The Next Step

Sunday marks the official launch of Family Life Church at Cypress.  How did we ever end up here?  After 16 years of marriage and 15 years of full-time ministry, I can assure you this was not "the plan".  Not that "the plan" ever really existed, but had "the plan" been made, this would not have been it.

Ambition is not my forte.  I am much more, well, let's say "content", with contentment.  Easygoing, low-key, peaceable, these are words best used to describe me.  Not words which instill great confidence or inspire great dreams, I admit.  I am not the latest (I have an aversion, maybe allergy to technology), not the hippest (I do have a goatee), nor the most intellectual leader (depending on who(m) (?) you ask).  I often feel I do not belong.  No pity here just honesty.  I've read the books on church planting and finally had to set them aside as I knew I could not follow the model.  I have great admiration for those who do and hope to stand with them one day as men who followed the call of God on their lives.
 
So how does one get here?  How does one make such a jump from comfort to displacement?  How does one forego security for the unknown?  How does one succeed without proper training, planning, leadership? The only answer I have been able to obtain for myself and my family is this - FAITH.  Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." And Hebrews 11:6 says that "without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him."  Faith has been our journey.  God has revealed Himself to us through steps of faith along the path again and again.  And because He has proven faithful we are encouraged each time we are asked to step in faith again.  I am not calling this simple or easy.  We have certainly been prodded along the way also but each time we remember what it is like to be held in His hands as He places us onto the path marked out for us.        

Family Life Church has become the next step of faith for us.  We are called out of His goodness.  We are qualified by His grace.  We are encouraged by His people.  If you are in the Cypress area and looking for a place to fellowship and worship with the people of God then we will be present this Sunday at 10:30 am.  If God is asking you to take the next step of faith in your journey with a freshly planted church to walk along-side and serve and grow then you will be blessed beyond measure.  If you are seeking a place of refuge from the strains of life and whiplash of culture then you will find rest for the journey and strength for the fight.  If you are searching for answers you will find Christ, arms wide open and waiting for you!

See You Sunday!

Chris Pace
Lead Pastor

Family Life Church at Cypress @
Kids R Kids Coles Crossing
14050 Telge Rd
Cypress, 77429      

  9:30 am - Generation Life (Sunday School classes for all ages)
10:30 am - Worship    

Contact us at info@flcac.org