KELLY LOFLIN

It's late again . . . can't sleep. My mind playing out day to day things. Once again, I am drawn to thoughts of you guys. How our lives will never be the same since God allowed our paths to cross. Interesting about the phrase"paths to cross." I guess every path of life leads to 'The Cross.' A point in time where we all need to make a decission to follow Him. It could be a decission regarding a job, marriage, children . . . . at some point it all comes back to 'The Cross' and the path that lead us there. What path are you own today? Where do you see it taking you . . . . fame, success, failure or regret? Either way it always ends up at 'The Cross.' This is where you see yourself for who you are and what you could be with Christ . . . this is where all your sins, mistakes, ugliness, failures, regrets, should haves are laid bear. This is wh ere the blood of Christ washes away all of that . . . He speaks peace to your weary soul . . . lifts up your head . . . calls you His own . . . makes you new. My heart is full . . . it longs for the people of Denton to know Christ. Not just the guy we do Sunday for . . . but really know Him. The One who completely knows us for who we are and loves us anyway. I pray for each and every one of you today. That God would reveal Himself to you in a very real and personal way. He is closer than you think . . . those words are so comforting to me. When you think you are all alone . . . He is closer than you think. Jesus . . . Jesus . . . please fill our hearts . . . give us joy unspeakable . . . help us Lord to see You . . . help us Lord to know You. Thank You for 'The Cross'. Thank You that You loved us with an everlasting love . . . thank You that You gave Your life for us so that we may know You . . .and all our short comings, sins and ugliness are forgiven. We are beautiful in Your eyes. Thank You Lord. In Jesus Name. A-men.

High Rock Community Denton, NC was birthed from the Bringle Ferry Campus of High Rock Community Church in Salisbury, NC the summer of 2006. It has been a challenging year and a half, but God has proved His faithfulness to us. With hard work and prayers, the campus has grown form 30 to 100 people on any given Sunday. The praise band has evolved from a keyboardist and a soprano with a tamborne to a full fledge band. These are some of only a dozen or so answers to prayers. We have seen lives transformed, marriages restored and people coming to know Christ as their personal Savior following in baptism. Glory be to God!!!! This past weekend was especially sweet . . . our praise team had had a retreat over the weekend and the spirit of God was moving as we were all in one accord. The same sweet spirit swept over us on Sunday as we welcomed Him into our warm up time and service. Over the past week and a half, we have been learning that worship is not an event, emotion, place or thing . . . it is a lifestyle. As we learned about what worhsip was, I beleive that we opened ourselves up to allow God's presences be known in our own lives which came out in our act of worhsip. God is doing some great things in Denton at High Rock Community. We are excited about what the year 2008 holds for us as individuals and as a church. As our lifestyle reflects God's glory and we praise Him for that, we pray that lives will be changed through the power of the Holy Spirit . . .