Hope all is well. Just a few things to update you on about current and future happenin's.
1. Focus Group #2 is up and running - a really great group of 5 people, plus Benniks and Hamiltons. Definitely like-minded individuals--> pray for God's leading in their lives.
2. Still no official word from FLEFC about involvement in a church plant.
3. Getting out the word to other churches - Carey and I are going to be doing small group leader training with the North Langley church that is wanting to use the Northpoint small group philosophy...meeting with their small group pastor when we get back from Atlanta....who knows what God has in store from this meeting? Please pray.
4. Next Monday in Atlanta, Carey and I have a meeting with the Strategic Partner (SP) leader, David McDaniels, and our main contact, Scott "The Tank" Tanksley. We are praying that God will lead during this time.
5. We are hoping to attend one, and possibly two SP churches while in Atlanta, hearing their stories and gaining in wisdom from their experiences.
6. I also hope to eat copious amounts of BBQ'ed meat...maybe that is not really news though.
Love you guys. Continue to pray that God will be raising up people of like mind for the next Focus Group in April. Just a word of encouragement from James, the brother of Jesus, to press on as a church to reach both outsiders and insiders. Acts 15. "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God." I am so convinced that God is creating a group of people, a church, that is built around partnering with Him to be fishers of men. All for His glory and His reknown.
