Reinventing NAILS 03/26/2011
Let's face it - trusting God can be hard. Heck, trusting anybody can be hard. In the fast paced, live for today, self-reliant world we live in, the idea of stepping back and trusting someone else to know what's best and have things under control can seem almost foreign at times. And yet, the Bible clearly calls us again and again to trust God for His guidance and provision, rather than relying on our own strength. Not an easy task, but an important discipline to practice. When a few of us started talking about a new worship experience for Otterbein students called NAILS last summer, we knew we wouldn't be able to do it alone. Sure, we had grand ideas and goals, but ultimately, we knew that if we were to have any hope of success, we would need to trust God to show us the way forward. The last 6 months have brought with them many different feelings, ranging from excitement and joy to frustration and discouragement. There have been mountaintops and valleys, but through it all we've seen God move in amazing ways, and a small but vibrant community of worshipers has sprung up in Uptown Westerville.
Of course one of the most difficult things about trusting God for direction is that things very rarely end up looking quite the way any of us imagined! And so, as time has passed since that first service in September, we've watched NAILS grow and change into what it is today. It has been a wonderfully challenging adventure, and it is still just beginning. Which brings me to the actual point of this little note - NAILS is moving! God is doing some exciting things right now, not just for NAILS, but for CenterPoint Church as a whole. Through His provision, we've been able to lease a new office space for our upcoming Westerville campus. This space is located at 3 West Main Street (right across the street from the Old Bag) and will allow us to have a new, more accessible home for NAILS as well! The room isn't large, but it will meet our needs for the time being. We're very grateful to the Old Bag of Nails for their help in getting this new ministry off the ground, but we're also extremely excited about the opportunity to have a new 24/7 space right in Uptown!
One other big change that you might have noticed is this website and blog! We hope you like the new look, and want to encourage you to interact here on the blog as much as you want. We're going to be updating it very often with NAILS news and resources for topics we've discussed in the past, so stop back often and see what's new! As always, we'd also love to hear from you with your thoughts about NAILS, the web site, ideas for discussions, and just about anything else, so leave a comment or send us a note through the "Contact Us" page above!
Finally, I'd like to invite everybody to join us for NAILS next Sunday, April 3. We'll get together in our new space and kick off the new quarter! God has big plans for NAILS, and I can't wait to see where He leads us next!
Posted by Eric Frisch
Of course one of the most difficult things about trusting God for direction is that things very rarely end up looking quite the way any of us imagined! And so, as time has passed since that first service in September, we've watched NAILS grow and change into what it is today. It has been a wonderfully challenging adventure, and it is still just beginning. Which brings me to the actual point of this little note - NAILS is moving! God is doing some exciting things right now, not just for NAILS, but for CenterPoint Church as a whole. Through His provision, we've been able to lease a new office space for our upcoming Westerville campus. This space is located at 3 West Main Street (right across the street from the Old Bag) and will allow us to have a new, more accessible home for NAILS as well! The room isn't large, but it will meet our needs for the time being. We're very grateful to the Old Bag of Nails for their help in getting this new ministry off the ground, but we're also extremely excited about the opportunity to have a new 24/7 space right in Uptown!
One other big change that you might have noticed is this website and blog! We hope you like the new look, and want to encourage you to interact here on the blog as much as you want. We're going to be updating it very often with NAILS news and resources for topics we've discussed in the past, so stop back often and see what's new! As always, we'd also love to hear from you with your thoughts about NAILS, the web site, ideas for discussions, and just about anything else, so leave a comment or send us a note through the "Contact Us" page above!
Finally, I'd like to invite everybody to join us for NAILS next Sunday, April 3. We'll get together in our new space and kick off the new quarter! God has big plans for NAILS, and I can't wait to see where He leads us next!
Posted by Eric Frisch
Comments
Rob
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:09:15 am
I like the new look, can't wait to see where God leads His ministry.
