Tomorrow, Pete (our family pastor) , Cole (our get it done in every ministry guy) and myself leave for the Newspring Leadership Conference.  Where we will hear from some great leaders encouraging and equipping us in our leadership roles.  I hope to learn lots of great things.  Since I have lots of down time while I travel, specifically in the car, I always try to do lots of downtime and spend quality time with the Lord.  Here is what I would like to accomplish this week while on the road:

• Plan out our next sermon series after Mark
• Brainstorm some outreach we can do in the spring
• Finalize something big we are doing this Fall (I am busting at the seams to tell you…soon!) FYI lots of people will give their life to the Lord through this outlet.
• Work on our Vision Tour for the Spring (we are bringing pastors to our area to let them know about Journey and other church planting opportunities)

Please pray for our team as we head out tomorrow.  Pray that God will teach us  techniques to apply at Journey.  Pray that God will reveal the next big thing for us!

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What if the Church could be the answer to Jesus’ Prayer?

We pray to Jesus asking Him to answer our prayers – what if we became the answer to His? In John 17:20-24, He prayed that we would be one, and One Prayer is an opportunity to see what can be accomplished when the Church works together. Jesus has a vision for His church and I fear that we are not answering His prayer. Look at what happens when a few hundred churches decide to join together as one. In 2008 here is what happened:

Pastors Enrolled: 609
Evangelistic Contacts: 65,563
Bible Study Participants: 44,618
Baptisms: 7,112
Churches Planted: 667

I can’t wait to see what God is going to do this year at One Prayer 2009.  For more information go to http://www.oneprayer.com

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