Hole In Our Gospel Journey - Week 1

What a great start to the Hole In Our Gospel series at CSM.  Will did a fantastic job in opening up our eyes to the needs of the world around us.  I know it's difficult at times to think through all that stuff, that these sorts of things happen and are happening now on a daily basis.  Here are some of the stats that were mentioned last night:

• Close to 1 Billion people do not have access to clean water
• A child dies every five seconds due to starvation
• It would cost $30 billion dollars per year to eliminate world hunger.  The United States spends $100 billion dollars per year on Christmas alone
• 400,000 people have been killed in the last five years from the genocide in Darfur, Sudan
• There are currently 27 million slaves (most are shipped as sex-traffickers and child-laborers)

It is tempting for us to look at these statistics and get overwhelmed, and I guess that was partly the point of yesterday's message: to overwhelm you with the need in the world. 

So I would encourage you to come next week, on October 20th, we'll be talking about not just being people of intention, but people of action.  Invite a friend to come, they will want to hear this message, all about challenging the church to BE the Church rather than just DO church.  So make sure you are here this next Wednesday, and continue to let God challenge you to greater things, and challenge us as The Cove Church to reach the broken, poor and hurting with His hope and life.


Also, the VIP Party was a huge success, be sure to invite friends to come so you can hang out, have some ice cream and you'll have a chance to win an iPod so bring tons of friends (the more you bring, the better your chances of winning).