Ignite 2008 Visioning -- Part 2

In addition to the immediate possibilities that were presented on The Bridge blog site in Part 1, here are some more thoughts for your serious consideration.

There were some potential GAP ministries that would provide incredible jars:
1. Food Bank
2. Meals to homebound Seniors
3. Supporting the Farmington Skate Park
4. Upward Bound Sports
5. Implementing the Walk to Emmaus in Nicaragua (We have already done this in Kenya).
5. If I missed some of the suggestions, please blog them.

I do not know about the immediate possibilities of this one, but let me set it before you to maybe stretch your prayer life with a prayer so audacious only God can answer it. Since we have enough land, how about a building to house parachurch ministries like the PPRC and a free medical and dental clinic. WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

I proposed changing one of our C's to from Call to Contribute, so that committed members of The Bridge understand that weekly we are to contribute our service (First Serve and/or GAP Team), contribute our finances, and contribute our mentorship. It is more and more obvious that we must be involved in the MENTORING business. Every Christian should be being mentored by someone farther along in the faith, and he/she should be mentoring someone else. This personal accountability is going to explode the mission and vision of The Bridge. This is one of the most important jars of Ignite 2008.

Last thing -- here is my personal prayer list for Ignite 2008 (the vision of The Bridge):
1. Teachable People -- 1000 of them at Easter and every week by 2009.
Quote from Alan Berry last Sunday: "The key to living a transformed life is cultivating a renewed mind (Romans 12:1-2). The believer who will not intentionally drink deeply from the word of God or will not deliberately and daily present themselves as a sacrifice to God will be shaped by the world's values and socially acceptable modes of thought. In other words, he will take on the worldview rather than God's view."
2. Mentoring -- for all 1000.
3. Cells -- that they multiply with the growth from children to adults.
4. GAP Teams -- that they form to fulfill The Great Adventure.
5. Building -- Done by August.
6. Space -- for new jars until the building is done.
7. Focus -- that we never lose sight that all of this is to glorify Jesus Christ.

We will not meet again for Ignite 2008 this coming Sunday, but we need to continue to hear from you. Blog your thoughts and prayers, so that we can know how God is nudging you in your private reflection time.