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BLT Campaign
.JPG) Campaign cash contributions as of 12/18/06: $229,000(81%)BUILDING UPDATE As of October 5, 2006 an Action Team (A-Team) was appointed to oversee the construction of phase one of the building. This team is composed of Ronnie McGlothlin, Al Baugher, and Jon Crowdus. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on this website or contact any of the men mentioned above. Things are moving. We're EXCITED! In the words of Ronnie McGlothlin "Let's Get It On!" October 9: Church Management Team (CMT) reported to congregation on progress of building plans and announcment of the Action Team, Jon Crowdus, Al Baugher, and Ronnie McGlothlin. October 12: Action team met with Pastor Terry Bell to discuss the finalizing of constructions costs and immediate preparations for securing funding for project. November 6: Ronnie McGlothlin, Jon Crowdus, and Joe Edwards reported to the congregation about developments with the city of Tulsa. Hopefully we will have building permit in January. Jon is finishing the Platt. Joe Edwards and Jeff Frable are interviewing lending institutions to find the best financing available. January 1st: Plans for first phase continuing. Vote for aquisition of new property scheduled for January 8th. In the meantime the Action Team will continue with plans for phase one by completing Civil Package to City next week. Storm water dreainage plan calculations show we don't need detention pond on first phase. Final Plat submitted after above is reviewed and approved by city. It will take two to three weeks for the city to review. |
| Vision West Update 6/11/06 Ronnie McGlothlin |
| I BRING TO YOU GOOD NEWS. GOD IS PUTTING A PLAN IN MOTION CALLED “VISION WEST”. THIS IS VERY EXCITING. TODAY WE ARE JUST GOING TO SKIM THE SURFACE OF THE TOTAL VISION WEST PLAN. BUT BEFORE I CAN DO THIS WE MUST LOOK BACK ON THE PLAN GOD HAD FOR LIFE PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM THE BEGINNING. GOD HAD A PLAN TERRY BELL AT EAST TULSA FLEW INTO TULSA FROM MEXICO WITH A MAJOR CONVICTION THAT GOD HAS PLACED ON HIS HEART AND THAT CONVICTION WAS SIMPLY YOUTH FAMILY MISSION. WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT BUT. GOD HAD A PLAN NEXT CONVICTION GOD PUT INTO PLACE OUR MISSION STATEMENT. “UNPRECEDENTED, REDEMPTIVE CARE FOR POTENTIALLY UNLIMITED NUMBERS OF PEOPLE”. THIS IS GREAT BUT HOW. GOD HAD A PLAN THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS AND LEADERS HAD A STRONG CONVICTION THAT WE MUST COME UP WITH CONSTITUTION THAT IS NOT CONFUSING ABOUT WHAT ELDERS RESPONSIBILITIES SHOULD BE HENCE WE HAVE SHEPHERDS. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MAKING OUR MISSION STATEMENT POSSIBLE. GOD HAD A PLAN THIS CHURCH HAD BEEN MOVING IN EVERY DIRECTION. SOUTH IN BIXBY, EAST TULSA TO JENKS, NORTH TULSA DOWNTOWN AND THAN TERRY’S VISION STARTED MOVING WEST IN HIS HEART AND BAM WE FOUND A LOCATION IN A SHOPPING CENTER IN WEST TULSA AND MERGED WITH A GREAT CHURCH FROM THE WEST AND THAT CHURCH WAS EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT LOCATION A SUCCESS. THIS IS THE CLIFF NOTE VERSION BUT IT REALLY WAS EXCITING. GOD HAD A PLAN LAND THIS IS A BIG ONE. THIS IS AWESOME. THIS HISTORY LESSON IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHURCH’S FUTURE. SO BARE WITH ME IF YOU KNOW ALL THE DETAILS BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR NEW MEMBERS AND THE PEOPLE FROM SOUTH TULSA TO HERE THIS HOW IT IS OUR HERITAGE. 1. 1. BACK EARLY IN 2001 THIS CHURCH FOUND LAND AND WAS SURE IT WAS LAND THAT GOD WANTED US ON AND IT WAS A BARGAIN. BUT IN SADNESS, UNDER MY DIRECTION WITH A STRONG CONVICTION THAT THIS WAS NOT THE RIGHT TIME. WE DID NOT ACCEPT THE FINAL CONTRACT, BUT GOD KNEW THE FUTURE. SEPTEMBER 11TH 2001 WE COULD NOT FORESEE. IF WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WE WOULD HAVE BROKEN THE FINANCES OF THE CHURCH. GOOD NEWS GOD HAD A PLAN 2. 2. THE SHEPHERDS AND OTHER LEADERS WITH NO PROPERTY UNDER CONTRACT STARTED PRAYING AND SEEKING GOD. WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CHURCH, HOW AND WHERE DO WE COMPLETE OUR MISSION STATEMENT? GOD HAD A PLAN 3. 3. THEY CREATED A 20 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT BUILDS A YOUTH CENTER A MAIN FACILITY FOR FAMILY AND CABINS THAT WOULD SERVE THE KINGDOM IN MULTI PURPOSE REASONS FOR COUNSELING AND MARRIAGE RETREATS, ALSO FOR KINGDOM WORK, MISSIONARY’S TO STAY WHILE ON LEAVE. IT WASN’T UNTIL THIS WEEK THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO MOVE TO A PROPERTY AND BUILD BUILDINGS IN JUST THE SAME ORDER THAT GOD HAS LAID ON TERRY’S HEART 8 YEARS AGO YOUTH FAMILY MISSIONS. WOW GOD IS ORDERLY. GOD HAD A PLAN 4. 