Open Doors
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Our Vision For The Future Hardin Valley Church of Christ was founded on the vision of serving Christ, sharing God's word, and changing lives. This vision is being realized in both spiritual and physical growth. With much prayer and thoughtfulness, the church continues to seek God's guidance in addressing the present growth.
In seeking God's guidance, we recognize the continued need for Hardin Valley to have "Open Doors" in order to become all that He desires for us. We need to be:
Hardin Valley Church of Christ began meeting in the spring of 2006 with 160 people. Since that time, the Lord has blessed us with amazing physical and spiritual growth. With an average attendance in 2011 of 424 and a maximum attendance of 534, this physical growth has brought challenges due to the limited classroom and worship space. While the current worship space can be reconfigured to accommodate up to 736 people, every available area for classrooms, including the kitchen, storage room, and lobby, is being used. With the average Sunday school attendance of 327, all children's classrooms are at or over capacity, and adult classroom space is limited. As a result, there is very limited space to increase outreach, youth and community ministries. After diligent prayer, study, and planning, the shepherds and building committee recommend a $2.5 million expansion to create space for education and ministries. This expansion will provide classroom space for 650 in Bible study and will allow space for ministry development. This building expansion, while it will require financial sacrifice, is fiscally feasible for our congregation and will not affect current ministries. To accomplish this goal, we will begin a three-year capital campaign, launching on Sunday, February 12, 2012. Please pray for the success of this endeavor and, more important, for personal spiritual growth. We ask that you pray that God will be glorified in this campaign, that the community will see God through this church, and that God will guide you as you consider how your goals and gifts can be aligned with His will. The greatest result of the campaign can be a strengthened and unified commitment to the Lord. "What I want is not your possessions, but you." II Corinthians 12:14 |
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Frequently Asked Questions (Click here for FAQs) If you have questions about the Open Doors campaign, you may find the answer in our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) area. Please click here to find out more. If you still have questions, please contact Charles Sells or Bill McKissick. You may also email . 40 Days of Prayer As a part of the Open Doors campaign, Hardin Valley members will be encouraged to pray daily for our family to continue to grow in the Hardin Valley area. We have been blessed over the past few years and we pray that God will continue to bless His church here. To encourage us all to pray for this endeavor, we will have 40 Days of Prayer (starting April 11) in which we will all pray individually for common purposes each day. Click here to enter our online 40 Days of Prayer.
Getting Twitter to Notify your cell phone: If you don't have a Twitter account, go to www.twitter.com and follow the instructions on the screen to setup a new account. You will need a valid email address to do this. In the process of setting up your account, the Twitter setup process will ask you if you want to receive Twitter updates on your mobile phone. You need to answer yes and give Twitter your cell phone number and what cell phone service you use. Note: you need to have texting available on your cell phone. Twitter will then text you a message that you must reply to. After that, you are now ready to receive notifications from Twitter. Once Twitter is setup, you can now "follow" our twitter feed: @HardinValleyCoC. Type @HardinValleyCoC in the search box and you will see our feed. Click the "Follow" button to follow the feed. Once you are following our feed, click on the "Following" button on the the Twitter homepage and you will see @HardinValleyCoC on the list of Twitter accounts. Click on the button that has a generic person and a menu will drop down. Click on the "Turn On Mobile Notifications" and now you will be able to receive our posts as texts on your cell phone. |
