Life Group Central

This is a great opportunity for your life group to serve!

Saturday, October 27, is the first fall Shoreline Outreach project.  We will be partnering with First United Methodist Church of Niceville to help with a project called Supper On Saturday (SOS).  We’ll meet at the Spence Apfel building in Niceville (on Hwy 20 where Niceville meets Valparaiso) around 1:15 on Saturday and put fruit cups, meat, spoons, napkins, a scripture, bread, and a dessert in plastic bags.  Then we’ll break up into groups and deliver the food to local people who live in subsidized housing.  Shoreline has helped with this project once before and it was a lot of fun.  We will be done around 4:00.

Please encourage the members of your life group to serve on October 27th.  Contact Nell for more information at (205) 908-5989.  Thanks in advance!

Here are two lists you may be interested in reviewing:

2007 Top 100 Largest Churches and 2007 Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches 

I’d like to point out a few things for you… 

Forty-seven of the top 100 largest churches are non-denominational.  

Celebration Church - 95th largest and 29th fastest growing.  This is a lead ARC (Association of Related Churches) church in Jacksonville.  This is where several Shoreline ladies went for the Shine conference in May of this year.   If you’re ever in Jacksonville, I suggest visiting Celebration.  Not only is it an amazing church, it will really give you a vision of where Shoreline is going in the future.

The Potter’s House - I’m sure you’ve all heard of T. D. Jakes, the pastor of this huge church.  Not only are they the 10th largest church, they’re also the 16th fastest growing.  Do you remember when Chris Hill spoke at Shoreline this year?  This is his home church.

Grace Family Church - 36th fastest growing.  Pastor Eric and Darlene are like BFF with the senior pastor.  This is also where James Dodzweit is the youth pastor to 1,000+ middle school students.  Do you remember James?  He’s given a message at Shoreline a couple times and he was the guest speaker at the 2006 Blessing of the Youth.  Oh, and he was interviewed by this little TV network called CNN. 

Seacoast Church - 55th fastest growing.  This is a lead ARC church.  Pastor Eric and Darlene are friends with the senior pastor, who likes to vacation in Destin (who doesn’t?).

New Life Church - 4th fastest growing.  Another lead ARC church.  If you ever go visit the Vess family while they’re stationed in Little Rock, you should totally check it out.

Church of the Highlands - 51st fastest growing.  Another lead ARC church.  Some Shoreliners came from this church!  Guess who?  No, seriously - guess.  Okay, I’ll give you some hints.  It’s two married couples.  One wife does hospitality and the other wife is a current life group leader.

LifeChurch.tv - 5th largest and 40th fastest growing.  Remember when I suggested reading Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel?  He’s the lead pastor at this church.  Who’s read the book?