July 8, 2000

Dear Pastor Wood,

There is a few things I must share with you, that I feel in my heart.

During the meeting on Friday, I couldn’t help but look at the Speed-the-Light poster in the fellowship hall with the I’m Ready logo. Are we ready? We must be ready to allow God to move in the manner in which we feel he is calling us.

As I have told you in previous conversation this has been a most wild year.

Back at Winter Retreat our theme was Threshold. The year before was History maker, the year all that is happening now began to start. While at the meeting I noticed the Threshold door we used at Retreat, Don wanted to keep it up to serve as a reminder of Retreat and to not let the things God has done in everyone be forgotten or tossed away. On the door I wrote a message that God laid on my heart. “My Son you have done good, but now is the time for the next step.” I heard that over and over again at Retreat. What was the next step?

God has taken the bits and piece of the vision I have been given many years before and each year more segments are uncovered and explained. Now

over the past several months segments have been falling into place even more rapidly than ever before. The vision is clear and I also have begun to understand it. As we have talked I know I will be here full time. It’s simply a matter of when. I am twisted because the “when” is a big issue. Big issue because I’m torn with the fact that I will be leaving Rockwell in August. They are merging the Milwaukee and Cleveland IT organizations together and some middle management will be eliminated and all us contractors will be gone. Some others may be let go as well that is not clear until the July 14t^h announcement. No new opportunities are becoming available, or being offered to me at this time. This makes me very nervous but God has made me understand that every thing has been taken care of and not to worry. He has given my heart a peace I can not explain. Is now the right time I simply don’t know.

I can’t begin to explain how pumped up and excited about the things to come not only in our Church but our city. I too see this church as an icon to the city, a “blueprint” for other churches in the area. Reaching people like we have never seen before. I see the Master’s Commission program becoming so huge, and the ministry that will come out of that. I see our children’s and youth programs exploding with success and young people coming to known Christ. I go crazy when I think of all the thing I can and want to do. There is so many things to do and I am just one person. I think of that comment and think yes that’s it we are one church and must work together with other churches to strengthen the body as a whole. As you say for such a time as this.

At the meeting I wanted to and should have voiced what I felt. I wanted to say, folks I have been involved with the A/V dept. for 8 years now. At the beginning of the year I took over as head of the department. There are times when I have worked 20 hours in a week and still worked my 40+ hours at work. Not to say see what I can do, but folks it takes a sacrifice sometimes to make something happen. It will not be easy nor fast it will take time and effort to make this happen but see what we can do as a whole. See what we can do in our community. The people we can touch and woo to us if we are not able to able to minister to someone because we physically can’t do it. Woo to us if that person isn’t around tomorrow, life is too short to mess around.

Pastor I wanted to share this with you because I feel so moved I must explain to you in more detail what is going on in my life that would be easier for me to articulate this way then in any other form. I can show how much Joy I feel, to know the great things to come. There is a CD I am going to try and prepare for you before I get you this letter but, the songs talk about this is our invitation and be still and know he is God. These couple songs by Steven Curtis Chapman have meant a lot to be this past two months. I would go to bed listening to them and think about what God has been calling me to and the Joy I have been filled with. Pastor you may use this letter or share it in any manner you feel.

                                                                                                With all my Joy and Love

                                                                                    Your friend,

                                                                                    Matthew D. Moyer