Upward Celebration Sunday

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20

As Upward Celebration Sunday approaches, there has been a definite buzz amongst our pastors and staff.  This upcoming Sunday, we have the rare opportunity to invite several hundred visitors into our church to take part in our morning services.  These people, composed of players, coaches, and parents from our Upward Basketball and Cheerleading league, have already been a part of our ministry these past few months. They have been intentionally studying the virtues of Hope, Self-control and Responsibility as seen in the Bible and demonstrated at practices and games during the season.

The exciting part about Sunday is our opportunity to invite these individuals to become part of our community here at Old North.  Though our sports ministries have always been intentionally “Christian,” we realize that just about half of our participants either don’t attend church at all or don’t attend on a regular basis. This fact has prompted our sports ministry leadership team to ask the question, “what are we as church doing with this opportunity that God has blessed us with?”

So as this Sunday approaches, I would ask that we all commit to prayer… prayer for what God will do in the hearts of these people as Pastor Brent speaks...and prayer for what God would have us say and do as individuals to reach out to the families who walk through our doors this weekend.  God Bless!

Ryan