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Relationships, Relationships, Relationships!


Hello Christ the Servant Community,
How are your relationships? We have said many times throughout our journey of mission redevelopment that the most important values of congregational renewal and vitality are: "Relationships, Relationships, Relationships!" One of the desired outcomes of our church's vision for the future is, "Deeply transformed hearts, lives, and relationships within our congregation and surrounding community." Our vision statement itself communicates the need for continually nurturing the relational health of our community as we declare that we will "Thrive as a Multicultural and Multigenerational Spiritual Family." 

While understanding ourselves as a family is a wonderful thing, it can also be intimidating or even frightening for those whose experience with relationships in a family has been unhealthy. One of the axioms of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship series is "It's impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature." As the church of Jesus Christ, whether we’re all gathered together in a building or we’re scattered to our own homes, we’ve been entrusted with the responsibility of making disciples and shepherding souls which requires great maturity, both spiritual and emotional. 

The "Emotionally Healthy Relationships Course” is an important tool for our church's effort to live into the second half of our Vision Statement: "Equipping and Sending Disciples to Transform the World." My hope is that everyone would experience the power of this 8 Week discipleship journey for personal and relational transformation. It is jam-packed with practical tools that you can apply both in your own life and in our ministry together within the church. The journey begins this Wednesday, April 29th online at either 10:00 a.m. or 6:30 p.m.  You can still register today in order to receive your course materials by tomorrow as I’m going to be delivering them to people’s homes. 

REGISTER FOR EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS TODAY!

I invite you to ask yourself the question, “How are your relationships?” and join us on this discipleship journey!

Pastor Chris Steubing

P.S. Here are some stories about the power for transformation that is in the Emotionally Healthy Relationships course!

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