Fulfilling the Dream!

Yesterday was an amazing day for me! Emma, my 9yr old daughter, was sick and I kept her home from school. So, she hung out with me all day. It started off with an 8am breakfast meeting and then off to local missions work. She and I went to Skyland Mobile Home Park to meet up with Ron Waits, our Local Missions Pastor. It was here that I really witnessed the vision of the Anchor Community Church coming together. Ron sat down with people as they came in, looked them in their eyes, placed his hands on their hands or shoulder and asked "How can we help meet your needs?" Every week various people of this community within our larger community of Locust Grove come their community center, Ron and his team pull out their laptops and ipad and begin helping them fill out on-line job resumes, search for jobs, discover needs they may have around their homes, or food needs, they also connect them with "Connecting Henry", a local agency. But this is only the beginning. We are not there just to meet their physical needs. We are there to help them discover God's plan for their life. We are their to help them embark on a spiritual and physical journey.

Then, Emma and I left Skyland and headed off to Locust Grove City Hall Pavilion where The Anchor Community Church, lead by Jennifer Carlile, hosted our monthly HERO luncheon. We walked into a sea of Anchor T-shirts filled by people serving the ones who serve us. This group of Anchor volunteers spent countless hours in food preparation as well as promotional time getting the word out to the HEROs. To see the Anchor family walking around, shaking the hand of an officer or firefighter and telling them thank you for allowing us to serve you...that is fulfilling the Dream of the Anchor!

For all of those of you who served yesterday...THANK YOU!
For all of those of you who were not able to be there, but helped in some way to make that happen...THANK YOU!

There are tons of way to get plugged in and serve the people of Locust Grove!

I Love you guys.....thanks,
Chuck!

Start your engines....

When I was a teenager I began watching NASCAR racing. (however, I am not the die hard fan that wears all the clothing and hats) Several years ago I was able to go to my first live NASCAR race at Daytona. I can still remember the words that everyone anticipates at a race. "Gentleman, start your engines!" You could hear the rumble of the cars and even feel the anticipation in the air! I couldn't wait until they got to the start/finish line that first time and see and feel and hear what was about to happen.

Now, I get to feel that feeling every day! No...I have not taken a position with a NASCAR team. What I am talking about is the feeling that we are experiencing at the Anchor Community Church. Everyday I get to work with the best of the best volunteers that could be assembled. Everyday I get to hear stories about God moving in peoples lives. Everyday I feel like I am standing at the start/finish line anticipating something BIG is about to happen.

Get ready Anchor Church....we are going for the ride of our lives!