This Weekend's Incredible Opportunity

I am as excited about this coming weekend as just about any we have experienced at Skyline Church.  This weekend, we have the honor and privilege to share an incredible opportunity when we commission The Warren family as they embark on an amazing journey to the mission field.


At Skyline, we are passionate about our mission to reach the broken with the love of Christ.  We hold strongly to Acts 1:8 where it says, "you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."


We are passionate about reaching our community (Jerusalem and Judea) through our outreach ministry and personal evangelism.  We are passionate about reaching our nation (Samaria) through involvement in church planting.  And we are passionate about fulfilling this great charge given to the church through our participation in foreign missions (the ends of the earth).


This weekend is a benchmark as we send members of our own family out for not just a trip, but a long term mission to the island of Saipan.


I want to challenge our church family to make it a priority to be present and show our support for Jason, Annie, and their family.


Please keep in mind that there will be many guests who will be present for this special service as family members and friends join our church family for the commissioning service.  That said, I would ask that all volunteers park in the rear of the school this weekend to make more room in the parking lot and that we welcome them as we would any first time guest to our church.  


As we have cast vision for making a difference world-wide, this is the first of many more opportunities to come.  As we send the Warren's abroad, we prepare to send our short term medical mission team to Honduras this fall.  As we send our Honduras team this fall, we will continue to prayerfully prepare for more foreign mission opportunities in the future.


My prayer is that we will continue to pursue our passion for a broken world.  I pray that we will continue reaching into our community, investing in church planting, and raising up more and more missionaries to carry the Gospel to a world in desperate need of Christ's love.