church plants being recognized as NCO churches. All three us us were unanimously voted in! It was a good time together celebrating what God has done and is continuing to do in Ohio through our churches.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
ACCEPTED
My time this morning with the NCO pastors was great. One of the first orders of business was the vote on three of us new
church plants being recognized as NCO churches. All three us us were unanimously voted in! It was a good time together celebrating what God has done and is continuing to do in Ohio through our churches.
church plants being recognized as NCO churches. All three us us were unanimously voted in! It was a good time together celebrating what God has done and is continuing to do in Ohio through our churches.
Applying for NCO District Memebership
This morning I head up to Mt. Gilead for a North Central Ohio District pastors meeting. Our 25 or so churches do this every other month as a way to connect at a friendship level, hear reports on how ministry is going and to conduct official district business.
Today I've applied for Encounter Church to become an official member of the district. At present we are a daughter work of Grace Church in Powell and fall under them as a member church. If accepted into the district we will then apply to the national level within our fellowship of churches and will be recognized at EQUIP '09, the national conference for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.
I'll let you know how things go later on today.
Today I've applied for Encounter Church to become an official member of the district. At present we are a daughter work of Grace Church in Powell and fall under them as a member church. If accepted into the district we will then apply to the national level within our fellowship of churches and will be recognized at EQUIP '09, the national conference for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches.
I'll let you know how things go later on today.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Fun at Space Camp
After being with the NewThing guys in Chicago I flew to Huntsville, Alabama to meet up with my son Zach's sixth grade Space Camp trip. I have been a chaperon to four boys since I arrived on Wed. morning. It's now Friday and we are heading back to Columbus, Ohio.
Here are some pics. and video of the things we saw and did.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
What a hoot!
Yester
day was really a privilege. Hang'n out with a bunch of pastors who are totally committed to seeing new churches and new church planting networks birth. We had meetings for about four hours led by Dave Ferguson with good food and discussions. I met a guy named Dave Richa who went to Moody Bible Institute at the same time as me and even lived on my floor just before I arrived. It was so fun talking about all the guys we knew.
After the meetings ended there was a surprise all of us. We were taken to a Chicago Cubs game but not in the ordinary way. If you are at all familiar with the stadium, we were actually across the street up on one of the roof tops. All our food and drinks were even comped. What a hoot!
Today we've got hours of more meetings talking/dreaming about how/when to see new churches launched from each of our churches over the next two years. I'm also personally looking for Encounter to have a leadership resident or two by this Fall.
day was really a privilege. Hang'n out with a bunch of pastors who are totally committed to seeing new churches and new church planting networks birth. We had meetings for about four hours led by Dave Ferguson with good food and discussions. I met a guy named Dave Richa who went to Moody Bible Institute at the same time as me and even lived on my floor just before I arrived. It was so fun talking about all the guys we knew.
After the meetings ended there was a surprise all of us. We were taken to a Chicago Cubs game but not in the ordinary way. If you are at all familiar with the stadium, we were actually across the street up on one of the roof tops. All our food and drinks were even comped. What a hoot!Today we've got hours of more meetings talking/dreaming about how/when to see new churches launched from each of our churches over the next two years. I'm also personally looking for Encounter to have a leadership resident or two by this Fall.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Hang'n with the NewThing guys
Right now I'm sitting in the Yellow Box Ground Level Cafe' in Naperville, Ill. I'm here for the all lead pastor gathering. Guys are coming from all over the US and I think even one from the Philippines. We'll be together Mon. and Tues. As you've likely read in past entries, Encounter is partnering with the NewThing Network. They are committed to seeing new churches start and so are we. In fact in my message yesterday called, Multiply 2.0, I detailed out some our thoughts regarding a future plant out of Encounter. If I haven't mentioned it before, you can listen to our Sunday service messages by going to http://www.encounterchurch.us/. Anyway, I'm looking very forward to my time with these people. I'll tell you more in the next few days.
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