Five Gs

• Personal Growth- Every weekend you will benefit from practical messages designed to help you grow in your spiritual journey no matter where you are on it.  However; we believe that personal spiritual growth is the responsibility of every individual.  So in addition to attending our weekend services and getting involved in a group we must learn to spend quality time with God on a regular basis.  For most of us this means beginning our day with personal Bible study, journaling, and prayer.  It is our goal here at MLC to teach you how experience personal spiritual growth in order to develop a healthy relationship with God.
   
• Using our Gifts - God has given all of us unique gifts and talents.  We use our gifts through the church  so that we can fulfill God's purpose for our lives.  At MLC we provide a variety of opportunities for using our gifts by volunteering.  We encourage everyone who calls MLC home to jump in and volunteer no matter where you are on your spiritual journey.  We believe that using our gifts is an issue of the heart, therefore we don't give spiritual gift tests instead, we encourage everyone to jump in somewhere and start volunteering.  As you volunteer we believe that God will lead you to the best place to serve Him through the church.
   
• Community through Groups - God created us for relationships.  Many people think becoming a follower of Christ is about getting religion.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  God desires that we have an authentic relationship with Him.  He also desires that we have authentic relationships with each other.  At MLC we encourage everyone to get involved in a group.  We call them Growth Groups.   Contact Heidi Ricard for more information hricard@mountainlakechurch.org.  
   
• Visionary Giving - When it comes to giving to God through the church we believe that our primary motivation for giving should be vision.  We should give because we have the same vision God has for the world.  When we do give to our local church  we have a vision for changed lives.  At MLC there are two pirmary ways we give with vision: 1) Because We Care and 2) our regular tithes and offerings.   If you would like  to give online, please click here.
   
• Greater Impact -  Why do we "belong and become"?  We belong and become in order that we might have greater impact.  God is at work in each of us, in order that he might do a great work through us.  We call this greater impact.  Every weekend here at MLC we believe we can have greater impact by inviting those disconnected from Christ and the church to attend one of our five weekend services.  All of our services are designed to "change the way people think about church."  In addition to what happens here on the weekend we have develop four strategic partnerships in Slidell, La; New York City, Egypt, and Jamaica.  Each year we send hundreds of volunteers around the world to make a difference.