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next week the rock will celebrate their 20th anniversary and pastor ron will pass the baton to pastor bryan as senior pastor of the rock.

during weeks one and two of our series, “to make a difference”, pastor ron preached about their family’s journey to be obedient to god’s word. leaving thier comfortable life in florida, they moved to a small unknown coastal town in north carolina to establish a dream. pastor norma agreed on to come on one historic condition… “that we make a difference.” those words have resounded within these walls throughout the years and have become a steady undercurrent propelling the purpose of this church.

today pastor bryan spoke of our future purpose. what a timely example the men’s olympic relay proved to be as pb preached one of his best messages ever…

• we’re not looking back…. we’re running full steam ahead as the baton is being passed from one amazing leader to another;
• no leg of this race we are running is more or less important than the other. we need the past as much as we need our present and future;
• the rock is a team. each week we come together bringing our neighbors, our co-workers and people we have come in contact with that need god. we hand the baton to our leadership to bring the word. leadership hands the baton back to us as we go back out into our community to reinforce and live out the word in our hearts;
• the last thing we want is to train, and dream and sacrifice…. only to drop the baton. we must constantly keep our eye on the task at hand… “to make a difference”.

that was an astoundingly simple summary to a really great word. but, i’m in a little of a hurry. i have a meeting with my team in 45 minutes to talk about our strategy for the race…. and pass yet another baton.

next week… go grab the podcast and listen.

i love my team. i love my church.
i love my city.
let’s run.

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