This past Walk to the Manger Sunday, a little boy, early elementary age, brought a dollar to the manger. It was his dollar, one that he had earned, that he wanted to give so that presents could be bought for school kids who otherwise might not have anything under the Christmas tree. It was a small gift that certainly won’t purchase a complete present. But it was a huge heart that filled the room with God’s presence. And a few of those dollars put together will put a toy under the tree.
Small gifts add up and they are crucial to the ministry of Aldersgate Church.
It’s not about the amount of the gift, it’s about the size of the heart. As we approach the end of this year, would you be willing to give from your heart?
Thank you for your generosity!
Lead Pastor, Ryan Smallwood
Reaching the spiritually restless and helping them take their next steps to CONNECT with God, LOVE people, and IMPACT the world.
Every person in every place filling everyday life with Jesus. Every believer is a disciple. And every disciple is called to be a disciple maker.
And Jesus said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, bapti zing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” –Matthew 28:18-20
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. –Matthew 22:37-39
Found People Find People
Saved People Serve People
Growing People Grow Together
Grateful People Give Generously
Know God
Find Freedom
Discover Your Purpose
Make a Difference
Worship: We strive to cultivate worship experiences where people can encounter God in transcendent ways.
Community: We are committed to sharing life with others in deep, committed relationships.
Mission: We are radically committed to an intense focus on local, national, and global outreach.
In the summer of 1985, a passionate and compelling preacher began to knock on the doors of homes in South Lubbock inviting them to a new church experience – into a “heartwarming” encounter with Jesus. On August 4, 1985 a hundred or so people gathered in the gymnasium of All Saints Episcopal school for that first “heartwarming” service and hundreds have been doing so as part of Aldersgate Church since.
The story of Aldersgate Church really all began on Aldersgate Street in London on May 24, 1738 when a young, fiery preacher name John Wesley had his heart “strangely warmed.” It was a moment for Wesley in which his intellectual conviction of Jesus was transformed into a personal relationship. In Wesley’s own words:
In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
Our prayer is that through Aldersgate Church many will continue to experience an encounter with the Spirit of God that strangely warms their hearts. A place where intellectual convictions would be transformed into personal relationships. And that people would experience real life change and transformation through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In fact, we pray that for you!
Welcome to Aldersgate!