Our annual world missions conference this year will take place on October 15 - 17.  The theme of the conference this year is "Fearless".  Our keynote speaker will be Chris Jones, the executive director of the North American Azerbaijani Network, and Virgil.  As you know, this conference is a big part of life at LCF, so please be sure to regularly mention the conference in your meetings and encourage your group members to come!  Check out the world missions conference page on the website for more info, including the conference schedule!

Our new life group leadership training material is the book Outgrowing the Ingrown Church, which encourages churches to be "outward-looking and outward-moving communities of Jesus Christ."

In our October leadership meeting, we discussed chapters one and two.  We were very excited to hear what you have been learning and how it can be implemented!  The key points and discussion questions are available here.  Please discuss these questions with other life group leaders and your life group members.

Please read chapters three and four (pages 41 - 63) before our next meeting on November 1.

There is still a LOT of work to be done to help families recover from the devastating losses caused by the flood.  We encourage life groups to continue serving together to help with the rebuilding process.  To volunteer, meet at the old preschool building Mondays through Fridays, any time between 9am and 5pm, or Saturdays, between 9am and 12pm.  It's also possible to work in the evening or Sundays-- just arrange it with Melissa Thomas ahead of time.

We encourage all life group leaders to attend the Neighborhood Transformation  (NT) Envisioning Seminar!  In association with Siloam Family Health Center, Stan Rowland, the founder of NT and Community Health Evangelism, will be training people to reach out to their neighborhoods, build relationships, help identify individuals' assets, and bring the gospel to the neighborhood.  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP as soon as possible.