From Where I Sit

From where I sit in my church office I see a good deal of what God is doing in this church. I cannot see everything; but from what I do observe, I see God working in wonderful ways. I want to share some of these blessing with you.

From where I sit, I see the hand of God blessing a number of ministries. I believe this stems from 225 people who have volunteered to pray. They pray for requests which are emailed weekly to them; they pray for at least five minutes per day.

From where I sit, I have seen several people respond to the invitation to receive Christ recently. Many of these are young people who are seeking for spiritual meaning in their lives.

From where I sit, I am excited about several ministries in the church but two of the men's ministries have captured my attention recently—the Battle Zone discipleship ministry and the Outdoorsmen ministry. The Outdoorsmen ministry has two weekly Bible studies for men; it’s not just chasing elk and shooting ducks. It’s important to me to see men in the Word of God.

From where I sit, the Externally Focused ministries are developing and impacting our city. Open Arms, Feed the Homeless and Food for Stewart Homes are three that currently jump out. I know MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) has a pending project, and others are soon to be launched.

From where I sit, Mizpah Christian Retreat has great potential to impact not only our church and city but also regionally. Eventually even a wider scope of people will be reached for Christ.

From where I sit, I see that despite the cold temperatures and more typical Montana winter our church attendances are at an all time high. During the months of December and January, the weekly attendances and offerings have been outstanding. Praise God!

From where I sit, I believe this is occurring because over 200 people are praying every week for God to put His hand on this—His ministry. Praise Him!

Dick Crosby, Senior Pastor