2008 As we begin a new year, we look forward with great anticipation and excitement of what God might be up to at Garfield. As we consider the past year, there are two areas of our church that we want to focus on for the new year. First, lets pray especially for the leaders of our church. We are in a new era of our church, now supporting a full time pastor, and looking ahead to new ministries and programs to offer to the community. With this comes great challenges, so lets keep our leaders lifted up as they seek after the Lords will and direction for our church. The second area for us to focus on is our children and young families. We are blessed by many young children and young people in our church. But there are many choices in the world today for young people to be involved with. Lets pray that our young people will be able to be a part of our church during the year, that our children may be raised to know the joy and wonder of our wonderful God. Lets make this the year of our families, focusing on helping our young families be a part of our church family in many ways. Lets keep them lifted up in our prayers, lets make ourselves available to support them however we can that they may be a great part of our church family. Lets focus on these things together, and may Garfield be a place of glory and praise to our worthy and wonderful God!