This is our first meeting for this year and we transitioned THE AGENCY to all volunteers. As Agents, it's your mission to carry out the vision. If all of the agents accept this mission, our impact will be even greater. We did some evaluation to see if you were carrying out the mission the previous Sunday. Check it out here.
We kicked off the evening by sharing some of our highlights from this past year. We looked at last years goals and how God did awesome things this past year. We also look forward to this new year and the goals we have set. You can see last years goals and this years goals here. The goals aren't just numbers - they represent peoples live and lives changed. We want to reach more people - that means more people in attendance - we want to reach more people who aren't connected with Jesus - we want to help them a first step and begin a relationship with Jesus and be baptized - and we want everyone to take next steps through Groups and Volunteering. We can measure this with some numbers but really it represent people taking first steps and next steps.
Paul shared a key for all agents - it all starts with a relationship with Jesus. We introduced it with our mock Charlie's Angels video. One of our other goals we set for this year is to become more dependent on God - to trust more, listen more, rely on Him more and serve, share and live out of an overflow of Him in our lives. Paul talked about how we can do good things but they won't amount to anything if God isn't in it. He shared from John 15 how God is the vine and we are the branches. The branches need to be connected to the vine to live and bear fruit. God needs to be the life running through our veins and the difference people see in our lives. Paul challenge all the agents to spend 30 days - September - praying for God to do something so big that we couldn't take credit for it, that God would use us to impact others, and so we would be more God-dependent - more connected to the vine.
After this we broke up into our teams were we serve from some team meetings, training, goals, etc. If you missed, make sure you connect with your team coach to be ready for fall. FYI - if you missed, you missed the Back to School snacks, some goofy videos, and a great night.
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