Rich, Associate to the Youth at our church was ordained tonight. It was a packed room! Awesome time, and thankful I’ve been able to know Rich & his wife Meagan.
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Sunday,
May
15th,
2011
They did an amazing job!!
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Today was the conclusion of Parents Weekend. We encouraged parents of college students to come… and they did! It was so great to see that many adults come and worship with us this Sunday. I’m humbled and grateful that they came. Here are some of my reflections from this morning.
-I absolutely LOVE seeing parents worship with their children!
-I’m also super thankful for our volunteer base… they do SO MUCH!! You don’t even know!!!
-There is going to be a girl’s ‘Zumba’ night… I don’t really know what to say about that, other than AWESOME.
-I felt so encouraged by the parents of many of our students – their thankfulness and sense of support for us… It helps me see the full picture of what Abigail and I are doing here at First Woodway.
-How you live your life reveals what matters to you.
-The more I read Ps. 78, the more I love that passage!
-Reverse the verse (vs.8)
-Oh God let us be, a generation that seeks the face of God! It’s amazing that even THIS generation wants the same thing my generation wants.
-Someone thought I was 34… do I look 34?
-Elliot and the band sounded GREAT and I thought the song selection was perfect… thankful for their service to us.
-We have some great adult volunteers… one was asking when we were going to move to the gym!
-The Holy Spirit has been moving in our students and I know that He moves everywhere, but it’s just neat to see Him among us, and also for our students to see Him move in their lives too.
-I’m learning (and I think this will be constant) but my conversations with students matter… and this week, they were all over the map – but edifying.
-LOVE our media team! They work SO hard!!
-It’s an amazing gift to be supported by my Pastor, Mike Toby.
-Have a Stoplight party with the Bible this week… may it be green.
This year has really only begun, and Abigail and I were discussing it, but what happens in October is vital. So, we’re praying passionately that students would not become lax or lazy in their pursuit of Jesus Christ. I’m thankful for God’s grace in our lives and in our ministry… my hope though is that in all these things, we might find ourselves closer to Jesus than the day before.
love and live the gospel.
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Friday,
September
3rd,
2010
The other day I was interviewed by the Baylor Lariat which is the camp newspaper. It’s one of the top Collegiate Newspapers in the nation… in other words – it’s legit. They’re venturing into a new multimedia aspect so this is one of their ventures.
I was asked a series of questions in regards to how can students connect to local church. I was shocked and humbled to be invited by them for the brief interview (it took literally 7 minutes). They somehow made sense of my rambling. You can read editions online along with see other features. But below is the video.
A church to call home from Baylor Lariat on Vimeo.
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Sunday,
January
10th,
2010
This upcoming Sunday, we begin a new series, Searching for God’s Will. I’m pretty pumped to look at this subject as it’s probably the most confusing one amongst college students. Because we’ll only be discussing this topic for two weeks (then on to a study of 1 John) – we’ll break the two talks down to this:
January 10 – “Defining God’s Will”
January 17 – “Finding God’s Will”
Looking forward to what we’ll learn from this journey together! We’ll also have a special guest with us (hopefully) on Sunday during College Hour at 10:15am…
enjoy.
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Many of you have asked about how Abby is doing and I’ll be quick to say that I’ve delayed my declaration of her health until all was clear. As of Saturday, it seemed that “all was clear” and it is! She no longer felt the pain of the flu (ache’s soreness, tiredness, etc.) and is just about fully functional now. YES, it appears the baby is okay as well. There was some initial concern for the health and protection of our little girl (still unnamed), but the Doctors (yes, we asked multiple) indicated that since we were well along our way of the pregnancy there was no danger to the baby. If it had been earlier in the pregnancy, we might have been a little bit more fretful.
So that’s good.
The thing we’re fighting right now for Abigail is congestion. She’s had somewhat of a rough “cough” which is not fun (baby or not). Thus, Abby is doing much much better – thank you to those who brought food over and who have been the most gracious to ask and pray for her (and me) during this past week. We have felt very much loved.
Funny story
At church yesterday, Jim Gray our Senior Adult Pastor, shared with everyone in the congregation that Abby had the swine flu and asked that we pray for her (along with a host of others). Well, a gentle laughter erupted from the college section because well, Abby was sitting with them. We quickly let Jim know that all is clear and people could give Abby a hug without fear.
enjoy.
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We would love for you to be praying for us this weekend. When I say us, I mean the Leadership of our College Ministry. We’re going to be praying together; playing together; & they’ll hear my heart for this upcoming year…
We’ve developed a little booklet for our leadership; it’s called the Sherpa which I think is a ROCKING title that I didn’t come up with. Sherpas are traditionally people of Tibetan descent living on the southern side of the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal and Sikkim. In modern times Sherpas have achieved world renown as expert guides on Himalayan mountaineering expeditions. We want our Leadership to be Sherpa’s for the College Ministry… they’re to be guides for their peers using their gifts and experiences to lead others to new and exciting places.
This quote in the book keeps ringing in my head over and over (hence the ringing):
“Don’t rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables.” – C.H. Spurgeon
ALSO – there is the FREAKING HUGE announcement that we’ll be sharing with them in regards to our (Abigail & my) future. I’M TOTALLY STOKED about it! I’m way more STOKED about this than I was for our first Sunday. No really. I’m FREAKING PUMPED about it.
[And to those of you who think that the announcement has something to do with Abigail & I leaving First Woodway - don't be a hater - that couldn't be further from the truth. There are just some BIG things we're planning for this upcoming year - ESPECIALLY during Spring Break. It's going to be AWESOME!]
enjoy
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