Dear Friends,

How do we define vision?  I’ve heard dozens of definitions and so have you. But my best shot at a crisp definition is this: Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion today.

For Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it was the picture of a future where two children, one black and one white, would sit across from each other on a seesaw, oblivious of the colour of each other’s skin. Dr. Billy Graham pictured thousands of wayward people coming forward to trust Christ as the choir sang “Just As I Am.”

For each of these people, their picture of the future made their hearts beat fast and their minds race. What picture does that to you?

Is it a picture of hungry children being fed and protected in a secure environment? Is it a picture of homeless people finding shelter or of abused women finding a safe place? Is it a picture of dying churches experiencing renewal?  Confused people coming to faith? People finding meaningful ministry opportunities? Does the thought of lonely people finding community in small groups or artists finally using their God-given gifts in church ministry bring a lump to your throat? I believe there are as many passion-producing pictures as there are people in Church.

Without a Vision, we aim at nothing, It is for this reason that our Church has decided to go on through a Visioning Process of its own so that we too can have a God-given Vision of the future of our Church that can inspire us to pray, to fast, to act today!  May we all be an active part of this process and ensure that God’s will be done in Brooklyn for us and for the future generations!

Many Blessings,

Taiki