Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:31:01 -0800WeeblyWed, 12 Oct 2011 10:25:13 -0800http://www.newhorizonwired.com/2/post/2011/10/first-post.htmlGod's Word makes it clear that "There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens" (Ecclesiastes 3:1 NIV).  As you are reading this, many changes have happened at our church--  once known as New Horizon Community Church we are now Christ Evangelical Church.  I've gone from a part-time staffer to the new full-time Youth Pastor.  It's obvious that we are shaking things up here at CEC.  We've got new building signage indoors and out.  Even the color scheme of the logo have changed.  Soon we will be getting new carpeting installed.
Ecclesiastes 3:6 (NIV) states that there is "a time to keep and a time to throw away".  Well, as we bring in the new signs, carpet, literature, etc. we are definitely throwing away the old.  While it's exciting to see all the changes, I'm encouraged by the things that we've chosen to keep.
See, despite these changes, at our core, we are still the same Bible-preaching, Lost-soul-saving, Christ-centered, People-loving church we've always been.  I hear some people grumbling about the changes.  Some mourn the loss of the old.  Some won't like the color of the new carpet.
There is "a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance" (Ecclesiastes 3:4 NIV).  So, you can choose to cry about these changes and mourn what was... but I encourage you, instead, to join me (and many others) as we choose laughter and dancing. ]]>