2024 has been an incredible year to serve as the Pastor of The Well at Centerville.
We finished our first year under our new name, paid off our disaffiliation debt, and
tackled the challenge of funding our Air Conditioner project. We have seen just over a
10% growth in attendance and continue to have visitors on a weekly basis. God has done
an incredible work in the life of our church, and we expect even greater works in 2025.
Our church is a loving congregation with a heart to reach the lost in our
community and to care for one another. Everyone who participates in the ministry of
the church is dedicated to its’ mission and reaching the goals established by leadership.
God is Love and Love Lives Here is the ethos we live by as a congregation and the
mission of the Body to the community we serve. Looking forward to the future our
focus is to fulfil our mission in a way that communicates who Christ is in us as a
congregation so that everyone knows who we are by the way we love one another. The
people of The Well are willing to work hard and to give their best to see the Kingdom of
Heaven impacted by the work of our church community.
Looking to the future, we are focused on three areas of growth: Finances,
Average Worship Attendance, and Young Families. This is not something new but a
continuation of our goals as we strive to reach our mission as a church. Focusing on a
bottom-up method where we utilize both small group models and an emphasis on
engaging people in worship, we are working to build our church attendance from the
bottom up. Through different strategies leaning into relationships outside of the
church our focus is on developing new friendships before someone attends their first
service. We believe if people know others before they ever enter the building the
chances of a second visit are exponentially higher than that of a first-time visitor with
no previous relationships. Building relationships is key, as we continue to build deeper
relationships through small groups and develop new ones through an invitation, we
should see our average attendance grow. We believe that we are in the right position at
the right time and with a few adjustments we should experience tremendous growth in
the next two years with a goal of reaching an average 250 attendance by 2027. With
prayer and your help as a congregation we believe this to be not just a possible goal but
a probable outcome if we have faith; trusting in God to do what we cannot do on our
own.
Nothing is impossible with God and He even promises us in John 14:12 that we will do
“greater works than these” as believers. Leading this congregation is a privilege and
pleasure as a pastor. Over the next years of ministry my vision is to see the
congregation live into the future that God has planned for us and our community. My
family and I are dedicated to working with the people and loving them to the best of
our ability. We are appreciative of the people as well as the opportunity to serve The
Well at Centerville!
Keep the Faith,
Pastor Tommy
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