A Weekend for Champions

I need a couple of loud amen's from ya'll:

Witnessing and evangelism is essential for any follower of Jesus Christ: AMEN!!! 

Witnessing…is…scary…: AMEN!!!

Huh?

Now the second statement is something I know we could all agree on.  In fact, if I had to give a reason for why I often don’t share my faith, it’s…because…it’s…gulp!…scary.

Alright.  I just admitted to everyone that I’m a coward. 

At Uplands Reach, we’re all about honesty.  You can come to any one of us staff members and admit what I just admitted: “I’m scared to share my faith!  I don’t know what to say!  I’m not equipped!”  We will totally understand.  We’ll even give you a hug.

BUT…at Uplands Reach, we’re also all about building Champions for Christ.  We want to challenge you to grow, to get outside of yourself, to realize that it’s up to each one of us to share what Jesus did on the cross; to do hard things.

When the Apostle Paul went to the city of Athens (read about in Acts 17:16-34), he saw a bunch of “religious people.”  The Bible says that the Athenians “would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.”

Are you Paul, or are you and Athenian?  Are you someone who cares about sharing the truth of God, which never changes, or someone who lives for the newest scoop on Facebook, the newest DVD to come out, the newest drama at school?

Let’s get real with ourselves.  If we want to be Champions for Christ, we’ve gotta get real about sharing the Gospel.  This weekend at URCC, come get equipped at CORE Camp.  It’s not too late to register!  We believe that each one of you has what it takes to be a World Changer.  Visit UplandsReach.org for more info.

See you this weekend, Champions.