Moving Mountains Building Fund Drive Begins
Living Word is kicking off our building fund drive called Moving Mountains. In this appeal, we'll ask members to prayerfully consider giving an offering to the fund over and above their regular offerings.
We've reached a number of milestones at Living Word, some of which include:
- 2003 - Opening service
- 2005 - Achieving Mission Status
- 2005 & 2007 - Making our 1st and 2nd mission trips to Peru
- 2008 & 2009 - Purchases of land with a great location
- 2009 - First service with over 200 in attendance
- 2010 - Beginning of the Moving Mountains Building Fund Drive
- ???? - Construction of a new facility
All through these milestones, God has been working in amazing ways among us and through us as we spread the gospel of Jesus in our community and throughout the world. So many have come to know Jesus for the first time or now have a closer relationship with him -- the gospel message does amazing things!
But we think that we can reach even more with the gospel by building a facility specifically designed to reach out with that message. This will take time and sacrifice on the part of the saints to build up the necessary funds, and we aren't on any timetable because God will bless it in his time and in his way. But our Moving Mountains appeal will encourage every communicant member to join together to see what God can do through us. It gives us a specific opportunity to respond to God's many blessings. The Moving Mountains Appeal will challenge us to give toward our Building Fund over and above our regular giving.
Learning, Living, and Sharing God's Word
We are all about God's Word - first learning it, then living it, and also sharing it. God's Word is all about Jesus. Jesus is all about us and you. Yes, really. Give us a chance to explain. Browse these pages to see what we're about in more detail. Contact us if you have questions or just want to talk. That's one of the ways we love to share.
Living Word Lutheran Church, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, is a congregation of about 190 Christians primarily seeking people who do not yet know of their need for Jesus. Living Word is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
Until we have a facility of our own, we meet weekly at Rose Glen Elementary School (map) to worship God who is our Creator and Savior.
Feel free to contact Pastor John Borgwardt if you have questions about Living Word and our ministry in southwest Waukesha.
Your Father Has Given You the Kingdom
What would be on your top ten list of things that people are afraid of? This will obviously differ from person to person, but I found a psychology website that backs it up with statistics, so let’s see how many we can come up with. The top ten things people are afraid of are:
- Spiders
- Being judged negatively in public (social phobia)
- Flying
- Open, crowded spaces
- Enclosed spaces
- Heights
- Vomiting
- Cancer
- Thunderstorms
- Death
I’m not sure why "cooking your first Thanksgiving turkey for your mother-in-law" or "waking up in the dead of night to find a small girl holding a doll who's staring at you and isn't smiling" aren't on that list, but maybe they fall under one of the other categories.
This world is filled with fears. So wouldn't it be great to be one of those people who has no fears, no worries of any kind? Well, I'm not sure how to cure you of your fear of things that have all kinds of legs, but I can direct you to something that will take all of your greatest fears away. more...
