Church plant launch
Our Lead Pastors, Stuart and Nancy have been praying about our desire to launch our own Vineyard fellowship in Singapore. They have sensed the Lord directing them to continue moving forward with us in our plans. We have now agreed on a common time frame for the church plant launch, and are starting processes to enable it happen in the New Year.
Part of the process, which we are following, includes the forming of a church plant team. (We are faced again the prospect of asking people if they would come with us!) But Stuart’s advice to us is that we should try to get as many of our prospective church members together as we can, as this will help build unity, clarity, and vision across the group.
We met last Monday evening (4 October) for our Lead Pastors to formally recognize the church plant team, in all, 10 of us. Stuart and Nancy were really gracious and encouraging and gave everyone their blessing. Susan was especially touched by Stuart’s re-assurance that if the bottom fell off for us, everyone would be welcomed back.
The meeting helped us start thinking about the launch process as a team, and provided focus for the actual event.