Transition

It seems to be a time of serious transition. CityView has been downtown for nearly 8 years with a central Sunday service in the Wyndham Hotel. In recent weeks, hotel ownership has changed hands and increased its price point. We can expect to pay nearly quadruple what we are paying now to continue meeting in the hotel in the new year.

In the last month, the leadership team has been meeting up regularly on the square near the hotel to pray.  While we are talking to God, I can hear the group of homeless bantering behind us talking. A lady walks by screaming "The devil, he won!" Drugs, crazy, and/or demon-possessed. People are constantly coming with their stories and asking for money and cigarettes. While we meet, people from church filter through the square. Downtown is crazy, but I'm convinced that God wants His church to stay there and thrive in the midst of it. The Eldacrew is surrounding the church in prayer Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon. Maybe we became too comfortable for a time, but in the present, we are praying this ministry forward more than I can ever remember.

There has been some misdirect with eyes on the transience of people, buildings, or money... But it's real peace to know that we are transitioning back into actively trusting God as a church family. I honestly find this to be better, healthier, more alive than safe.