Greetings Friends and Family of RRUMC,
Recently I shared with you in a Circuit Rider article that we have officially named our Cleveland Campus at 9900 Madison Avenue “Story Church.” It lines up with the mission and vision of our church which is, “It’s all about the story. We exist to help people meet Jesus Christ in the midst of their story.” Our main tool for accomplishing that goal, right now, is the Twice Blessed Free Store (TBFS) which has been open on the west side of Cleveland since January of 2014. Unfortunately, we have had many different directors at TBFS since its inception, with most of these changes beyond RRUMC’s control.
That brings me to a very exciting announcement for that position at the TBFS at Story Church. We have hired Lisa Thomas as the new TBFS Director. She started on Monday, July 11. We are so excited because she is one of our own. She worships at the Harbor Service every Sunday. Her husband Frank plays in the Praise Band. She is also one of the Campus Leaders at Story Church with Lynn Gorton. Lisa preaches for that worship service at Story Church on Saturday mornings along with Lynn. Lisa and her family also live in that community. The thing that matters the most is that she absolutely loves Jesus Christ and claims him as her Lord and Savior. She also loves the people of our Story Church community almost as much, and that is why I know God has sent her to us for this very opportunity. All these things come together to fill me with a tremendous amount of confidence about not only the future of TBFS, but also the future of that whole campus.
TBFS has always been the greatest avenue to bring people into worship at Story Church. We want to meet our guest’s physical needs in order to reach out to them to meet their spiritual faith-based needs. I know that Lisa sees TBFS that way and will help to steer it and direct to that end. This is an exciting transition for TBFS and the Lord has His blessings all over it already. I ask you to pray for Lisa Thomas and her new role out at Story Church. When you see Lisa around the church, please congratulate her and pray with her about what God is about to do through her at Story Church and TBFS.
Thank you Lord!!
Peace and Blessings,
Rev. Dan