Welcome to footsteps

Today's Biblical Family Sunday school class is about to conclude it's third year on the Sandhurst Sunday school cycle. Over the past several months Reeves, Charlie and I have felt led to take the class in a slightly different direction. Not a different direction as far as what we believe or what we teach but in what we do as a class. We have spent considerable time talking and praying about where to go from here with the class and we feel very confident in where the Lord is leading us. Our thoughts have been confirmed by each other, by our classmates and most recently by what our Sunday morning speakers have shared with the congregation.

One of the first things we are going to do is to change the name of our class. Over the past several months the focus of our class has changed from a focus on the family to a focus on God's calling on each one of our lives. We have seen an increase in the number of people who may not be in a traditional family showing up on Sunday mornings. We have single moms and dads in the class. We have college students, newly weds and empty nesters. With this in mind we have decided to call our class Footsteps. We based this on Psalm 119: 133 - Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. We have developed a mission and vision statement for the class so they can share in what we believe the Lord is leading us to do.

Footsteps Mission Statement:

The Footprints Sunday school class exists to leave a spiritual footprint in our community and world through living out the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Footsteps Vision Statement:

Following the Five Fold Thrust of the Church at Sandhurst we will be actively engaged in carrying the message of Jesus Christ to the world through Local and World MISSIONS. Bringing glory to God through a lifestyle of WORSHIP. Sharing the love of Christ through EVANGELISM. Being obedient to the great commission through DISCIPLESHIP, and living out what we believe and teach so that we might help others through SERVICE/COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

Proverbs 29: 18 says: Where there is no vision, the people perish... I know we could argue over what does this really mean and what is the real meaning of the Hebrew word for vision. But the premise behind this is very true. If people do not have a vision, how will they know where they are going and how will they know if they get there. We believe that God has given us a vision for this class that lines up with and supports the mission of Sandhurst.