Church Planting
Stop Carpooling – Don’t Think and Drive…
I’ve learned that there is one thing that I am short on every week in my ministry schedule: time to connect w/ the many leaders and church attenders that I need to chat w/ each week. Recently I discovered how to tap into a new reserve of downtime to allow me to connect more w/ … Continue reading
Church-Planting Yr. 2 Tension
So I’m flying back from 2-days of meetings & mentorship w/ my church-planting network, Launch [www.launchstrong.com], and the Pastors who make up the Board and I’m continuing to wrestle w/ the tension of Year 2 in our church plant. This is the 3rd week in a row that I’ve had major meetings assessing the current … Continue reading
Open God’s Mouth…
Yesterday I heard one of the strangest phrases that I’ve ever heard in my life, but I’ll never forget it. Mac Lake, my church-planting mentor, was speaking at our church (Journey Church International) on “How to Hear God’s Voice”. One of his points was that God has already spoken much of His will for us … Continue reading
JCI Volunteers Rock!
Tonight we got to celebrate our 2013 Journey Church International Volunteer Appreciation Spring Carnival w/ over 300 folks from JCI who make up our “volunteer community”. Our church rented out “Paradise Park” in Lee’s Summit (our local “Dave and Buster’s” on steriods) and played games, mini-golf, go-carts, batting cages, rock-wall climbing, etc. for over 4 … Continue reading
Best Weekend Ever!
We had the greatest weekend in the history of Journey Church International this weekend. I wanted to send out a “Weekend Recap” so that you all can celebrate with us. Here’s a quick recap: 10K Giveaway: One of the greatest highlights of our weekend was the fulfillment of our goal to give $10,000 to the … Continue reading
Butt Growth
It’s amazing what adding a few letters to a word can do. In case you’re wondering, today’s blog has nothing to do with “Butt Growth”, but it has everything to do with “Growth”. In 2 Peter 3:18 Peter says, “But grow…” (add an extra ‘t’ here and there and that phrase gets your attention, huh?). … Continue reading
Wow! Only God…
I can’t think of any better word to describe what happened at JCI Sunday than…WOW! On the first Sunday of the second year of our church we had just under 450 people in attendance, and 38 of those made decisions for Jesus. Only God could have done that – and I am still on a … Continue reading
We Made It!
WE MADE IT A YEAR! Tuesday, September 18th, was the official one-year birthday of Journey Church International: and what a year it has been. As I look back at the history of my life, no year will compare to the first year of our church and the incredible things God did through our church. This … Continue reading
Monday Morning, July 16, 2012
Kobe, Michael, or Daniel? Yesterday at Journey Church International we talked about the spiritual power of developing a “Spiritual Dream Team” in our lives. In Daniel 2:14-18 Daniel is faced w/ a life and death situation and his first response is to turn to his friends and ask them to pray. These friends would later … Continue reading
Monday Morning, June 25, 2012
I have to share a recap from our day yesterday – one of the best ever at Journey Church International! Can you hear me now? Yesterday in our “Bedtime Stories” summer sermon series we studied the story of Moses and the Burning Bush, and we asked this question, “Does God have your attention?” God’s Spirit … Continue reading