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Dear Friends and Prayer Warriors,
Get your kneepads ready! Our tiny church is praying for the Spirit of God to move mightily in the next six months, and we're imploring you to pray with us.
Our time in Texas was a blessing, a shot in the arm of being connected and engaged in the Body of Christ. Honestly, the DBC Missions Conference for me feels and awful lot like slingshot. They bring you in, draw you back, ministry pauses, we are clearly reminded of our objective (target) and realined (aimed), and finally we're launched back out into the field at a breakneck pace aiming clearly at the target God has called us to!
Right now the Lord has called us to help revitalize West Hills. He's given us a vision for an outreach strategy in the Garden of Hope. He's provided materials and funding. Now is the time when all of the planning starts to come together!
Now more than ever, we need you to pray, and we'd like you to join us in asking God for some very specific things!
1. A children's minister. We have young children. As people come to church because of the outreach we're doing, we desperately need someone with a heart for children's ministry to come and serve alongside of us and minister to their kids.
2. Families. We need a few more families who are willing to sacrifice the programs and conveniences offered by a big church to come serve as missionaries with us for a season, to help us gain some critical mass through this season of outreach.
3. Volunteers. Over the next three months, we're going to be building 100 raised beds and finishing the garden infrastructure. We also need to knock on 1000 doors of our closest neighbors and invite them to participate in the Garden of Hope and to come and grow with us. Pray the Lord would raise up local volunteers to help us knock on doors and get the word out.
4. Endurance. Farmers know that life is all about seasons. They rest in the winter, because spring, summer, and fall are filled with long days. As we enter the season of long days, pray the Lord grants us endurance to honor him in all our activities.
I had some wonderful meetings with some other local pastors this week, including our REV Brothers group. A lot of encouragement. A lot of good verbiage about partnership and practical helps. Now we're praying for follow through!
In the coming months, I'll be trying to post shorter bits on information more regularly over on our facebook group, and this blog will continue to be a monthly newsletter. Here are some of the highlights from the last month.
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| One of my favorite pics from our TX trip was with this guy sitting on a tractor! |
Dear Friends and Prayer Warriors,
Get your kneepads ready! Our tiny church is praying for the Spirit of God to move mightily in the next six months, and we're imploring you to pray with us.
Our time in Texas was a blessing, a shot in the arm of being connected and engaged in the Body of Christ. Honestly, the DBC Missions Conference for me feels and awful lot like slingshot. They bring you in, draw you back, ministry pauses, we are clearly reminded of our objective (target) and realined (aimed), and finally we're launched back out into the field at a breakneck pace aiming clearly at the target God has called us to!
Right now the Lord has called us to help revitalize West Hills. He's given us a vision for an outreach strategy in the Garden of Hope. He's provided materials and funding. Now is the time when all of the planning starts to come together!
Now more than ever, we need you to pray, and we'd like you to join us in asking God for some very specific things!
1. A children's minister. We have young children. As people come to church because of the outreach we're doing, we desperately need someone with a heart for children's ministry to come and serve alongside of us and minister to their kids.
2. Families. We need a few more families who are willing to sacrifice the programs and conveniences offered by a big church to come serve as missionaries with us for a season, to help us gain some critical mass through this season of outreach.
3. Volunteers. Over the next three months, we're going to be building 100 raised beds and finishing the garden infrastructure. We also need to knock on 1000 doors of our closest neighbors and invite them to participate in the Garden of Hope and to come and grow with us. Pray the Lord would raise up local volunteers to help us knock on doors and get the word out.
4. Endurance. Farmers know that life is all about seasons. They rest in the winter, because spring, summer, and fall are filled with long days. As we enter the season of long days, pray the Lord grants us endurance to honor him in all our activities.
I had some wonderful meetings with some other local pastors this week, including our REV Brothers group. A lot of encouragement. A lot of good verbiage about partnership and practical helps. Now we're praying for follow through!
In the coming months, I'll be trying to post shorter bits on information more regularly over on our facebook group, and this blog will continue to be a monthly newsletter. Here are some of the highlights from the last month.
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| On the Friday night of the DBC mission's conference, I got share a little more about what the Lord is doing in East Tennessee. |
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| At the same time, they put Lily on the spot and asked her to share with the other kids what life is like in East Tennessee. She got up and talked to them without missing a beat. :) |
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| Family pic in front of our family pic on the DBC wall of missionaries! |
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| The kids did amazing on the 15 hour ride home. They're natural travelers. They even got to meet the king of rock and roll on our stop in Memphis. |
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| All dressed up for our daddy/daughter date! |
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| She's growing up so fast! |
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| Mommy and Lily had a mommy/daughter date this month too hosted by Lily's American Heritage Girls troup! |
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| This child loves to craft! |
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| This boy is going to be a heartbreaker one day. Lord help us guide him! |
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| Meredith's LuLaRoe business is doing really well. So, after nine years of working as a PA, she turned in her resignation this month! The 28th is her last day, and then she'll be home full-time! |
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| Eloise says you should go take a nap. You've earned it. |
