Joplin Recovery and Compassion stories

I want to share a daily report that came from Caleb G. our on the field Project Coordinator.  The work they are doing is touching lives and showing compassion.  After the team met and prayed this morning at 6:30, they left Grace Point and head an hour and half north to Joplin where over 125 people have died and 200 plus people are still missing.  This is Caleb’s report.  There will be...

Mobilizing the Church (Pt 2)

To pick up from my last blog (nearly 2 months back- warn you that I am not a regular blogger).  However, this topic of mobilizing a church to be on mission is a passion of mine.  I get a lot of  inquires on the ‘why’ and ‘how’ GPC remains missionally focused.  The only way I can say that GPC stays missional is that I as a pastor have to seek to remain personally...

Mobilizing the Church

I sat in a room writing this blog with 64 people in the background being trained out of our dear fellowship of believers.  I am amazed and excited that this year, 2011, we are expecting that 12% of our attenders and members  will be traveling into another context than their own familiar ways and worldview to serve, live, and give of themselves for a period of time. Some will go for one week...

What makes a good Global Adventure GREAT?

I am back one full week removed from the best trip I have every been on to West Africa.  This was my 5th time to our long-term strategic partnership village.  I feel like every trip I have taken we have seen hand of God at work, and have little regrets with any of them.  Every trip has had its life altering elements that I wouldn’t change for the world.  This trip, however, was...

New Years resolutions for a new you

Go ahead be intentional!  It’s okay.  You can do it.  Ninety million people will make new years resolutions this year.1  The term “resolutions” has lost its sticking power in people’s lives, many will choose a different word to describe their “resolutions.”  Seventy-eight percent of the people who made new years resolutions in 2010 said it had little to no...