Newsletter #25

Dear Southcity I want to commend you church for the witness we are carrying in our city. Our prayer has always been that we would be a people who influence our city for God's glory and that we would grow increasingly more effective in doing so. Through the Phakamisa project, a local newspaper has asked to publish a story on it, as well as asked Mark Russell to speak at a business forum in order to open ways for businesses to help transform our social concerns. As a few of you have been faithful in serving God through loving his people and giving what you can in the way of resource, skill and time, Jesus will take centre stage in multiple contexts in the coming weeks and months. We also continue to welcome many visitors Sunday after Sunday into our community gathering which, by observation, means that our witness is standing strong in this city. Again, well done, and may I encourage you to continue to be faithful in loving God, and loving people. As we seek to increase our effectiveness in revealing God's glory to our city through the example of our own lives as well as our proclamation of His goodness, as elders we feel it important to pray and fast together as Southcity Church. The purpose of the fast comes at a point where as an eldership team, we believe that there are key decisions that are needing to be made which will direct Southcity Church for the coming years. And since we are a community together, we believe we need to seek our Father together for clarity and strategy with regard to increased effectiveness. I am aware that many of you are unsure of what a fast is or of how to fast, but in the coming week, we will be trying to help in giving and increasing understanding in this area. For now, we ask that you would join Southcity, join your friends, your community groups, your leaders, and set aside Monday the 27th Feb from 5pm to Tuesday the 28th Feb to fast as a church. We are asking that you fast dinner on Monday and breakfast and lunch on Tuesday, and break your fast together in your community groups on Tuesday evening. On Monday evening, the 27th, at 6:30pm, we ask that the whole church gather to pray in our auditorium. Bring your kids, as these moments in our corporate journey are key for setting up our future generations for a great inheritance. Thank you again for your testimony church, and be encouraged that God's glory and goodness is taking ground on our coast. Much love to you all and very excited for the next couple of weeks as we continue our Jesus series, gather with multiple churches on the coast, and fast together. See you on Thursday as we pray. Rich