Greetings, 

Six years. Wow! We have journeyed a long path since planting Way of Life in September 2013. To be honest, I am not very good at celebrating. Now, don’t hear me wrong, I love parties and gatherings and all that. But as a visioneer and a guy who likes to move to the next thing days ahead of schedule, stopping to celebrate--or stopping at all--seems like a hassle. I find the celebration is in the experience of being able to move on to the new thing. But that is not the view of most people.

I need to repent from this thinking because God cares a great deal for celebration. He orders His people to celebrate, remember, and rest--all things that require stopping and reflection. The purpose of festivals and celebrations was to provide a structure for God’s people to praise Him.

As we look forward in just a couple of weeks at our anniversary of the launching of Way of Life, we want to provide a celebratory time of praise. Every year we celebrate by having a baptismal service outside at Lake Charles. It's a celebration of our founding and a celebration of the foundation of our faith in Christ through baptism.

God has called us to celebrate and He has called us to be baptized. If you have not been baptized, please let me know and let’s get it done. We want to be a fellowship of believers that obey the Lord in everything that He calls us to do.

What a blessing to be in fellowship with you all and celebrate the past six years and look forward to this next year. Only God knows what it will hold and I am sure this next year will be a great one. Pardon me for getting ahead of myself. Let's celebrate together first and then we’ll look forward to this next year. 

Love ya,