Sunday, December 27, 2009

GREAT NEWS! RLI Introduces it's newest staff member - Carolyn Phillips

Carolyn is retiring from Christian Family Chapel at the end of the year and is now joining Redemptive Leadership International.


Carolyn worked at CFC for 31 years and started the womens ministry there. Besides leading the womens ministry at CFC, Carolyn has played a significant role in the SALTS ministry, a healing programs for abused adults. She has traveled all over the globe, counseling and teaching others how to counsel people who have been sexual abused.

We are so excited that she is becoming a part of RLI. She brings a huge amount of knowledge and experience as well as being a strong believer and a really great friend.

A now to introduce Carolyn to you, here are some pictures of her retirement gathering at CFC last Sunday:






































Welcome to RLI Carolyn - we love you!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN"

Hey RLI Friends....i've been thinking....many ministries use this slogan as a purpose statement for their organization: "TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN". Have you ever thought about the implications of this idea? First, "TO KNOW HIM"....the thought that the eternal God of this universe has invited us to know HIM personally....can you even imagine it? What an amazing thought! God wants to to know us and be known by us....how can this be? In fact, this is so important to Him that He allowed His own Son to be brutally murdered so that we could have access to such a relationship....it seems incredible, but it is true! What does this say about our personal pursuit of lesser things? If this is true, then shouldn't our personal pursuit of God through Christ be our absolutely most passionate pursuit? Can you say that this is true about you? As you look at your day today, where has your energy gone? How have you invested the direction and passion of your soul? If you attained deep, vital personal connection with Christ would you be surprised? Or....would you say "Of course, that's what i've been investing my soul in....i'm not surprised that He has met me on the path....".Let's work hard at the "TO KNOW HIM" part today, ok? Let's do whatever it takes to make this a reality....pray for me today as I pray for you...so that togwther we can begin to know Him more deeply. Then we will be able to understand more of what means to "MAKE HIM KNOWN"....mo on that later,,,,,grace, Tim