THIS Church Does!

We are currently in our fall campaign for next year's ministries and life-change work.  I'm sure we often sound like broken records as we proclaim how the Horizons ministries are changing lives and making a difference in the world.  Yep... heard it before.

Sure, it's easy to say.

Ultimately, the ministry at Horizons will ALWAYS be about leading the world to Jesus and our crazy cool God.  Our top story will always be about how good God is.

But, in our efforts to do so, God gives us plenty of reasons to know and say He is good with proof and truth.  God is not only good, but God also continually shows us His goodness.

While it's often difficult to put into words and specific instances w
hen God is changing lives at Horizons, this last weekend has shown me just a couple glimpses.  They are worth sharing.

Sarah and I bought a new vehicle over the weekend to replace my former vehicle damaged from a collision with a deer.  The beauty is we bought it with CASH.  We've been saving ardently, and now we own the car.  We have no car payments, no increased burdens, no growing debt.  A year ago, we walked onto a lot and bought Sarah a brand new car for her school commute we'll be paying off for a while yet.  But thanks to the Financial Peace class at Horizons last February, we won't go through the same thing again.  Was our latest purchase new?  Not by any means.  But it's ours and we love it!

This last Sunday (10/05) a young family shared their struggle with a mental illness in their midst.  Mackenzie Agnew shared her pain, her struggles, and the foundations that brought her through her deepest, darkest hours.  Her references to scripture, her mentions of how her family and friends carried her through, and her insistence that God's power and mercy lifting her out of her bleak choices were what I would call "soul-blowing."  God's story and the work He does through Horizons gets very real very quickly when we realize that real lives are at stake.

That's it.  Two stories.  Yet, this is only one weekend, and these are only two among many stories and instances that I don't even know about yet.  

At the end of the day, I am very grateful to know that when I say this church exists to give glory to God and His work in the world that this church DOES see it in our very midst.   

More to come!

Jason ><>