Time to Step Up!

(an open letter about how to help us launch Central in Janesville)

Holy smokes, September is almost here!

And for me, it can’t come soon enough.  I’m ready to get past the planning and into the doing!  I hope you are, too, because now is the time for every person who’s involved to step up and join a team, if you haven’t already. I’m looking for two things from each of you:

Join a team.  Help us be as ready as we can for launch.  I know that we’ll have other teams forming as time goes on (Small Groups, Men’s and Women’s Ministry, etc.), but I’m asking every person who wants to make Central Janesville their home church to join at least one of the following teams:

• First Impressions (Greeting/Communion/Offering)
• Kidzworks
• Setup/Tear Down
• Follow Up (Phone Calling)
• Prayer Team

Host a Picnic.  Instead of having a booth at the fair or the farmer’s market, we decided to host small picnics at neighborhood parks around town.  We had our first one last week, and it was amazing.  Anna Kokity has made this process about as simple as it can be.  Here are the details:

• No money needs to come out of the host’s pocket.
• All supplies are available and ready to go.
• Anna will get you a “How to host a Janesville picnic” sheet.
• You just choose the day, the time, and the park and let us know.
• We’re hoping for at least 10-15 picnics before launch (and we only have 4 hosts so far, so WE NEED YOUR HELP!)

Call, text, email, or Facebook message me your response to one or both of these two challenges, because I’m hoping to connect with every one of you about it before our next meeting, which is Sunday, August 24th, at 6pm.  That night, we'll do some worship together, and then we'll break up into the above 5 teams for training and planning.  Whatever you do, don't miss that night!

So glad to be doing this with you all...  I know God has amazing things planned, and I just want to jump in with both feet.  Hope to hear from you soon!

Erik Henry
Central Janesville Campus Pastor
608.371.9731
erikhenry@centralwired.com
http://facebook.com/centraljanesville