4. AFTER THE 20-YEAR PLAN WAS CREATED THE CHURCH STARTED LOOKING FOR PROPERTY. THE FIRST PROPERTY THAT WE LOOKED AT ALREADY SOLD TO A TEXAS GROUP. SO TERRY BELL AND JON CROWDUS LOOKED REAL HARD EVEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR OF PROPERTY OWNERS. BUT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT THEY COULD NOT FIND PROPERTY THAT WE COULD AFFORD AND FIT GOD’S 20 YEAR-PLAN FOR OUR CHURCH. BUT. GOD HAD A PLAN 5. 5. WHEN WE JUST ABOUT GAVE UP ON FINDING LAND, BUT MIRACLES STARTED HAPPENING. I HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT AND I WAS STAKING OUT FOOTINGS ON THE FIRST PROPERTY. I CALLED TERRY THE NEXT MORNING TO TELL HIM ABOUT THE DREAM AND HOW I WAS SORRY FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE I WAS NO LONGER ON THE CMT AND DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. TERRY SAID DO NOT WORRY ABOUT IT. HE HAD SOME EXCITING NEWS THE LAND THAT WAS UNDER CONTRACT FELL THROUGH AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THE PROPERTY FOR THE ORIGINAL PRICE THAT WE HAD UNDER CONTRACT IN 2001 AND THIS IS 2004. GOD IS GOOD. GOD IS SUPREME. GOD HAD A PLAN. .NOW HERE WE ARE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE. I TELL YOU FOR ME WHEN WE MOVED HERE AFTER MOVING FOR 7 YEARS INTO SHOPPING CENTERS, SCHOOLS, I SAID HOME SWEAT HOME. AND IT IS A SWEAT HOME. BUT GOD HAS NOT CALLED US HERE IN SOUTH TULSA FOREVER. HE HAS CALLED US WEST AS A CHURCH AND HIS MIRACLES PROVES THAT. THE CMT ASKED ME TO START THE PLANNING FOR THE BUILDING PROCESS AND HERE IS WHERE THE EXCITEMENT IS GOD HAD A PLAN, BUT NOW GOD HAS A PLAN. AND IT IS REAL AND IT IS POWERFUL AND IT IS NOW. THIS PLAN INVOLVES MORE THAN BUILDING A BUILDING, BUT BUILDING A CHURCH FULL OF NEW BELIEVERS. GOD HAD BEEN DRAWING A DOT-TO-DOT PICTURE FOR 8 YEARS SINCE THIS CHURCH WAS IN EXISTENCE IN HEARTS OF PEOPLE, BUT NOW AND I MEAN NOW!!!! GOD IS NO LONGER DRAWING DOT TO DOTS BUT IS PAINTING THE PICTURE AND FILING IN THE LINES FOR ADVANCING THE KINGDOM. VISION WEST IS THE NAME THAT WAS PLACED IN MY HEART THIS WEEK. I WILL UPDATE YOU IN TWO WEEKS ABOUT THE EXCITING PLANS AND HOW EACH MEMBER OF LIFE PARK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP WILL BE ASKED TO HELP AND TAKE SPIRITUAL STEPS FORWARD. BUT I WILL ANNOUNCE THE FIRST STEP TODAY. I WANT EVERY MEMBER HERE TODAY TO 1. KNOW THE NAMES OF EACH GROUP MEMBER. 2. KNOW JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH GROUP. CMT MEMBERS THESE ARE THE LEADERS BEHIND THE SCENE. THEIR JOB WILL TO GET THE UGLY DETAILS DONE. BANKING, LEGAL COMPLIANCE, MONTHLY FINANCES, GETTING US MOVED IN OUR NEW FACILITY, LOGISTICS, ETC. NOT COMMUNICATION THERE ARE NO SECRETS IN THIS CHURCH I WILL EXPLAIN. INTRODUCE SHEPHERDS INTRODUCE FROM NOW ON THIS WILL BE THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS CHURCH. IN TWO WEEKS I WILL BE SPEAKING MORE DETAILS ABOUT VISION WEST. AND IN ABOUT 6 WEEKS WE WILL HAVE A VISION SUNDAY AND IT WILL BE IN GREAT DETAIL ABOUT VISION WEST, INCLUDING HOW EACH MEMBER CAN BE INVOLVED. YOUR SHEPARD WILL BE INFORMED ON ALL DETAILS. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED. THIS IS WHY THE NEXT INSTRUCTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR SHEPARD CALL ASK THEM TO LUNCH. THEY WILL BUY. THE CHURCH HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE LUNCH. YOU KNOWING YOUR SHEPARD WILL BE THAT IMPORTANT, WE NEED YOUR SHEPARD TO KNOW YOUR GIFTS, TALENTS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SHEPARD CALL TERRY BELL SOON AS POSSIBLE, HAVING A SHEPARD IS VERY IMPORTANT. VISION WEST STARTS NOW IN THIS CHURCH. THE MOST EXCITING INFORMATION I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH IS. VISION WEST WILL HAVE JUST AS MUCH CHANGES AT THIS LOCATION AS THE IMPORTANCE OF US MOVING WEST. HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT WORDS AND IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE OF VISION WEST EVANGELIZE, GLORIFY, PRODUCE FRUIT, COMMUNICATE AND MENTOR EACH MEMBER. VISION WEST IS A DIRECT STEP UP IN FULFILLING OUR MISSION STATEMENT “UNPRECEDENTED, REDEMPTIVE CARE FOR POTENTIALLY UNLIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE” THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY. |
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