Wednesday
Sep162009

We’re glad you’re here!  Whether you’ve stopped by our site because you’re seeking or just surfing, we’d like to share with you what God is doing at Heritage.
 
Our community of faith is shaped by three simple words: Bring, Build, Bless. Our vision is to bless people in our community, across the country and around the globe, to bring them into a personal relationship with Jesus and to build them to become dedicated followers, all to the glory of God.
 
Heritage is a diverse gathering of people who share a unifying common bond - a passionate pursuit of God. From Heritage’s earliest days, we have lived out the truth that God has placed each person within this church body for His own purposes. Heritage is a thriving, vibrant church because of each unique individual that God has brought here. Tomorrow will be new and different because God is continually adding to our family, and as we grow, we also change. What an indescribable blessing!    

Visitors often comment on the welcoming atmosphere they encounter at Heritage. This is no pretense! We enjoy a sweet balance of being both a safe place and a strong place. Heritage is a safe place - a place to be authentic and vulnerable; to find wholeness in Jesus Christ. Heritage is also a strong place - a place to be strengthened to grow; to step out and make an eternal difference for the Kingdom.

On behalf of the staff and congregation, welcome. 

May God bless you on your journey,

Lead Pastors,
Jim Zippay and Pavi Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

Friday
Aug072009

Making the Shift

This Fall marks a special anniversary for Heritage as we celebrate 20 years! I stand amazed to see how God has blessed the simple step of faith that thirty adults took when we began this church. To say that God has been kind to us as a church would be an understatement. Nonetheless, we continue to express our gratitude to Him, even as we hope and dream for the next 20 years.

As I reflect on where God has brought us as a church, I sense him leading us to make a “shift” for the years ahead. A shift can imply a gear change, a directional adjustment, or even a change in posture, but it usually happens when a different outcome is desired or required. For quite some time, and not without a number of confirming experiences, I’ve been sensing that a shift has been needed.

My thinking has brought me to these three main ideas:

A shift…

from Senior Leadership to Shared Leadership

from Church Growth to Church Health

from Ministry Expansion to Ministry Development

Certainly each of these points will be refined and pressed out as we walk together through this year and the years to come.

Lead Pastor Jim Zippay

I Cor. 15:5