he GO Project is re-gearing up at HVPC

This weekend of September 11-13, Dr. Ken Priddy will be with us for additional GO Project @ HVPC training.

On Friday evening, he will be meeting with the Vision Team (VT) at 6:00 p.m..

On Saturday, from 8:45 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., GO Leader Team (GLT) training will be held in the Sanctuary. The Saturday session is open to anyone at HVPC who is interested. This session will also be streamed over YouTube.

On Sunday, Ken will be preaching in both services.

If you have any questions about this event or any aspect of the GO Project, please contact Stephen Clark (go@HVPC.org; 216-333-3172).

Click here for a PDF of the training manual.

THE POINT OF THE GO PROJECT @ HVPC

The GO Center Project at HVPC is not another program. It’s not some snazzy new method of evangelism. It’s not a 3 or 5 or 7 or 12 step program to generate greater attendance or bigger offerings.

It’s more and deeper.

A program alone won’t advance the kingdom of God in and around Huntingdon Valley.

Another program won’t bring the power of the Holy Spirit.

A program won’t change you and me the way we need to be changed.

Just another program is exactly what Satan would love to see implemented. And if that’s all we did, he wouldn’t give us a second thought.

But this -- the GO Center Project at HVPC -- is more and deeper.

Programs are almost always nothing more than formulaic, entirely man-centered efforts driven to build numbers, sometimes strategic but often not. Frequently programs are developed around what worked once upon a time in another place. Programs often don’t fit the culture and location where they’re implemented. And they seldom address the heart of the matter.

Real revitalization is more and deeper.

Revitalization, the goal of the GO Center Project, involves both Spiritual Renewal and Strategic Initiative.

The Spiritual Renewal part is essential to success. And it’s the spiritual renewal aspect that really gets Satan’s hackles up.

Why?

Because it means we are seeking the face and will of God to determine what and how to proceed. And that we are leaning on Him and the power of His Holy Spirit to drive the change that’s needed.

The first changes that are needed will happen inside us. To us.

It involves a change of thinking and a renewed faith.

It means putting our beliefs and testimony on the line.

It’s about falling in love with Jesus all over again.

It’s about reigniting passion for the gospel and fueling a sense of urgency for the lost.

Of course, we don’t want to just run out the doors helter-skelter, into the streets screaming, “Jesus loves you! Turn or burn!” That’s why we need to apply the Strategic Initiative part.

But, in reality, a little Spirit-filled bold-and-holy mayhem wouldn’t be such a bad thing.

In fact, that’s exactly the kind of thing that will get Satan’s attention and draw his ire. Which makes revitalization risky.

After all, revitalization is all about spiritual warfare. It’s about battling against the darkness that clouds our own hearts, dulls our own senses, and that brings defeat in the community around us.

It’s about saying to Satan, “No! We serve the king of kings and we’re not going to let you have the hearts and minds of those in our community!”

It’s about recognizing that what we have -- the pearl of great price -- is what the world needs. It’s about not hiding our light under a bushel, but rather shining the gospel all around to push back the darkness. To dispel the darkness. To bring Christ into our community to overcome the darkness with the one true soul-cleansing heart-transforming mind-changing gospel. The good news. Emmanuel -- God with us!