A Great Month of Worship Gatherings...

Hey! We've had a great time at our Sunday morning worship gatherings together over the past couple weeks, and there's more to come...

Two weeks ago, we had a special guest, Andy Hughes of Journey Church of the Highlands in Boone, NC. Our church supports Andy with our finances and our prayers. We want you to get to know all of the church planters that we support, so we invited Andy to visit and have some time to share with us on a Sunday morning. He had hoped to bring his wife and kids, but he had a sick child in the house, so that didn't work out. Maybe next time!

Andy drove nearly three hours to be with us because he is excited about what's God is doing in Boone, and also because he is excited about what God is doing through Ridge Church in Fountain City. Please pray for Andy and his family... Boone is a tough place to plant a church. If you'd like to send an email greeting or prayer to Andy, just email me, and I will get it to him.

Last week, we discussed the future of The Ridge and what you can expect to see, hear, and experience with our church in the next year or so. Believe it or not, Emily and I have been back here in Knoxville for 9 months, and we're pretty pumped about what God is going to do through our church in the next 9 months!

We talked extensively last Sunday about what commitments are expected from everyone who calls Ridge Church home. We also talked about what you can expect The Ridge's leadership to commit to as part of our relationship to each other. Being part of a community of faith is a big deal, and we take that "community" and "faith" stuff seriously at Ridge Church! (As a matter of fact, those words are both in our Core Values!)

We shared last week our core values and also our statement of faith. I will be adding these to the website soon. Also, if you don't have a copy of those from our worship gathering, keep your eyes open for them this week and pick 'em up. Or, you can just let me know and I'll email you a copy.

This week, we're celebrating our first Palm Sunday together as a church! This will be a great two gatherings... Next week is Easter!

This is a perfect time to bring a friend to check out The Ridge. For those of you who've been bringing friends and family to see what Jesus and Ridge Church is all about (and there have been several of you)... Awesome! It's the invitations of family, friends, neighbors and co-workers that carry the most weight and are most often used by God to draw people into a relationship with Himself. Keep it up!!!