Vision Sunday | Project BIG | Duane and Jacob Sheriff

Message Date: August 1, 2021
Bible

Ephesians 1:20-23 (MSG) All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.

We exist to see people transformed by Jesus.

Project BIG

  1. Entire Facilities updated and renovated (emphasis on Kids/Youth space)
  2. New (separate) School Facilities
  3. New Commons Space and New Auditorium
  4. New Parking Lot

This project is for the next 3-5 years and will cost approximately $21.5 million.

This is more than a building project for just our church only, but this project embodies how we as a church body are moving into a season of increase and influence. We are creating a space for not just our church, but also our city.

History — Where we have been… [ ProjectBIG.church ]

  1. 1988 — Chapel built
  2. 1996 — New Sanctuary built
  3. 2002 — The Fire
  4. 2010 — New Children’s Church built

Future — Where we are going…

Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV) Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21 (MSG) God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!

What we are believing for: $200 million of increased income in our region.

Proverbs 11:11a (MSG) When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes…

ProjectBIG.church

We are BIG people, who DREAM big, who BELIEVE big, who have big IMPACT, big INFLUENCE, all for God’s Kingdom. Yes, it’s BIG, But It’s God.