The Pitzer family recently sent us this picture of Claudia with mom Sarah.

We are getting ready for the “Seven Days of Servolution” that begins on April 3rd.  Life Church Charlotte is joining with Pastor Dino Rizzo of Healing Place Church and several other churches with the idea of a “revolution of serving.” Life Church will be serving the community of Charlotte through several outreaches. See the church website for a list of events. www.lifechurchcharlotte.org 

John and Jacqueline Lambert are missionaries to Thailand. They plan to visit Life Church Charlotte on February 1 for our next Global Impact Sunday. They have a great vision from God for reaching the Issan people group in Thailand, many who have never heard the name of Jesus.  

I went to WIN’s holiday social yesterday evening and met so many amazing Christian women. You can learn more about them at www.womensinet.com.  

Christy Wilson and Melissa Pitz headed up this year’s giving to Operation Christmas Child. The two ladies helped to promote and prepare the boxes and contributions, as well as to activate people within the church, the children and the youth ministries.  Awesome work girls!

 Healing Place Church started a new word “SERVOLUTION”, meaning a revolution by serving.  Servolution has since become part of our vocabulary at Life Church Charlotte as we continue to reach out and serve our community. Shown above is Nathan Johnson, passing out candy bars when people were waiting in line at gas stations in Charlotte during the gas shortage after hurricane Ike. 

God has given me a message for the women’s meeting tonight on living over, above and beyond anything that would try to keep us from fulfilling the purpose that God has for us.  We will be meeting at the Annex building at 6:00 pm at 6401 Carmel Rd. #103 in Charlotte, NC.   I sense an expectancy that God is going to do some great things tonight!

 What a GREAT series on knowing the glory of God!   Over the past few weeks Jerry has taught about knowing God’s glory individually and collectively, sharing with us the importance of worship, unity, consecration and sacrifice. God’s manifested presence is our number one desire for Life Church Charlotte.  Read more about the glory of God online http://evotions.lifechurchcharlotte.org/ 

I know God is doing wonderful and amazing things all over the world, but please let me share my heart with you about what God is doing here with us. We started the church three years ago (www.lifechurchcharlotte.org). From the very beginning our focus has been on God and building a place where He can meet with His people. We have had many changes take place over the past three years, some of them have been great celebrations and others have been great challenges. However, all in all, our aim has been to keep our eyes on Jesus and on the reason we came here in the first place - to serve Him and see Him glorified. From my perspective, there has been a great metamorphosis take place in the past several months at Life Church Charlotte. God has been moving in the hearts of people, strengthening our church family, as well as bringing in new people with a heart for a move of His Spirit. This is the Lord’s doing. I can not explain how it is happening. All I can say is that it is glorious and beautiful. We have been meeting on Thursday nights for prayer. The presence of God has been filling the room. People are coming because they love God and want to experience Him. Words cannot describe the anointing and the unity and the love that is present. His presence has been growing stronger and stronger. If I could have anything from church, this is it. This is what I long for. I long for His presence. Change has not been easy for me, and we have gone through so many changes as a church. But emerging from this ministry is something so beautiful and glorious. We have determined to keep our hearts humble and our vision fixed on Jesus. He is with us! God is with us! And what He is forming in us is something so unique and special that I feel incredibly humbled and blessed by His presence. His anointing and glory is what satisfies this hungry heart. I love my Lord, and my aim is to please Him and to see Him have His way.

Thank you to all who prayed with us for the ladies meeting! We began in worship, and the presence of God was immediately felt. We had several new women there, but we all have a love for God in common. Honoring God first prepared our hearts for what He wanted to do. We began to pray for one another, believing God for His hand to move. One visiting woman commented that she could sense such a pureness about the ministry, which I agree with. We all were there with humble hearts and a desire to bless our Lord. I’m so thankful for women who hunger after God! I shared a brief message on God’s purpose in our fellowship as women, building us together as a dwelling place for His presence, and then we divided up into groups and the women shared their salvation stories with one another. Some of the women had never met one another, so what a great opportunity to get to know one another. I stood by listening to them tell their stories, tearing up at what God has done in each of their lives. It was a glorious evening! Thank you again for praying!