TOOLS: Living Out the Spiritual Practices of Jesus

Tools in and of themselves are nothing special.  They might look interesting, but by themselves they are just wood and metal in odd shapes and sizes.

But tools in the hand of a carpenter are another thing altogether.  They are powerful, effective, useful and have great purpose!

Throughout the upcoming season of Lent we will look at the TOOLS that God often uses to shape us, make us, even discipline us to look more and more like His Son...Jesus.

What are these tools?  Within church culture we call them "Spiritual Disciplines".  We could easily call them "Habits" or "Practices" too.  However, these habits and practices, when they are used by God...can literally change us from the person we were...to the person God created us to be!

Beginning Sunday, March 13 at 10:30 am we invite you to come and let God work on you...shape you...use His TOOLS to transform you into someone who bears a strong resemblence to Jesus...

Thursday, February 3, 2011 - Weather Update

Mooresville Church of God & God's Shining Light Daycare is open today.  However, our parking lot is still completely ice covered.  Please take great caution if you are coming to the building today.

Stay safe and warm as we all slowly dig out and thaw out!  Have a good Thursday!

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Weather Update

MCOG and all Wednesday activities are closed or cancelled
for today.  God's Shining Light Daycare is also closed today. 

We urge everyone to stay warm and safe at home.  If you are
able, check on those near you who are elderly, shut-in or disabled. 

We give thanks for our public service men & women
who brave these winter conditions and continue to serve our community!

Winter Weather Closing

Mooresville Church of God and all activities are closed for Tuesday, Feb. 1st.  We will update the website, blog and Facebook page for any potential closings for Wednesday, Feb. 2nd.  We pray for safety and health for everyone as we wait for the ice and snow to thaw!

Do Something!

DO SOMETHING!

Impact Your World!

We hope you can join us for a new Sunday morning preaching series that begins on January 30th entitled...simply...DO SOMETHING!

We've spent the month of January exploring God's mission and vision for our congregation and for His Church.  Now we want to do something about it! 

Each week we will look at a key aspect of our ability to impact our world!  In addition we will be hearing from representatives from local ministries and organizations who are doing something to positively impact our community and our world!  We will also hear from people in the MCOG congregation who are doing something to impact their world!  Below is the series schedule and guests:

January 30 - Topic: Advance Work - Guest: Churches in Mission
February 6 - Topic: Obedience - Guest: Desert Rose Battered Women's Shelter
February 13 - Topic: The Role of Pain - Guest: Crisis Pregnancy Center
February 20 - Topic: The Power to "DO" - Guest: Brad Lindsay, Superintendent of Mooresville Schools
Febrary 27 - Topic: Don't Quit - Guest: Derek & Laura Abner / Dat House
March 6 - Topic: Did Something Celebration - Guests: Camille Melki / Heart for Lebanon

Febrary 27 will begin our 2nd Annual Impact Your World Week!  We will be focusing throughout that week on "Doing Something" in our local community, in our state & nation and in our world!  Here is our schedule for the week:

Tuesday, March 1 - "Do Something" in our community!  We encourage everyone to serve a local ministry or organization on this day of service!

Wednesday, March 2 - We will have our monthly prayer gathering and it will be focused on our state and national ministries of the Church of God! 

Thursday, March 3 - We will gather at Mooresville Church of God to pray, put together some care packages and write some notes of encouragement to our international ministry partners in Lebanon, Peru and other locations around the world.  There will also be interest meetings for mission trip opportunities in 2011!

Join us and see what God will do as we "DO SOMETHING"!

Mission & Vision Sermon Series!

Mooresville Church of God

Mission & Vision Sermon Series

January 2 - Purpose:  Reconciliation

January 9 - Mission:  To Make Disciples

January 16 - Vision:  A Healing Community

January 23 - Strategy: Grace + Truth

January, 2011 represents an important season for Mooresville Church of God!  We are discovering God's vision for how we will accomplish His mission in our community.  We hope you all will join us as we look into God's Word, His mind, His heart and His call to us as His Church!

New Leadership Development Opportunity!

Beginning in 2011 Pastor John has been offered the opportunity to become an Associate Trainer with EQUIP, the leadership development ministry of John Maxwell.

EQUIP is a non-profit organization specializing in the development of effective international Christian leaders. Founded by Dr. John C. Maxwell in 1996, EQUIP is dedicated to developing servant leaders who shoulder responsibility, meet challenges with courage and creativity and never relinquish their God-given dreams.

This is a volunteer role that Pastor John will be serving in.  He will be teaming with Scott McDonald and training pastors and lay leaders in Beirut, Lebanon.  They will travel to Beirut twice each year for three years and share 2-3 days of training with church, ministry and business leaders in that part of the world.  The training will typically include leaders from Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.  Pastors and leaders from other Middle-Eastern nations will also participate.

Pastor John is also excited to partner with Camille Melki in this endeavor!  Camille is the founder and director of Heart for Lebanon ministries.  Mooresville Church of God supports H4L and recently took a mission team to Lebanon to partner with them in their work with Iraqi refugees, the Bedouin population and other impoverished and disenfranchised people in Lebanon.  Camille is the Middle-East Coordinator for EQUIP and will be organizing the training sessions that Pastor John and Scott McDonald will be teaching.

There are many ways that Pastor John's role with EQUIP will benefit Mooresville Church of God!  One of the most significant is the access Pastor John now has to the EQUIP leadership development curriculum.  This curriculum represents 2 levels of Leadership Development training totaling 72 individual training sessions!  The access to this curriculum will open the door for a comprehensive leadership development initiative to be pursued within the congregation of Mooresville Church of God!  In addition it presents an opporutnity to offer leadership development training to the larger community!  Pastor John will also have access to high-impact leaders and trainers who will be teaching, coaching and influencing his own personal leadership development!

Because this is a volunteer role there is significant financial need to help EQUIP provide the needed training materials to the Middle-Eastern pastors and lay leaders.  In addition Pastor John will have travel expenses for each of the trips to Lebanon.  If you have interest in financially supporting Pastor John's training efforts in the Middle-East please see him for details on how you can be a partner in this vital leadership development initiative!