A word about the Master's Plan

Knowing that each church cannot be all things to all people, God has laid on my heart a plan for Christ Lutheran since I arrived in 1998. It is a vision with four dimensions captured in our mission statement:

We welcome all people, connect them to other believers, equip them with God’s Word and send them into all the world.

Welcome, Connect, Equip, Send. THE MASTER’S PLAN does this by unifying our church and focusing our ministries. We do a lot of things well at CLC. However, with THE MASTER’S PLAN we will focus on what we do best: worship, foster faith in our children and youth, build community and serve others.

That’s the vision—a unified church worshipping and gathering in the same place with the goal of making disciples. It is about transforming those who are here in order to reach those who are not here. It is about making a difference in our world.

Toward this vision, we are not raising all this money just for ourselves. As many of you know, many local organizations have been hit hard because of cutbacks at The United Way and reduced private donations. Christ Lutheran will stand in that gap. We will give $400,000 to local and international agencies who minister to the poor and with whom we already partner such as Urban Ministry, Habitat for Humanity, McClintock Partners In Education, Crisis Assistance and the Smiles Foundation in Romania.

THE MASTER’S PLAN. It is more than a building. It is not just a program. It is not even for us. It is God’s overarching vision of gathering in the lost, making disciples and sending them into all the world. . .for Jesus’ sake.

Building His Kingdom,