A couple of weeks ago, on a Saturday morning, your Elders, Deacons and Ministers met for a day to plan and to dream about Summit for the next year, five years, and beyond.  The theme was “Vision.”                  

Where There Is No Vision, The People Fall.  Prov29:18  Of all the reasons churches decline or thrive, one reason stands out consistently; churches grow with vision or fail without it.

· Vision feeds the members to belong to something significant.

· Vision provides focus and prevents distraction.

· Vision keeps the “Main things” the main things.

· Vision saves a church from merely doing “Good things” by directing them to the “Best things.”

Helen Keller said, “The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no Vision.”  Everywhere in scripture we see God giving his people vision.  Think of Abraham without God’s challenge to go to a land I will show you (Vision). There was the Israelite nation in bondage going to a land flowing with milk and honey (Vision). Think of us when Jesus said I go to prepare a place for us (Vision). But I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, and to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

Brothers and Sisters, the future of the Lord’s Church at Summit is very promising! We see Summit growing more and more like Jesus! Providing for this area’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs!

Our goal will always be to glorify God.  Eph 3:21.

And our aim will always be to:

· To evangelize the lost.      Mark 16:15

· To edify the saved.             Acts 20:28-32

· To serve the needy.            James 1:27