Next Generation

I was thinking this weekend about the Next Generation of ministry. Acts 18:36 tells us that King David by the will of God served his generation. Each generation must reach it's own generation with the message of redempton in Jesus Christ.

We took 40+ people from Sonrise Sunday night to hear the contemporary Christian group "Calling Levi" at Northstar Church meeting in the High School in Clifton Park, NY. Roscoe Lilly is the pastor. Roscoe is part of the same age group as my sons, so are the "kids" in "Calling Levi".

As I look around Sonrise, a good part of the church is a full generaton younger than me. Our pastoral staff is a generation younger as well. They like Roscoe and the Group "Calling Levi" have the enthuisim of youth. I hang around them as much as possible, their energy and new ideals thrill me. They think I'm encouraging them, in reality they encourage me. I have high hopes for Generations Y and Z .

Have a great week

Master Pastor

The best weeks of the year

We have just finished what many Christians call Holy Week, the 8 days beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter Sunday. This is my favorite time of the year. We see the highlight of what our faith is all about, the power of God over death, hell and the grave.

We had two great weeks at Sonrise. Palm Sunday, our friend, chalk artist Everett Britton did his chalk drawing on the cross and the empty tomb. It is powerful, we had a great attendance of 355 with 12 people receiving Christ as Savior.

Yesterday, Easter Sunday we had 337. Lots of special music, thanks praise band, choir, quartet, guest musicians and of course our kids choir, (they stole the program). We saw another 12 people receive Christ as Savior.

God has great things in store, Let's press on .

Pastor Hart