One of my intents with this blog was to talk about the various activities and things we are experiencing as God prepares us to plant a church. I have dropped the ball on more of those than I wished to. But here is today’s update. Part of the challenge Pastor Philip has laid on [...]
Continue reading about Serving Coffee and Hot Chocolate to Soccer Families
If there is one thing that consistently happens when you step out in faith and begin to serve God, it’s divine appointments. I think back on the Yard Teams I led in June, and how one of the last homes we approached was a couple’s home – they were renting and the landlord had just [...]
Hey guys. So going into the fall, I’ve been put in charge of Yard Teams – an outreach into the community where we visit people who have unkempt yards and offer to clean up, mow, trim and weed their place as an act of love in community. We had to do a little promotion at [...]
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Our faithful friend Megan once again reminded me it has been too long since I have written anything here. I can only plead busyness – work has gone ballistic in the sense that I feel like I am in a rocket right now at work. IT is a good thing as God has been blessing [...]
God continues to provide us with opportunity to grow, but in terms of direct preparation, not much is happening right now with all the other events swirling around us. We are beginning the wrap-up of our Awana year and that has been an incredible experience. I think I can safely say that both of us [...]
It is interesting to contrast the book, “101 Ways To Reach Your Community” by Steve Sjogren with Jonathan Dodson’s appropriate cautions. A lot of Steve’s suggested, especially introductory servant evangelism events are basically reinforcing consumerism. As I read through that book, I found myself thinking the exact same thing subconciously – ruling out any suggested [...]
Continue reading about Think Before You Engage in Servant Evangelism
Our final day was a big barbeque at Unwin Park. We’d been running programs there all week long, so there was more than a few people aware of what we were doing. Additionally, the park has a lot going on in it – soccer, baseball, a public outdoor pool even. We probably had at least [...]
Continue reading about Day 5 of "Campaign of Kindness" – Wrap Up Park Party
We were back in front of storefronts last night. I was feeling spiritually, emotionally, and physically exhausted yesterday afternoon, and seriously considered staying home. I didn’t get notified where we were going until I was already late which was kind of frustrating but that’s the vagaries of technology. We set up in front of Save [...]
Last night we had a water and cookie station in front of PetSmart right next door to the theatre we run Sunday services out of. Of course, we also had stations in front of the Winners and the Chapters, so lots of people who came by already had water given out at another station. Still [...]
Continue reading about Day 3 of "Campaign of Kindness" – PetSmart
Last night was a car wash. I was expecting to get good and sore scrubbing down cars. I did do some, but what excited me more was the chance to talk to people and show them the love of Christ through my attitude and my conversation. In my bay, I found myself the go-to guy [...]
Continue reading about Day 2 of "Campaign of Kindness" – In the Eyes of Strangers
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