Sliding backwards

We had a several guests this Sunday. One of them a young man who showed up last week and offeeed to help shovel our parking lot, and then came back for church. His face tells enough to know that he has a rough story, but he has been back twice now of his own accord.  So we have at least one new face in the small group. 

The othe news is that we are running a very high out-go to in come ratio. That is not good.  And as I have told the people here it doesn't stem from people who lack in faithful giving, it has to do with trying to maintain  a facility that is meant for 200 with only 35 or so in attendance. We are drifting slowly backward. The challenge is that we will rapidly be out of money if we don't reverse that trend. 

This is not a surprise, but it is cause for prayer, pray for wisdom as we seek to change the tragectory and culture of a church. Pray for God's favor as we seek to reach new people with the gospel and incorporate them into a church that is losing ground .