Summer is in full swing and you don’t have to look very far to see people enjoying the outdoors, corn growing taller, and families loading up the minivan for a road trip. Around Heartland, summer means one thing: Baptism!
Baptism at Heartland is quite possibly the biggest celebration of the year! Every year, we reserve the first Sunday in August for our baptism weekend, and this year is no different. This coming Sunday, August 1st, we will celebrate as numerous people “go public with their faith.”
This year the celebration is going to be even bigger than years past. We will gather together for one service at 4:00pm to worship and learn about baptism, before heading outside where we will have the immersion service. Immediately following the baptisms, we will have a pig roast, with all the trimmings, including a “designer” cake that is modeled after the Heartland baptism pool! How fun is that?! In addition, a Heartland family has graciously offered to pay for the entire thing, so dinner and desert will be completely free to you and everyone you bring!
Do whatever you have to do to clear your schedule so that you can be here this Sunday! You don’t want to miss this awesome celebration! Not only is it important for us to experience weekends like this to be encouraged ourselves, when you attend you also encourage those courageous men and women who have chosen to take this powerful step and be baptized.
Come celebrate with us this Sunday!
Posted: July 27, 2010
Jon's Blog
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Leadership Structure
Jesus Christ is the head of Heartland Community Church, and as a community our desire is to honor and reflect Jesus Christ in all we do and how we do it.
There are four groups of people who lead the ministries of Heartland in Rockford and Sun Prairie: the Elders, the Board of Directors, the Directional/Leadership Team, and the staff. The goal of each of these groups of leaders is to help you discover what you were made for by providing the tools you need to unlock GodÕs plan for your life.
At Heartland: Rockford and Sun Prairie, no one person holds the traditional role of senior pastor. Instead, several individuals use their individual gifts and strengths to lead the church.
Mark Bankord is Heartland's Directional Leader and co-founder of the church. Mark is a visionary leader, and provides directional leadership to the Heartland Staff and the church body. Mark leads the Directional/Leadership Team, chairs the Board of Directors and meets with the elders.
Jon McNary is Heartland: Sun Prairie's Lead Pastor. He leads the weekend and special worship experiences, brings day-to-day leadership to the staff and volunteers, and is part of the Directional/Leadership Team.
Jim Sheldon is Heartland: Sun Prairie's Director of Adult Ministries. He oversees ministries such as Men's Fraternity, Becoming, Marriage Matters, Financial Peace University, and the First Impressions team. He is part of the Directional/Leadership Team.
Heartland: Sun Prairie's local leadership team includes Jon McNary, Jim Sheldon, Nicole Moll (Children's Ministries) and Dan Wolf (Student Ministries).
Mike Breaux is Heartland's weekend teaching pastor. His primary role is to provide transformational teaching every weekend. Mike leads a team of other gifted teachers that teach periodically on the weekend or in other ministries of Heartland. Mike is part of the Directional/Leadership Team.
You can meet more members of the Directional/Leadership Team by following the link. Click Here
