Our friends, Mel and Lisa Reddy, are starting The Sanctuary of Cedar Park. They are such great people with a passion to see a church serving the Cedar Park area. Cedar Park is Northwest of Austin and our home, Pflugerville, is Northeast of Austin. We are excited about what God is doing through their efforts! They recently had someone baptized and have had several filled with the Spirit. No one has ever been able to start an Apostolic church in this city, but they are determined to stay and dig it out.
Two weeks ago, Lisa went through major surgery and also had two people in her immediate family pass away. The week of her surgery, Mel set up the whole church alone! I could not let that happen again. I believe anything we do to further His Kingdom is our calling, so the boys and I had the privilege of helping them today and have committed to be there every other Saturday for a while. They have another family committed to help the other weekends.
Two weeks ago, Lisa went through major surgery and also had two people in her immediate family pass away. The week of her surgery, Mel set up the whole church alone! I could not let that happen again. I believe anything we do to further His Kingdom is our calling, so the boys and I had the privilege of helping them today and have committed to be there every other Saturday for a while. They have another family committed to help the other weekends.
They rent a school and store their things in a trailer through the week. They are looking for a storefront location and land also. Cedar Park is an area that has nothing low-cost! Be in prayer for them as they need a miracle. They have had up in the 40's in attendance on some weekends. The thing is, when you have people coming who have not been used to attending church at all, it is major for them to come once or twice a month! It is a long process to disciple people, but it will happen. We have some of that in our church as I'm sure every church has. My family has been in church my whole life, so church is a regular part of each week. Patience. It takes so long to get it!
May God bless each church and those who minister in them this Sunday! Hang in there—"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Galatians 6:9
2 comments:
I'm sure the Reddys are glad you all are there to help. We're all in this together as a team! I'm with you on church - it has always been a part of our lives, and I wouldn't have it any other way!
I'll add the Reddys to my prayer list. I know your church will be blessed by your efforts of helping another church. Really it is all God's church anyways regardless of the demographics.
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