Happy New Year! January 1^st is finally here, and honestly, it’s hard to believe the watershed journey that God led us on in 2023.  I would never have imagined our church would be at this threshold, but by God’s grace, we are a new church entity called Snellville Community Church!

The beginning of a new start as a church, like the beginning of a new year, is often filled with dreams of transformation. It offers a fresh start to focus on correcting our mistakes, eliminating harmful habits, and trusting God to do more than we can ever ask or imagine.

Thinking about what the Snellville Community Church can become as we seek to Do Life Together for the transformation of Snellville stirs my imagination and soul. More than a New Year’s resolution for 2024, here’s a glimpse of what I’m praying for how we can honor God as a new church in 2024: 

• Imagine a church that is not so much about a place with a program but people who pray for a purpose.
• Imagine a church that emphasizes prayer, growth in faith, generosity, and sharing stories of how God can change a life. 
• Imagine a church for people who feel stuck in life, no matter how hard they try to make a positive change. 
• Imagine a church of ordinary people intentionally living out a mission of doing life together in partnership with neighborhoods, businesses, schools, government agencies, and non-profits to inspire and transform young people and their families.

Beginning January 7, we want to start the new journey of making this vision a reality. In the sermon series “In with the New: The Power to Change,” we want to provide hope and habits to discuss the most significant change we can make: our faith. Following Jesus to allow Him to transform our lives will form the foundation of every other change we must make. In January, we will focus on the following:

1/17 - Beginning the Journey 

1/14 – Living with Uncertainty

1/21 – Recalculating Your Plans 

1/28- Break the Cycle That’s Breaking You

God wants our church to experience abundance in 2024 as an abundant, adventurous life of vitality, unity, and generosity awaits us. Vitality doesn’t necessarily mean we will focus on getting bigger, but we will get better, and others will join us. Generosity will not be found solely in what we give, but it will be revealed in how we live. Finally, Unity isn’t where we will be in total agreement; instead, unitywill be in our total commitment to transforming the church with transformed people to transform Snellville. Will you join me in making abundance a priority this year? Here are a couple of Bible verses to help you focus your daily devotion and prayer time:

• “… I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.” (John 10:10)
• Now to him who can do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power at work within us… (Ephesians 3:20)

Happy New Year!

At the Intersection,

Dr. Quincy D. Brown

Senior Pastor