It’s been awhile since I last blogged. Christmas has come and gone and we are now into the third month of 2010. Over the past several weeks the leadership team of SLC has been carefully considering how we can most effectively reach our community for Christ. The more we thought and prayed the clearer the focus became.

One of the most effective inroads into the community we have is Wired Student MInistry. They are reaching into areas that we have never been able to before. On any given Tuesday night more than 175 young people from all over this area converge on SLC to connect with each other but ultimately to God. Pastor Nate Lindseth and his team are doing an amazing work and the fruit is evident. The more we thought and prayed the more we began to ask the question, “What would happen if we were able to configure this ministry in a way that it could reach it’s full potential and what would that look like?” From that question came a solution that we believe will allow Wired to reach it’s full potential.

Over the a past 11 years our Sunday night Connection Live service has been a highlight. It is a believer’s service that that has been a strength. But Sunday is the one day of the week that the schools of this area do not schedule any activities. Though our Connection Live service is of great value to us we believe that a greater value can be gained by allowing Wired to have the entire campus for their ministry on Sunday nights. To that end the board and staff made a decision to repurpose our Sunday night service and give it to Wired. Beginning on April 11 Wired Student Ministry will meet on Sunday evening allowing it to use the entire campus to potentially reach an even greater number of students with the gospel. Our prayer is that by giving this service, which is so meaningful to us, to our students we will see God do amazing things and the impact will be more than we could ever imagine.

Over the next several weeks you will hear more about this change. Please be in prayer with us as we move forward in this effort to make in impact in South Pierce County.

Pastor Cal