First Steps

I now have business cards that I can hand out and Field of Grace has a page on Facebook. I am now working on trying to get a website uploaded. I tried working with a "green" group but that did not work out because their software would not allow me to create a website nor make any changes to the domain name so that I could use another website host. So I have asked for a refund for the hosting services as well as the domain name registration. I am now using a pastor who was part of a new church start and works with other new churches in designing and hosting their websites. What a 360 degree difference. He is very accommodating and willing to work with all of my ideas and requests, including making the site bilingual. It should be up and running in about two weeks. I have registered for the UMC School of Congregational Development training later this month, and will also register for new church start training to take place in August. I have lots of ideas about what I need and want to do but need the training and a coach to determine the best course of action. On Sunday I will have the first meeting with the remnant of folks from the closed churches. I hope to gather an initial group of 12 to start meeting and to serve as the core group. These folks I will then deploy to serve as the group leaders for 6-8 additional groups. We will use the Wesley class meeting format with a little updating, and will follow a multiplication model for discipleship and evangelism. Please keep us in prayer as we move forward, sepecially that God would send us someone (bilingual) to lead our music ministry. I will also plan to spend 1-2 hours each afternoon on Spanish review. Hasta Luego.