Cultivating Good Soil

Last night was the start of a process here at Archer’s Chapel Church.

I’m excited for what lies ahead of us in laying the foundation for a solid and healthy youth ministry to take root here. As I’ve been reflecting this morning, I’ve been continually reminding myself that this is a process.

For all the parents and youth leaders that came and participated last night, thank you for lending your voice to the conversation. I hope you heard last night that what we desire for a youth ministry here won’t happen without you. You are vital to this process.

Last night was a transition from having signed our names to be “Aware, Called, & Cultivating” to actually beginning to do the work. Our commitment to this won’t show just by penning our name on a line, but in the work we do to break hard ground and begin cultivating good soil.

Good soil doesn’t just happen. It’s a process. Seeing as we live in farm country, you all know how true this is in a very real sense. It’s just as true spiritually, as it is physically.

What weighs most heavily on my mind today is this from Ephesians 4…

“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”

ACC, we have an awesome calling ahead of us. That is to break hard ground, uproot what might remain that is no longer needed, and cultivate good soil for the benefit of our children’s spiritual discipling.

You have a part to play in this. We all do.

Aware.

Called.

Cultivating.

Let’s do this together!