LCC is trying to do what Jesus did: Give People Life. Part of our strategy is a program developed by Rick Warren at Saddleback Community Church called P.E.A.C.E. The letters stand for Promote Reconciliation (especially by helping people get reconnected to their Heavenly Father), Equip Servant Leaders, Assist the Poor, Care for the Sick, and Educate the Next Generation. We use P.E.A.C.E. as a strategic framework for everything we do outside the walls of our church.

To do that right here in Lafayette, we regularly engage in what we call PEACE projects.

September’s project is the Matrix Pregnancy Center’s Walk & Run For Life, Saturday, September 24. It will start from St. Elizabeth East Hospital at 9 am and ends whenever you finish your 2 mile walk or run (about 11 or 11:30). Their goal is to raise $25,000 but our goal is to win the “church competition” by raising more money as a church than any other individual church!

Visit www.matrixprc.org to sign up!

If you have never been to my house, Jen and I want to invite you to come over Sunday night for our next Newcomer’s Dessert. I care about getting to know the people who call LCC their home and those who are still exploring LCC or even just starting their journey of faith. I’d love to meet you and get to know you a little better. It’s Sunday night at 6pm at my house (call 765-404-0807 for directions). We will be sharing a little about the history of the church, getting to know each other, and also sharing some really tasty desserts!

We always say that anyone who hasn’t been to our house yet or who hasn’t been to a Newcomers Dessert is welcome to come, so if you can make it, we’d love to have you join us.

I hope you can make it.

sent as a churchwide email on July 12, 2011

Greetings!

I’m sending this email to let you know of the great blessings and new challenges the church is facing. Our first year in the new facility is nearly done. We moved in to our new space at 3667 Braddock last September, and since that time our Sunday attendance has grown significantly. We now average about 125 people per week including over 30 children! Praise God!

God has blessed us with a great deal of influence in this part of the city, and we are seeing people with young children find a spiritual home with us. Additionally, we have seen a number of babies born this year. I’m excited to see all these new little ones born into families that desire to put God first in their home. It’s wonderful! Read more

There are a number of ways you can “plug in” to what’s happening at LCC. Here is a quick overview of those opportunities:

• Welcome Team (greeters, hospitality, KIDOPOLIS registration table)
• KIDOPOLIS (teachers, helpers, musicians, crafty folks)
• Worship Band (musicians, vocalists, computer programmers)
• Creative Team (producers, dreamers, event planners, artists, designers)
• AV Team (sound board, computer graphics, video production)
• Graphic Arts (paintings, drawings, graphic design)
• Life Groups (host homes, facilitators, participants)
• Mentors (follow-up, personal coaching)

If you are ready to serve in any of these areas, simply send an email to volunteer@lafayettecc.org.

LCC is trying to do what Jesus did: Give People Life. Part of our strategy is a program developed by Rick Warren at Saddleback Community Church called P.E.A.C.E. The letters stand for Promote Reconciliation, Equip Servant Leaders, Assist the Poor, Care for the Sick, and Educate the Next Generation. We use P.E.A.C.E. as a strategic framework for everything we do outside the walls of our church.

LCC will be hosting its first ever “Oil My Ride” event on Saturday, June 11th (time TBA). We will be offering free oil changes and car vacuuming services to anybody in the community right here in the LCC parking lot.

We need:

• Volunteers to do the oil changes OR vacuuming
• Ramps or jacks to boost cars up for the oil changes .
• Other oil changing equipment (whatever that might be!)
• Other volunteers to mingle with customers and/or entertain the kiddos.

Since there are too many different kinds of oil and oil filters, we will ask customers to bring their own and we will do the rest (even show them how to change their own oil to save more money in the future). We will need lots of help to pull this event off! If you are able to help with any of these opportunities or have materials we could borrow for the event, please write it down on your Sunday Connect Card and/or contact Tara Olivo.

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update:

We are still in need of the following items:

• Empty milk jugs/plastic bottles for used oil (these can be dropped off at LCC)
• Play dough & play dough tools/utensils
• BAKED GOODS
• Water and/or lemonade
• Extension cords
• Games (i.e. cornhole, bozo buckets, other carnival type games)
• Crayons

We also need volunteers to do the following:

• Face painter
• Game attendant
• Balloon attendant
• Refreshment attendant
• Traffic director
• Car inspector (must be car savvy)
• Crowd “minglers”
• Oil changing assistants (funnel used oil into jugs)