One of the best ways to get connected at Heritage is at our Life Group Launch.  Every year the entire church goes through the same devotional material together during Lent.  The Lenten Life Groups that are starting will have a definite start date, along with a definite ending date.  This allows you to be a part of a group, and to determine if it is a group you would like to join.  Some groups decide to stay together, and some end with Lent.  This year the groups will start on February 18, and will end April 7.

Our Life Group Launch for Lent is January 31 at 12:30, right after the 11am service.  Lunch is provided and children are welcome.  We hope you can join us. To register, click here to go to the Group Life Events Page.

Happy New Year!  You have to love new beginnings and we find ourselves not only at the start of a new year, but also a new decade, as well.  At this point in time, most of us are still sticking to our resolve to eat healthier, to exercise more, and we still remember our goals for 2010!  I always enjoy a fresh, new start.

It is a great time of year in our ministry to get involved in a new life group.  If one of your hopes for the new year is for a deeper sense of community in 2010, this is the time of year to get started.  New groups for Lent will be starting this month.  The entire church will be going through the same devotional studies together.

If you are interested in hosting a life group for Lent, come to the Life Group Host Training on Sunday, January 24, 2010 in room 102, during the 11 am service.  We also have a Life Group Launch on Sunday, January 31, 2010 in room 110 at 12:30. Children are welcome and lunch is provided. This is a great way to get connected to a group for the Lent Season!  Click here to register for events.

God’s blessings to you for a very prosperous 2010.  If I can help you in any way, just let me know.

Terry Bartley
Group Life Pastor

Merry Christmas!  Those words bring such joy to our hearts during a time of the year that can be so stressful.  There are stockings to stuff, presents to buy and wrap, and parties to attend.  I find that it is very easy during this busy season for Jesus to get lost in the chaos of my heart.  At times, I hear him say the same words that Martha heard so many years ago, “few things are necessary, really only one”.  Then peace returns to my soul as I sit at His feet and once again experience a time of refreshing that comes from the presence of the Lord.

This is the time of year to give our gifts to loved ones, to reconnect with family, and to enjoy the blessings of a good Father.  And it’s a time to enjoy the greatest blessing of all-the love and fellowship of our Savior.  It IS a relationship and not a religion.  May your soul be strengthen and renewed during this holiday season as you take time to enjoy that relationship.

How great is the love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God!  And that is what we are (1 John 3:1)!  

Merry Christmas,

Terry