Seasons come and seasons go.
It has not been an easy season over the last three and a half years has it!? The world was turned upside down with a pandemic and our city was struck to its very heart with a crippling natural disaster.
It has been somewhat of a relief to find some stability in 2023. With this restored stability, Leadership Team (LT) is interested in once again providing the opportunity to individuals, couples or families to consider a new GC home in 2024.
Historically, LT was interested in making this provision around every three years. But with all the flux of the last three years, we thought we all needed stability.
Now, however if you or your family have found you have moved into a new stage of life, or physically moved your residence or your rhythms of daily life have changed somewhat. You may find opportunities for gospel extension could happen in a new area. Even the combining of SCG in 2024 may see a little movement.
If this is something you may wish to explore, reach out to your vision coordinator. From there, LT has created a flow diagram to help us interact with both gospel communities that may be affected. We are open to this movement, but we want to champion positive, direct and open communication between all parties involved.
If there is consensus between the individual, the Vision Coordinators and LT we would aim to make allocations by Vision Sunday, Nov 26, 2023. Over the summer, parties that may be moving GC home will liaise with the new gospel community and remaining gospel community about wise ways to interact over the summer period. Then the full transition would be complete by GO Sunday Feb 4, 2024. New members would now interact with the new GC and fully participate in DNAs etc.
If you have questions about this process talk to your Vision Coordinator (they will receive updated information today) or the member of LT who oversees your Gospel Community.
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4:2-6
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On behalf of LT
