Making Room For More

FBC Beaumont is experiencing an incredible season of growth, which is both a blessing and a beautiful challenge. Such growth is a clear sign of God’s favor. Yet with His blessings come responsibility. As Jesus taught in the Parable of the Talents, “the master entrusted his possessions to them” and expected His servants to live faithfully with what He had given (Matt. 25:14f). 

As we celebrate the presence of so many new faces and familiar smiles, we cannot risk overlooking the need to connect authentically and to help others find their spot. Like any growing family, we must ensure there is room at the table. To meet this need, we will begin an additional worship service this Sunday, September 7th. Our new service times will be 9:00 a.m., 10:15 a.m., and 11:30 a.m.

Adding services is not just about filling seats. It’s about seizing Kingdom opportunities. Every talent, every gift, every moment God entrusts to us has a Kingdom application and expectation. By opening up more services and children’s ministry times, we are investing what God has entrusted into our care so that more people can encounter Jesus and His people.

This season of growth is the return on investment from years of faithful service—nursery workers rocking babies, AWANA leaders investing in children, youth sponsors staying up late at camp, volunteers singing and serving, and countless hours of prayer and preparation poured out. Like the faithful servants who multiplied what the Master gave, we now experience the joy of more ministry and more responsibility.

Although Jesus often preached to large crowds, His greatest investments were made in small, personal settings. In the same way, as we expand outward, we must also go deeper. You are part of the church. The mission of the church is not solely about a Sunday morning assembly. Our greatest opportunities to invest in Christ’s work come in those small, personal spaces—over a meal, in a living room, across the table. So as we step into this next season, I encourage you: go beyond a handshake. Invite some of those new faces to lunch. If lunch goes well, invite them to your Community group. If you notice a spiritual influence in their lives during the Community group, ask them to join a Disciple group with you.
Let’s not be like the servant who buried his talent and had nothing to show when the Master returned. Instead, may we hear those words we all long for: “Well done, good and faithful servant… enter into the joy of your Master” (Matt. 25:23).

In the Grip of Grace,

Dr. Moody
Lead Pastor
FBC Beaumont