Get Connected - 4 Easy Steps

Dear Friends,

What is Connections at The Creek?  It is an intentional strategy for discipleship.  Discipleship is the continual growth and maturing that occurs when a Christian establishes in his or her life the disciplines of investing in the lives of other believers, sharing the gospel with the lost, giving out of the abundance that God has provided, and serving faithfully to support the missions of the church and the kingdom of God.  Connections is small groups, large groups, and fellowship   opportunities.  It is education, mentoring, service, and encouragement.

Connections, however, is a means to personal discipleship, not the end.  That is, being a part of a group or sitting through a Bible study does not by necessity mean that maturity or growth has occurred.  Only through integrating what you hear and learn into life practice and service can you truly increase in your knowledge and relationship with Christ.  So, what is Connections at The Creek?  It is about you balancing and budgeting your time.  It is about your commitment to establishing time for personal devotion, time for corporate worship and learning, and time for serving out of the passions and talents that God has placed on your heart.

Be a part of the exciting opportunities available through Connections at The Creek.  Find a group of people to invest in and search out ministries to serve in.  Make the most of your days and glorify God through your commitment to grow and mature in knowledge, giving, and    serving.  It is my prayer, as Paul prays in Colossians, that God will “fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father…”

(Colossians, 1:9-12)

Jeff Derico

Minister of Adult Discipleship