Mosaic Knoxville

It has been an incredible week. God has gone before us in so many ways. I can see how relationships I have been in for years were really divine appointments. God has placed and is placing key people in the Mosaic circle of influence. While meeting at Mayor Ragsdale office with one of our partner churches, I bumped into Mayor Ragsdale. He sat down and talked with me for approximately 20 minutes. He was very interested in what we are doing in the city. Three days later I received a personal letter from the mayor letting Mosaic know he is available to help in anyway he can.

This encounter is truly God's timing because we are beginning to move out and implement our servant evangelism outreach ministries. We are praying and seeking God about five doors that seem to be opening for us right now. The first is a car care ministry. We are going to begin providing free oil changes, minor repairs, and honest assessments to low income families. We plan to begin in March. We are looking for a sponsor or business to provide the funding we need to reduce the cost to Mosaic. There will be many facets to car care Saturday that will provide a variety of ministry opportunities to the residents of the community. One of them will be a ministry called Angel Food. They provide a quality box of food at a low cost. We can take orders and provide the people with the box of food that they pay for.

Another important ministry that is crucial to life is housing. We have people who have come alongside us to make our dream of affordable housing a reality. We looked at eight houses this week and discovered that there are numerous houses or buildings for sale. Many of them need some repair and we have a contractor, partner churches and the city who are willing to be involved in providing affordable transitional and/or permanent housing for low income families.

We also want to get deeply involved with Knox Area Rescue Ministries and some of their friendship evangelism ministries.

Lastly, we hope God will allow us to become an Amachi church. Amachi is a mentoring program facilitated by the Knoxville Leadership Foundation. It places mentors with children who have at least one parent in prison.

One more big opportunity happens Sunday, February 26th at Grace Baptist Church. They are our primary partner church and they have asked us to share our entire vision with them in their evening service at 6:00pm. We are excited about the opportunity to share our message of hope to as many people as possible. Jesus really does bring hope. I hope if you are in the area you will come and be a part of this special service.

Jesus wants to transform your heart, heal every wound, and provide freedom and liberty that brings peace. God bless you. Todd