This Fall, beginning on September 25th, Messiah will kick off this “Red Letter Challenge” (RLC), a 40-day challenge where we as brothers and sisters in Christ are challenged to read the words of Jesus for 40 days straight. We’ll do this by reading daily devotionals, attending Bible studies and small groups that go along with what we are learning, listening to sermons, and by being challenged in our walk with Jesus each of those 40 days. Children and Youth will also be participating in this study and learning right along the rest of the congregation.

We’ll learn five principles that were important to Jesus: Being, Forgiving, Serving, Giving, and Going. This church-wide campaign is based on the book The Red Letter Challenge by Lutheran pastor, Zach Zehnder. He wrote it with the hopes of equipping Jesus’ followers through 40 days’ worth of readings and challenges to practically and daily live out our faith. Following Jesus is simply reading His words and then acting on them.

If you’ve never heard of Jesus, this challenge is for you. If you’ve known Him for your whole life, this challenge is for you. If you’ve been waiting to invite the spiritually curious friend from work or yoga class with thought-provoking questions about faith, this is the study to get them involved with at Messiah.

We’re challenging everybody to join a small group to meet six times from September 25-October 30th. If you’re not in a small group, but interested in serving as a host or facilitator for a small group, please contact Andy Frerich at andy@messiahonline.org.  It’s our goal to offer at least 30 small groups for this study. Signs up will begin at the end of August for this study.

We are excited about this adventure of faith that we will take together as a Messiah faith family. If you have any questions, please see Andy Frerich or email him at andy@messiahonline.org.