I thought it might be healthy to just be transparent and share some of the things that are on my mind. Maybe even help you know how to pray for me.
- Last Sunday night's Small Group Preview was a wonderful success! We still have 3 more weeks left (April 5, 19 & 26). Please plan to join us for the remaining sessions. I promise that you will be glad you did.
- On April 19, I will begin a 5 week series of sermons. Folks have seen, heard and even read on this blog about the four words Worship, Connect, Serve & Grow. What I hope to accomplish in this 5 week series is explain to our people how we, as a church, have a Christ commissioned responsibility to be a part of a discipleship process in which we both participate and labor. You can pray with me that God's will might be accomplished and that our people will begin mobilizing to that end.
- Today's Rett's birthday. He's 10. He's an awesome kid - tenderhearted, compliant, smart, loving and kind. I'm glad I get to be his dad.
- We've got drums at Haven again! Someone donated a brand new set of Roland V-Drums to the ministry. God is so good. Our praise team so badly wanted drums and we wanted them to have em but the budget said otherwise. I think we're really going to move forward in the area of music with this addition. Pray that God will send us someone who can play them on a regular basis. Until then, I guess I'll get to do it.
- HCA needs a new Administrator. We believe that God has this need well under control.
- You really need to read Pastor James' last post to his blog (click here). It's frankly wonderful.
- God is fully aware of us here at Haven. He knows who and what we need at every turn. I submit to His leading. I need your continual prayer to this end. We need God to send us some more strong believers. He has already begun to do this and I believe He will continue. I dream of a church where believers of all levels of spiritual maturity come together to participate and labor in the discipleship of one another as we are sharing our faith and the love of Jesus Christ in every arena of our lives.
- The Thursday morning small group, where I get to be a peer, is so HUGE! Not in size. There's only 7 of us. It's HUGE in its impact on my life. I am so refreshed by those men. That, is REAL COMMUNITY! Have I told you that you really need to read James' last blog post?
- My sister's married. That's kind of cool. It still sure hurt seeing the flowers on the pew where my grandparents would have been seated. God's still good though.
- Our family's going to have to move out of our house at the end of May. That's kind of aggravating. The home owner doesn't want to renew our lease. Do you reckon God already knew about this? Of course He did.
