Dear Good News Family:

I wanted to write and tell you that you did an AWESOME job of inviting friends to last Sunday’s “Friend Day” service! The response was INCREDIBLE! In fact, we had the largest number of visitors last Sunday that we’ve had for any service (Excluding Christmas or Easter services.) in the past fifteen years! I know that this was a special one-time, focused, attempt for us to invite friends and family to church, yet just think if each of us tried to do this every week. The results would be amazing. Sometimes in our Christian lives we begin to think that our non-Christian friends aren’t interested in spiritual matters or that they wouldn’t want to be invited, let alone go, to church. This past Sunday’s response should prove to us that type of thinking comes from the devil. 

I’ve always loved the Gospel account when Andrew meets the Lord Jesus in John 1. Immediately Andrew goes and gets his brother Peter (v. 41) and introduces him to the Savior! I don’t know about you, but I can’t image the Gospel stories without Peter. I can’t imagine what church history would have been like without Peter. How did Peter meet Christ? Peter’s brother, Andrew, who had already met Christ, sought out his brother and took him to the Messiah.

Who did you invite to church this past Sunday? Maybe your friend came.  Maybe like some of the individuals I invited, your friend didn’t come to the service. Hey, it’s alright, each one of us initiated a spiritual conversation in the lives of individuals who need Christ. Several individuals did come last Sunday and were introduced to the church, the fellowship of believers, and maybe even to the Savior. Was there another “Peter” in our midst? I don’t know, but let’s pray and see what God does! 

In Him,

Pastor Chris Arch