Vision Sunday
During the morning services on 1st February Peter Baker gave a presentation on Highfields - "Investing in the future". Here’s a summary of Peter's personal reflections on this theme during Vision Sunday (the full transcript is also available):
The years fly by. I’ve been here for over 14 of them now. And during that time, not everyone has always been comfortable with the pace or style of change. I’m sorry that sometimes I haven’t been as sensitive or careful as some would have liked. But I hope that those of you with me on this journey believe me when I say I really love what this community of Christian faith has come to represent for so many hundreds of people.We’ve not always got it right. And when we’ve done the right thing, we haven’t always done it in the right way. But, under God, this place has been transformed into a multi purpose building which is in constant use. And what’s far more important, people are becoming devoted followers of Christ.I don’t want us to settle down and drift into maintenance mode. There are thousands in Cardiff alone who’ve never properly heard the gospel or seen it lived out. There are vast tracts of Wales where churches have surrendered to a spirit of defeatism, cultural irrelevance or narrow-mindedness. I believe that Highfields has a unique contribution to make to the advance of the Kingdom of God in Wales and the world. And I want to be a part of that.As a young man, I had a very definite call to preach the gospel in Wales. I was converted to Christ through a Church in Newport. My formative Christian development was here in Wales. But strangely perhaps, I was exiled to England for 11 years(!) And then Highfields came looking for me! I was so glad you did and I still am; for I want to serve the gospel in Wales strategically.Yes this is a day of small things and times are tough, but remember the motto verse:“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit” says the Lord.In Christ alonePeter
See also the February edition of Baker's Blog.
