too many choices

A few nights ago we went to dinner with the family at one of our favorite resturaunts in Aiea.  

I have been coming here since I was a kid, and since I am not much of try something new kind of guy I knew exactly what I wanted without looking at the menu.

Liz on the other hand had been here once before and seemed to have been a little lost.  The menu had a million and 1 choices on it, and all of these choices made decision making pretty tuff.  Granted the food all looked good, but the menu was so complex she didn’t know what to do.

Sometimes we make church like this.  We have ministries, activities, outreaches, events, groups, meetings, teams, community projects and a bunch of other stuff packed into our church.  Granted most of this stuff is good stuff, but people are lost when they enter our church world.

Of all the stuff that a church does I think the MOST IMPORTANT action of the church is discipleship.  Our job is to help people get closer to Jesus.  Everything else is secondary.  Our job is to lay out a simple and clear process that people can follow that will help them build and develop their relationship with Jesus.

Here is our process at GBCK:
1.  Develop my faith
2.  Deepen my connections
3.  Devote my life