Finishing Well

We were all there once. Remember being in high school when the beginning of May rolled around? It had been a long year and now we were struggling to finish our final exams, let alone show up. Lets face it- by the last month of the school year, we already had checked out. We were there, but we weren’t really “there”. It was hard to finish well as we had waited so long for something to end.

We are there once again this summer and face a similar temptation as a church family. As we look forward at moving into a more permanent home, all of us can taste it! The set up and tear down has taken a heavy toll on all of us. We can’t wait to “get out of there” and not look back. But we must end well because we are more than just “renters”. We are Christ followers:

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters. ( Colossians 3:17, 23).

We had some miscommunication several weeks ago and thought we could leave everything set up until school started again in August. Well, we were wrong. There may be times when we will get lucky, but our new instructions are that we must take “everything” down each week. This will require volunteers coming for set up at 8 AM, staying about 45 minutes afterwards for take down, and setting up and taking down exterior directional signs. We are asking you to sign up for a Sunday, or Sundays, when you can help with these three things so we can finish well as a team. The church has a small pick-up truck that you can switch with at the Foundry on Saturday night, or early Sunday morning, if you can help set up the signs. You can let us know which Sunday on the bulletin tear-off, by signing up in the lobby, or by e-mailing the office at: wendy.snyder@bridgepointechurch.org.

The Pointe Team is working hard to get us into a new facility as quickly as possible. We cannot promise move-in dates, but things are moving forward. We are outlining a short “to do list” that will get us “in” and we are entertaining bids to project realistic costs. We are waiting for the owner to respond to some initial proposals in working towards a lease arrangement. The Pointe Team has taken the planning process as far as they can take it. We are turning the project over to a General Contractor who will expedite the project in a more systematic way. The next Pointe Team meeting with the Contractor is this coming Monday night.

When God opens the door for us to move ahead, let’s end well at the school. Lets fight the temptation to “check out” at a time when we need to stay focused on the details of set up and tear down. I get it. We are all tired and feel deserving. But let’s not relax and pour the champagne just yet. Let’s end well and make sure each week has a sufficient amount of volunteers to set up and tear down. This is the way we should honor the meaningful memories that our time at the school has given our spiritual lives.