Starting Life Church?

At Starting Life Church the goal is to build a community of people who want to win, but only through Jesus Christ. God has called me through our church to encourage and help people understand their purpose in life. So it was appropriate to name the church "Starting Life Church" because I believe if people can understand who God is they can understand their purpose more clearly. 

Starting Life Church

Over the years in ministry I have seen and had the chance to meet with different people inside and outside the church and I've noticed that many people in the church were no different then those outside. How you might ask? Because there were people in church that didn't know really who God was and people who didn't know their purpose in life. As the pastor of this church my goal is to encourage people to go deeper in their relationship with God and also understand their calling and then teach them how to walk in it. The Bible is an amazing tool but it must be used and used in a way that people can understand so that they can take what they learn and start to live it. I don't have all the answers as a young pastor but I can say what God has called and given me to do. I pray that if you don't come to Starting Life Church that you're involved in a church that's teaching the truth and preaching Jesus Christ. I also pray that you are doing more than sitting but actually going out and making an impact in your local community because we can't change the world until we change those around us.

What's Going On At Starting Life

This month we have had the pleasure to volunteer at the local nursing home and I was able to connect with some wonderful people. 

Our "Friday Night Live" service is a new service I began last month that I'm excited about. Last month it was great and people were truly

blessed. 

Our church will be involved in a local MLK event which will be awesome and we are currently working on a small project for National Day of Service.

Additionally, we have teamed up with local community leaders to assist with DoSomething.org's "Teens for Jeans" Campaign.

Finally, at the end of this month we will be going out into our own community to distribute free food. These are just a few of the exciting things we have going on inside and outside of the church this month. 

Taking On A little To Much?

Are you Stressed? Something we all have to deal with and go through weather it's with a job or at school or even at home. If we can be honest for a moment its something we all have to deal with or have dealt with in some way in our life. There are different signs of stress you may ask what they are for starter's panic attacks which causes shortness of breath, dizziness. Secondly there are physical Symptoms such as headaches, stomach cramps, and chest pain and many more... Thirdly depression which is feeling empty and wanting to be alone and last but not least suicidal thoughts and we all know what that means!

50-90% of people in there lifetime will experice some type of traumatic experience. What am I saying we can't avoid problems or issues we are human. The Bible says in Psalms 51: 5 "Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me."  So since we understand we were born into stress, born into worry, born into pain. The question should be how can we manage that??

Matthew 6; 34 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus tells us here not to worry and I know you're saying well that's easy to say but hard to do. Why? Is it because the devil has brainwashed you into believing the same God that created you and knows every hair on your head has some how forgot about you. God didn't make us to worry or to stress we have to learn to lean on him with our problems and situations because they are big to us but little to him. After this day live stress free put your trust on Jesus the one who tells us in Matthew 6; 25-34 to not trip over stuff we can't handle and he tells us that he has it all under control. So after today what's your excuse??