The Christian life is often likened to a journey or pilgrimage, with the Old Testament talking about the journeys of believers to Jerusalem for annual festivals. Ps 68 talks about the procession of God coming into the sanctuary, and Graham Kendrick has written a song based on this psalm called ‘We Are Marching.’
‘We are marching in the great procession
Singers and dancers and musicians
With the great congregation
We are moving onward
Ever further and deeper
Into the heart of God
It’s a march of victory
It’s a march of triumph
Lifting Jesus higher
On a throne of praise
With the banner of love
Flying over us
Ever further and deeper
Into the heart of God
We will go to the nations
Spreading wide the fragrance
Of the knowledge of Jesus
Into every place
Hear the great cloud of witnesses
Cheer us onward
Ever further and deeper
Into the heart of God
And the whole of creation
Waits in expectation
Of the full revelation
Of the sons of God
As we march through history
To our blood-bought destiny
Ever further and deeper
Into the heart of God.’ {‘We Are Marching’, Graham Kendrick)
We need always to be moving ‘ever further and deeper into the heart of God.’ This will take different forms, including the development of our personal relationship with God (through prayer, studying the Bible and receiving the gifts and giftings of the Holy Spirit), the development of our relationships with each other and our obedience to the call of God to tell others of His great love.
In order to facilitate this, we hope to introduce ‘Team Building Days’ to help us get to know each other better and find out more about our strengths as well as seeking God as to how we can serve Him more effectively and to continue to develop our outreach into the community in different ways. We long to be more effective and to move forward in faith.
