Hello Clovis Owners! I hope all of you had a great Monday. This staff is believing that lions are getting slaughtered this week in your life...those issues and things that have been roaring at you, trying to instill fear are getting KILLED THIS WEEK! If you missed our services this weekend because you were out of town (many of you were) YOU MUST download the message on podcast or get the CD! It will definitely encourage you!

I came across this yesterday on Perry Noble's Leadership Blog and I thought it would be very helpful for all of us. Check it out:



                                           Two False Assumptions We Cannot Make!


#1 – That People Know They Can Come To Church

In my personal conversations with unchurched people there are SO MANY of them who think they cannot come to church…they think their lives are so messed up that the church would reject them (and…some of them actually have stories of that happening.)
They don’t know!!! We have GOT to stop assuming that unchurched people know about our church and they will feel welcomed the minute they walk in…going to a church for the first time is HIGHLY uncomfortable…and so rather than work through that many simply choose to not go. It doesn’t mean they are bad people…it just means they just don’t think they can go to church.
So…we’ve GOT to embrace this and purposefully invite people…personally…eye to eye!!!


#2 – That People Know That Jesus Died For Their Sins

So many people (ESP on the west coast) have NEVER heard the Gospel! We cannot assume that people know the message…even if they grew up in church. We’ve GOT to be intentional about not making assumptions…Matthew 7:21-23 tells us about people who were “good people” but never embraced Christ! (AND…before you get mad…those are the very words of Jesus!)
So NewSpring…it begins today (if it hasn’t began already)…let’s do EVERYTHING we can to get people to church this weekend!


Clovis Leaders, let's rise to the challenge of inviting people and make Jesus famous in this city! Our number one responsibility as believers is to "seek and save those who are lost!" Let's be bold. If we all do our part in the "Invite Challenge" we launched 2 wks ago then we have almost 500 invitations go out every week! That is powerful, BUT it's only powerful if WE ALL DO OUR PART. So let's all do our part. We want to hear your stories of inviting people, so post them on Celebrations Facebook or on Twitter @Celebration_C and let's be an unstoppable force of soul winners in this valley!

We Love You All!
Lance & Clovis Staff