Growing Pains...

Well, we seem to have accidentally grown to three cells in a week... Reece and Esther were unable to come to Tuesday nights anymore, so we bit the bullet and Cutting Edge now has a Wednesday cell!! First night was pretty successful, with five turning up (Shan, Reece, Esther, Heidi and Hayden). In the meantime, Ally and I will be taking one of the Tuesday's cells each, and Shannon is taking the Wednesday cell.

One of the things we've tried to do is raise up servant-leaders, and we've been really successful, with several of the current leaders in the Youth Ministry having come from the Cutting Edge ranks. Also, the amount of Cutting Edgers getting behind the friday service has just blown me away. Ally, Shannon, and I are continuing to pray for more leaders to help us with the Cutting Edge ministry, as one leader per cell does leave us spread pretty thin, even taking into account the amazing team we have. Hopefully Shannon and I running cells on consecutive nights seperately is only a temporary measure!

We have the privilege this Tuesday to be hosting Chris Low as he shares with us his passion for God. It's going to be ah-some. Tuesday cells are going to be combined, probably at Ally's house, as we really don't want anyone to miss out.

I hope and pray we'll continue to see people being drawn to Cutting Edge, as a dynamic, relevant, spirit-filled ministry.

Big Ray

Outward Focus

Terry "The Godfather" Kubala was just spot on with his message about having an outward focus in our cells, and i really believe that as a ministry we need to take it on board and make it our own mission (our mission should alway be outworked from the direction and vision of the whole church).

Last year, one of the things we looked at was how Cutting Edge could fulfill the vision of the church. I think it's probably something that would be awesome to post on the website pretty soon, but one thing that came out of it was that we needed to be outward focussed, and relying on others to provide support and encouragement for us (I think Lynda envisioned us like a big group facing outwards with our arms linked).

How cool would it be to positive impact our community? I believe we did this really well at the start of the year with O Week, but let's not rest on our laurels. How else can we influence and impact the world around us? What can you do? What can we do together? If you have any awesome ideas, let me know...

Ray