Church Growth!

I am meeting with someone tonight who is interested in becoming a member of Tabor UMC. The plan is to have her officially join on Laity Sunday. This would be appropriate as that service lifts up the countless ways that lay people truly are the church. She is one of quite a few folks that have joined our churches in 2010.

I am also working on getting materials ready for Charge Conference. When we gather, we can celebrate that both churches have grown in membership over the last year. Tabor church has overall gained two members and Oakfield has overall gained six members. Ok...it's not a whole lot, but it is nice to see membership heading up as it has been going down over the last few years.

I realize that it is not all about more members. Just because you have more members, it does not mean a church is more vital or better than it was before. But, it is exciting to introduce more people to the church. As they join and help out in the church, there is potential for the churches to become more vital.

New Members!

At tomorrow's worship service at Tabor we will be welcoming two new members to the congregation. They have been attending our worship services over the last few months, but recently decided to have their membership transferred to our church. They currently are members of a church in Fond du Lac, but live in Eden. It makes sense for them to make the change and we are excited to have them as a part of our church!

These are the first members that have joined either church since I have been pastor.