hope, love and redemption, part 1
Three of the core values that we believe in strongly at the Gospel Center are to offer everyone around us hope, love and redemption.
“Joe” got out of our local prison a few months ago. While he was in jail, his wife filed for divorce, had a restraining order put out against him, drained his financial accounts, and generally ruined his life. While he was in jail, I had the opportunity to introduce him to the hope of the world, Jesus Christ. All of his problems still aren’t solved and his life still seems to be in chaos. But he has seen the hope that Jesus offers.
Not all of our ministry is glamourous as you can imagine. We have seen lives ruined. There are people that we have worked closely with that have died of an overdose, or were killed. We have seen children that were sent off to foster care because both daddy and mommy were in prison. But with each and every individual that we come across, we offer them the hope of Jesus Christ. He is the only one that can transform their lives
We offer hope to children. Every week we have an active kidz club where children of all ages hear the stories of Jesus. Arlene and her team of helpers do an incredible job of teaching our children.
We offer hope to teens. Lance Shuey and Jeremy Morford work with our teens each Sunday morning. We also offer hope to our teens through up7street. Every second and fourth monday evening we meet with our teens for an incredible time of teaching and fun.
We offer hope through Discover Recovery. We offer good Christ-centered, Bible-based counseling in their areas of need.
We offer our community hope through helping them with their grocery budget by offering them Angel Food Ministries. This is a growing ministry of the Gospel Center that helps practically. Jim Sherman and our great team of volunteers do an incredible job with this ministry.
But most of all, we offer hope through Jesus Christ. We are able to impact peoples lives through our Sunday morning worship services. Three of us also go into the Lebanon Jail two times a month. I am privileged to preach about Jesus and the hope that He offers to all.
As the Gospel Center continues to grow, we plan on basing all of our ministry upon the foundation of hope, love and redemption.
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