nsv outreach center

Cool stuff today after Sunday Celebration Service at NSV (golovelive). We got a briefing on the new building we are getting close to starting on. Currently corporate services are in a rented high-school auditorium. The new building is the current direction because we have outgrown the auditorium and we are also looking for a way to provide a community service center - a place that is open 24x7 for use for serving the community.

Today's meeting was cool because it was not a bureaucratic, constitution driven meeting but simply one where family came together to exchange ideas with our trusted leaders. That felt good. But more, the ideas were about how can we use this facility to continue to meet the needs of the lost and the marginalized. The main room will be a basketball court that will also serve as our meeting room for weekly services. There is plenty of space for hanging out and various sized rooms that will serve as a free-store, child-care, etc..

I'm looking forward to see how God will use this fellowship to effect the community here.

There was one interesting point that I didn't completely agree with but I'm willing to see if time will prove me wrong - this was around church planting. In its four year history, NSV has already been involved in three church plants. As talking point for the building, the target capacity was around 800 adults. The leaders shared that they didn't see NSV growing beyond that because their intent is to continue to plant new churches. While I fully support church planting, I believe that will cause more church growth rather than limit it. Certainly that has been the case so far here and in my experience elsewhere. So, we will see what happens. Either way, I'm thrilled to be here.

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