Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Blogging your life away

Find out what a typical week is like for a church planter. Jason Dukes of Westpoint Fellowship Church in West Orange County, FL is blogging his week:

"Well…I promise right off the bat that I am not delusional and full of myself. I have simply had a few people in the church family wonder what a typical week is like for a pastor. So, I thought I would share this week with you from Sunday, May 22nd through Saturday, May 28th. Here goes:"

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Saturday, May 21, 2005

Friday, May 20, 2005

Video: Reverse Migration

I shot this video of David Taylor talking to our church planter's network about reverse migration in downtown Orlando.



Click Here to view the videocast.

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Multiplying Legacies

Legacy

This past week, I participated in the Origins experience in Los Angeles. While in L.A., I was able to visit my aunt who is in a nursing home. Aunt Kathy is 83 years old and knows that she will soon leave for paradise. It had been years since I had last seen her, but it didn’t take long to renew our relationship. As we talked, I remembered that Aunt Kathy and Uncle Guy gave me my first Bible less than a month before I became a Christ follower. They also encouraged my unchurched parents to connect themselves and their five children to a local church.

I realized I was standing in the presence of a woman who lived her life in obedience to Christ and that I am a product of that obedience. I introduced Aunt Kathy to Jason Dukes, a church planter that I serve. I shared with Aunt Kathy how God is working through Jason to plant a church near Orlando and how this church will be a part of starting 11 new churches in three countries during their first two years of existence. I don’t know if she realized it, but I wanted her to see that she was leaving a legacy. Indirectly, Aunt Kathy is a part of planting churches around the world. Thank you God, for Kathy Fowler and those who influenced her.