This Sunday, We’re Making Room
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor
Last Sunday, a dad walked through our doors for the first time, two elementary-age daughters in tow, looking for kids’ check-in.
Our remodel is still catching up with itself in one embarrassing way—with all the changes, we didn’t have the signage up yet to guide him. He stood there for a moment, understandably lost.
I flagged down one of our kids ministry volunteers to walk them over, and it turned out she’d been the girls’ school librarian. Instant connection.
I caught up with the dad after the service. He told me he’d been looking for a church where his girls could know people—where they could belong, not just attend. The first face they saw here was someone who already knew them.
That’s exactly what we hope happens for everyone who walks through our doors, and it’s exactly what this Sunday is about.
We’re calling it Find Your Place Sunday.
Over the past several months, our facilities team has completely refreshed our lobby, café, and bathrooms. It looks incredible. But more than new paint and furniture, we wanted this space to say something true the moment you walk in: there’s room for you here.
And it’s not just about the building. It’s about helping everyone—whether you’ve been here twenty years or you walked in for the first time last week—find where you belong. A small group. A serve team. A friend who already knows your kids’ names.
That’s not just good hospitality. It’s the gospel.
“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household” (Ephesians 2:19, NIV).
Before we ever do anything to belong, God has already made room for us. Every welcome we offer each other is just an echo of the welcome he’s already given us.
This Sunday is also the second week of a new series we’re calling The Heart of Revival, walking through the second half of Isaiah to ask what it actually looks like when God moves among ordinary people like us. It’s a good week to bring someone along and see what happens.
So here’s my ask. Think of one person—a neighbor, a coworker, a friend who’s been circling the edges of faith without quite stepping in. Invite them. Not to a perfect church, but to a place that’s trying, in ways big and small, to make room.
I think about that dad and his two girls a lot this week—how a familiar face turned a nervous first Sunday into the start of belonging. I’d love for you to help someone else have that same experience this Sunday.
Pastor Ellis