Jason Stonehouse

Wow! Not sure this post will live up to the title, I can’t see the future and I don’t know what is ahead for us in 2010, but as the Lead Pastor here, I can tell you some things that I believe will be important for us in these next 6-12 months. Again, these things can change but from my seat today, this is what I see…

So we’re coming to the end of 2009, what a year! Stimulus Plan, Cash for Clunkers, Bank Bailouts, Fort Hood shooting, War in Afghanistan, Tiger Wood’s affairs, Swine Flu (H1N1), Earth Quakes in Costa Rica, Italy, Indonesia, Typhoons in Taiwan and the Philippines. I think one of the biggest factors that hit most if not all of us was/is the financial stuff. It’s been challenging as a church, not only for the church’s sake/ future but for the people in the church who’ve been devastated by job loss, reduction in pay or hours. It’s shown us all how much money impacts us and the things we’ve been so accustomed to enjoying.

This clip is a story from my childhood, the “ice ball fight” and a word about what hope from a Biblical perspective really does. For the full message, download or listen online at: http://www.extendgrace.org/mediaplayer.html click on “Simply Hoping”