Dave Anderson made a post on his blog back in August that I bookmarked immediately. In his post, he said that church planters:
- Believe they can change the world!
- Wonder all the time “will this work?”
Both of these really describe me this week. Actually, for quite a while. This week has been wildly chaotic in so many aspects, but I still believe that we can change the world and it all starts right here, right now. We’re inviting and praying for lives to be forever changed; starting this weekend.
The last time I was this convinced of doing something great for God I had just graduated high school, became a Christian in my living room, dropped my enrollment at UT, and headed off to Oklahoma City to study how to become a pastor. A small town guy left the mountains and went to the desert to follow Christ & lead people to Him.
Elevation’s opening weekend is going to be better that I envisioned back in April. I can’t wait to experience it all for myself. The band is gonna rock out. The kids will be having a blast. This will be a weekend to remember. Get ready, ’cause this is gonna be one wild ride!!
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October 14th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Jonathan,
I recently had a chance to hear Craig G. at Catalyst - seems to resonate a lot with your 2 churchplanting tidbits
At any rate, I don’t live too far from Hendersonville myself; we’re out in the Hermitage area. I hope your first weekend was amazing! I look forward to hearing an update on here when you get time.
Cheers.
Justin
October 15th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Hey man,
glad to see someone take the leap of faith and plant a church. I am a youth and music pastor down in Florida and I was faced with decision with another pastor friend of mine to start a church. I decided to come on staff at my church and am looking forward to planting the church into the community. The church has been dying lately and felt god telling me that this is my plant. I know a church plant is technically supposed to be a new church but that is what my vision is, a new, Christ-Centered, Christ-Honoring, Christ-Worshipping Church. I’ll be praying for you and for the lives your new church will impact.
-Bill Blackrick