Get in the Game wrap-up

We finished our Get In The Game series yesterday. Yesterday was basically our annual State of the Church message. You can hear it here.
It is definitely one of my favorites messages to do every year. It is a chance to celebrate what the Lord did at Foothills in 2006, and where we believe He's directing us in 2007. It is so much fun to just cast the vision of the church.
2006 was a year of many milestones. Our average attendance increased 32% from 2005. We had 198 first-time salvations. We had another 207 people who recommitted their lives to Christ.
But there are a couple of areas that we want to improve on. Only about 33% of our adults and teenagers are involved in LIFE groups and only 33% of adults and teens are serving in a ministry.
Even though many churches would love to have those percentages---it's not good enough. We are trying to create a culture where when you become part of Foothills, you are expected to be involved in a small group and a minstry.
Our people are so cool. Whenever we issue a challenge--they respond. So I expect that these percentages will increase dramatically this year.
One last thing that was really incredible was when we counted up all of the people who have signed up for our BELONG (membership) class this week and last week, we had over 100 people say "I want to be a part of Foothills !!