A Word from Rev. Charles A. Robinson, M.Div.
Pastor of Lakeshore United Methodist Church
Greetings in the name of Jesus our Christ,
It is my prayer that this note finds you all well and as the scripture says, "of good courage" Joshua 1:6-9. I can't
believe that it is already Fall and even the weather is starting to feel Fall-ish. The weather in Texas is something
that if you didn't grow up here, you have to learn to take it day by day.
Well, we are entering my second quarter as your pastor and am super excited about the direction of our
congregation. I think we are moving out of the "honeymoon phase" and into a place where we are beginning to
have some deep, personal, and engaging conversations and I love this new direction.
Since we are growing more comfortable and building trust with each other, let me offer some ways in which I
believe that our church can increase our average worship attendance, professions of faith, and baptisms:
1. Invite more neighbors, friends, and family to church.
2. Engage more young families by adopting a more blended style of worship.
3. Focus on being a Transformational Church (relationally focused) more than a Transactional Church (task
focused).
4. Find ways to engage the community with meaningful ministries that speak to the needs of our neighbors’ lives.
5. Invest in the advertisement and marketing of our ministry on various social media platforms.
6. Sign up to participate in upcoming events of the city (i.e parades, national day out, local school events, etc.)
7. Collaborate with local organizations that can provide some of the financial and human resources at future
events.
These are just a few ways that we can immediately impact the trajectory of our church. Jesus called His
disciples to "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost" Matthew 28:19-20 and throughout the corridors of time, this scripture still speaks with
revelatory clarity of our need to continue in this way. Our goal should not be maintaining a way of doing church
(the status-quo) that makes us comfortable, feel good, or happy. Our goal should be reaching those who have not
accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior, which is a more challenging goal, and takes dedication to
figuring out the "how". One thing is certain, if we keep doing what we've always done, we will keep getting what
we've always got, and we see how far that's taken us.
Let's continue to work together to figure out how we can make a greater impact to the end goal of, "Making
Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World".
In Christ's Service,
Pastor Charles A. Robinson M.Div.