists, 7393 South Alton Way, Centennial, CO 80112 SafeUnsubscribe™ [email protected] Forward this email | Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Constant Contact Try it free today -- ----- Royal Gorge Baptist Association P O Box 3460 Pueblo, CO 81005 719-545-7477 [email protected] www.rgba.us [email protected] -- ----- Royal Gorge Baptist Association P O Box 3460 Pueblo, CO 81005 719-545-7477 [email protected] www.rgba.us [email protected]

Want to know where we are headed? The kind of church we want to be? Read this draft proposal that will be voted on in Mid January 2019. The Dream: In the next 10 years we will saturate Fremont County with a people penetrating message of God’s love. We will challenge everyone who calls this church home to a deeper relationship with God. We promise to be spiritually alive, so that we will be a mirror of Jesus to each other and our community. We will transform our Sunday School to be a platform to propel us to live and share Christ that is repeatable and disciple making. We pledge to honor God with a powerful, enriching Worship Service that inspires, excites and compels us to a singular focus to glorify and reflect the presence of God. We want God to push us out into the community, we will invite and reach our county through a transportation ministry that brings in anyone, everyone who wants to worship, and experience God will find a home here. We will be a church constantly under construction with God as our architect. We will seek an environment of flexibility, creativity and adaptability that says yes to God’ leadership. We will seek and know the needs of our community, make the changes required to pave the way for all to enter this house of worship. We will prepare the way for those we do not know by providing a House of Worship that seats 300 people. Today we gather as 100 people, in the next ten years we will gather as 300 worshiping, gospel saturating, disciple making God, focused followers of Jesus. Long Range The Background Vision: Free Fremont: We will aggressively seek to overwhelm our community with the love of God, by going where they are and bringing them here, and sending “home grown” missionaries to plant new churches and bring the light of God to our community. We will be so close to them we will know their needs and respond. Everyone a Disciple Maker: We will deepen our relationship with Jesus, create a process that discovers and multiplies new and existing followers of Jesus and prepares new leaders. In three years, we will have 21/21/21; trained Teachers/Mentors/Leaders. Worship Empowerment: Worship begins in the parking lot and continues as one leaves. We will immediately transform all levels of worship to be a God focused, welcoming, empowering and enriching experience that “Sticks with” all who worship. Change for the Kingdom’s Sake: We will increase our community recognition by changing the name of our church. We will improve and expand our footprint to include 300 people in worship through deliberate, planned actions such as purchasing homes on our block, remote parking and a redesign of our church. The Mid-Ground Vision: Short Range It’s a new day! In the first three years we see more people saying, “count me in!” and joining our cause. These years will be a time of connection and service as we reach out to Fremont County. We will begin by adopting three blocks and get to know our neighbors and how we can serve them. The Foreground Vision: Spiritual Formation: Develop a plan of personal spiritual growth that permeates every function of our church. Every person will have their own pathway to a deeper relationship with God and have a mentor to journey with them every step of the way. This will be completed by August 2019 Worship Explosion: Develop an interconnected strategy of worship that blends our greeters, ushers, praise team, Deacons/Yokefellows and pastor. The name of the church will change to one that communicates who we are (our personality and heritage) and is inviting to the community we serve. Target date is April 2019. Pave and Hit the Road: Develop a funding strategy to support God’s Dream. We will purchase one van to begin bringing people to church by June 2019. Social Media and Website Improvement: Research and purchase the optimum church website and social media platforms. Recruit and train a new team to manage and update our various church media connections. Target date is February 2019

Christmas is over and New Year’s will soon be upon us. My resolution is to provide everyone a solid church centric Facebook Page. Only time will tell!

Join us for a small group, Francis Chan video series on the book of Mark. Come hear Mark tell us how it really was!

I am so excited that Gordon is coming to our area. The concert will be at Majestic Baptist Church, Pueblo West on April 20th. Concert begins at 7pm. A love offering will be taken. Hope you can come and bring a friend. Pack the house!