January 30, 2012
Second Stories: Wk 1
Posted by Michael
This past weekend we began a new series called Second Stories. The Second Stories initiative is all about increasing Summit’s capacity to reach, serve, and love people by creating space in our community. The reality is we are out of space at the Herndon and Waterford campuses. At Herndon, both morning services are at capacity and there is overflow seating in the lobby. At Waterford, the children’s space and BCL Theater are at capacity. We want to be a church that keeps its doors open for all who want to come. We can’t do that if we are out of space. There are still people in Orlando who don’t know how much they matter to God. There is still work to be done.
At Herndon, the Second Stories initiative will allow us to, among other things, add a balcony to the sanctuary which will add 300+ more seats, increase Children’s Ministry space, and expand the BCL Theater (which will also be used for Summit Students). At Waterford, we will also increase Children’s Ministry space and the BCL Theater. In addition to all this, we will be launching another multi-site in the North Orlando area (if you’d like to be a part of that team, email Allie Adams), funding the jail multi-site, and paying off the Herndon mortgage. We are doing all of this for the purpose of reaching more people with the gospel of Jesus.
The cost to do all of this is $10,000,000 over the next three years. That is a ton of money. We are asking everyone who is a follower of Jesus and calls Summit their church home to do three things over the next seven weeks: Surrender, pray, and obey. Surrender all you have to God (because it’s all His, anyway), pray about what He would have you do, and then obey Him. You don’t have to worry about ten million dollars. You simply have to be faithful with whatever God asks of you.
If you are not a Christian, you don’t have to worry about any of this. Don’t give a dime. We don’t expect you to give to a cause that you don’t yet believe in. Your next right step is simply to figure out if Jesus is who He says He was. Your answer to that question will have massive repercussions on your whole life. We want to be a place that helps you to answer that. As you seek truth, we are confident that it will lead you to the person of Jesus.
As you go through the process of surrender, pray, and obey, we will be posting weekly devotionals to the Second Stories blog to help you and your Connect group.
What do you hope gets accomplished through Second Stories?
How will you pray, surrender, and obey over the next few weeks?
Learn more about Second Stories by visiting second-stories.org.
