The new two year plan is all about you. Sure, it’s about the Elders, the Deacons, the Preachers. Sure, it’s about the parents and the children, about prospects and potentials. But in the final analysis, the new two year plan is about you. You are the one who has to make it work. You are the one to make it work in your own life, you are the one to make it work in the lives of others.

Consider carefully the different phases of the program and how you relate to it.

Evangelism. “There’s a call comes ringing ore the restless wave… there are souls to rescue, there are souls to save. We have heard the Macedonian call today…” Evangelism is all about you. Programs are not the answer. Advertising is not the answer. While both these things may have some merit, evangelism is most effective when it’s personal. As brother Bruce Turner said, there is a dire need to convert people, a pressing need to bring people to Christ. There are people in your sphere of influence that no one else knows. Many of these people are searching for real meaning in their lives, for peace from the blight of sin, but they don’t know where to look. You are the one with the answer. They need to know that. You have a Bible knowledge; you can offer to help them with a Bible study. You can try. If they don’t respond positively, then so be it—you tried. I have used the word you more than ten times in this paragraph; does that tell you anything? Read 2 Timothy 2:2.

Worship. Victor While has explained in the new two year plan the Elder’s concern about worship, both public and private. Private worship is easily neglected in our busy lives. I fear there are people who attend the public worship services then go home and don’t worship again until the next time the congregation assembles. The latter part of verse of our theme song says, “and a golden offering at the cross we lay.” It seems to me that private worship is implied here. The fact is, you can’t actually worship except privately anyhow. You may be involved with others, but your worship is yours. It all starts with you. Read John 4:4.

Relationships. We have a kinship that transcends our physical relations, as Jim Henson told us. It’s a relationship based on a mutual Heavenly Father. Further, our relation to one another has eternal ramifications; it eventuates in heaven. It is therefore vital that we protect and maintain our relationship with one another so that we help one another get to heaven. We must find ways to edify one another, ways to encourage one another, ways to recommend the common salvation to one another. We’re kin. We need to act like it. “Let us pray that grace may everywhere abound,” is where it all begins. Read Hebrews 10:23-26.

Special groups. Brother Charlie Summers explained this phase of our new two year plan. If we are to”Send The Light” as we should, we must pay attention to our special relationships. For instance, our families are a key ingredient to sending the light. We must take special care to make making sure that we’re good examples of what the light can do for a family. You must be an example of what a father ought to be, or what a mother should be, or how a child should be. “And a Christ-like spirit everywhere be found…” challenges every one of us to be the best we can be so that what people of the world see is the light of the gospel in our lives. Visitors are a special group as well. We must greet them in a friendly, caring manner. We must follow-up their visits with calls, cards, and emails. Shut-ins are a special group, too. We need to pay due attention to them and their needs. And what about those who are not as faithful as they should be? We must care enough to run the risk, folks. It’s up to you. It’s up to me. It won’t get done if somebody doesn’t say, “It’s up to me.” Read Ephesians 5:21-6:3.

Areas for concern. “Let us not grow weary in the work of love…” so says the song. There are several areas of concern that must be kept constantly in our purview so that we don’t lose sight of where we’re going. As Matt Craig said, we must be watchful, taking careful heed as to who we are and where we’re going. We must be vigilant to see that no person is denied the right to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. We must offer to new Christians every advantage possible to solidify their faith and help them grow. We must give heed to admonitions of faithfulness in attendance—not just because we want large crowds, but because we want large faith. We must make sure that our young preacher training program continues to produce fine, qualified, and concerned preachers of the gospel. None of these things will happen by accident. Let’s be careful that we don’t grow weary in our work of love. Read Philippian 1.

You must send the light!