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Neighbor to Neighbor

In the last Crossroads issue, Pastor Laesch shared Chapel’s stewardship goal: One Plus One. Now in this CrossRoads issue, we extend One Plus One to include an emphasis on reaching our neighbors. We call it Neighbor to Neighbor. Here is how it works:

This coming November, Chapel’s mission and outreach committee will have Neighbor to Neighbor packets for each family in the congregation to use in their neighborhood. Each packet contains brief instructions, 5 Chapel postcards, and 5 Christmas postcards to share with 5 neighbors near your home. Of course, you can invite more than 5 neighbors to Chapel. For that matter, you can invite your friends and co-workers too. But we want to especially emphasize the importance of Christians reaching out to their next-door neighbors (Mark 16:15, Luke 10:37, Heb. 13:1).

Here are the five steps involved with Neighbor to Neighbor:

1. Receive Neighbor to Neighbor packet at Chapel in November
2. Visit 5 neighbors near your home
3. Hand-deliver the Chapel Postcard with information and directions to Chapel
4. Hand-deliver the Christmas Postcard with information about Chapel’s Christmas Concert and Advent and Christmas service times
5. Share your stories at Chapel, and keep your neighbors in your prayers.

We think our wonderful Christmas Choir Concert and Advent and Christmas Services will be a welcome addition to everyone as they celebrate Christmas this year. And, strange as it may at first appear, many people are very lonely around the Christmas holidays. So we want to be sure to open our church to as many guests and visitors this holiday season because we know that God will fill them with the peace, hope, and joy of our Savior Jesus. You may even consider baking Christmas cookies to share with your neighbors to give with the postcards. But no matter what you do to make it special, we hope that you are able to foster meaningful relationships with your neighbors and to invite them to our church this Christmas season.

Pastor Bischoff and Ellory Glenn have been leading a very timely bible study these last several Sundays preparing our members to intentionally invite, greet, and welcome guests into our congregation. While it may seem difficult, God will certainly go with you as you share His message and as you extend a warm, genuine invitation to your neighbors to our church. So we ask you to please be a part of Neighbor to Neighbor this November. Not only will you get to know your neighbors better, but your invitation and prayers will show the love of Jesus this Christmas season to neighbors all across North County and beyond.

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