A Foundational Event

[Editor's Note: This blog, particularly, is focused on my home church. I apologize in advance to my readers from out of town.]

This Sunday, January 8th, is a foundational Sunday for my FBC Russellville family. In fact, if you can handle a little pressure, its the cornerstone for all we're going to try to accomplish in 2012.

At least for all I'm going to try to accomplish in terms of the pulpit ministry in 2012.

Believe it or not, I've always been a bit of a "big picture" guy. Some folks like to focus on an event, a race, a moment . . . I tend to be a plodder, building slowly and steadily. And I tend to see the pulpit and the incredible privilege of preaching the same way.

So, you may ask, how does a plodder suddenly position himself to declare a Sunday as pivotal? Because, believe it or not, this Sunday will lay the groundwork for a year's worth of sermons.

On Sunday morning, we'll start our journey through the book of Hebrews. We'll lay some ground rules, we'll consider the primary themes, and we'll establish our pivotal spiritual goal for the entire series and all of 2012: to embrace the supremacy of Christ in every area of our lives.

We'll actually just be kicking off a five-week sermon series called, "Good, Better, and Best," but that series will frame all that comes after. So, believe it or not, this Sunday is the pivotal, foundational message for all that is to follow.

Is that a low-key enough way of suggesting you be there?

And, on Sunday night, we'll do the same for our journey through the Sermon on the Mount. In many ways, the Sermon on the Mount summarizes what Christ's brand of spirituality is all about . . . and that means our lives, our churches, our ministries should reflect the Sermon day in and day out.

So our journey through Matthew 5-7 will also be pivotal for all of 2012 and beyond.

And, as I've taken a step back and looked at the two messages we're going to walk through Sunday, I've only grown more and more excited. Laying a foundation is critical work. Pivotal work.

I'm a plodder, a grinder, a day-in, day-out kind of guy . . . but I also understand you don't reach the end of your goal well without a good beginning. And it all begins this Sunday . . . why miss it?

And, just to further whet your appetite, we'll have an additional special surprise thrown in for good measure, another foundational moment in FBC's history.

All the wheels are turning in the same direction, grinding us toward the future God has already laid out for us . . . why not join us Sunday? A new day, a new year, a new journey.

See you there!