You Are Welcome Here!
Yes YOU!
We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor, or no hablo inglés. We want to welcome those who vote Republican, Democrat, third-party, or choose not to vote at all. We extend a welcome to those who have crying newborns, are as skinny as a rail, or could afford to lose a few pounds.
We welcome you if you can sing like T-Swift or our preacher who each can hold their own. You're welcome here if you're 'just curious', just woke up, or just got out of jail. We don't care if you're more Church of Christ than Alexander Campbell, or haven't seen the inside of a church since Easter... or ever!
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but aren't grownups yet, and to teens who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, outdoorsmen dads, starving artists, tree huggers, latte sippers, vegetarians, and junk food eaters. We welcome you if you're having problems or you're down in the dumps, and if you don't like 'organized religion'....we've been there too.
If you blew all your offering money on the lottery, you're welcome here. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don't work, can't spell, or are here because grandma is visiting and she wanted to go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced, or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as a kid, or got lost on the way to the lake and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers, doubters, bleeding hearts... and you!!!
We want to welcome everyone. Because everyone needs Jesus. Everyone changes when they meet Jesus. And we want to make sure everyone knows they are invited to meet him in this place.