Each month in our church we have a specific theme that we focus on for Sundays. It has worked great because the people know what we are going to be preaching on and they can encourage their friends by telling them what we will be talking about. This past month was the month of “Breaking the Chains” How to have freedom in Christ. We made this month a more evangelistic month encouraging the people of the church to invite their friends and family. We have had several visitors throughout the month with several professions of faith. The culmination of the month was our Friendship Banquette that we had on the last Sunday of the month. We passed out invitations and gave each person a card where they could put the names of five people that they were going to pray for and invite for this special day. We decided to have an extended homecoming style service with special activities, special singing and two messages. We really encouraged our people and set a goal of 150 for the attendance. This is kind of a scary thought knowing that our church auditorium will only hold around 80 people and that we were preparing food for all of those present. Everyone worked really hard inviting, preparing food, and moving people from one place to another. This was probably one of our most special services for a normal Sunday and the Lord worked in a great way. We had 153 present at last count, 20 first time visitors and 8 professions of faith. This was also a growing time for those in the church as they all chipped in and served with a great spirit.
