Launched

Launched. It's a good word. Just for you all, I did my homework on the word. It comes from the same Latin root as our word "lance." A lance is launched at the enemy. It carries with it this idea of something being catapulted forward that was previously at rest. A ship on a dock is launched. A rocket is launched. I've launched my kids through the air when I jumped on the trampoline.

It's not a word found in the New Testament, but it's a word we use to describe the start of a new church and I'm please to announce, that Oasis is officially launched! It was an exciting day, with a lot of new faces. When this was nothing but a call in my heart and a dream in my head we had a group of 4...Michele, Ben, Abby and me, but less than a year later a total of 103 gathered together as the journey began.

For those of you that committed to being a part of the launch team and stepped out on faith and have helped to carry the load, you will never know how much I love and am grateful for each of you. For most of you there was a cost involved as you left the familiar, the comfortable, and ventured with me out into the unknown. I think about names that are mentioned in the New Testament of people who helped to start new churches and now your names will join the ranks of those that have gone before and will come after. I'm proud to be your pastor.

So, I say let the journey begin!