After a period where we were waiting, God seems to be moving quickly in a few areas. Most exciting is the fact that we have a tentative date that we are setting as the goal for launching the church. Mark down April 13, 2025 in pencil (and probably something lighter than a #2!) as the goal date. This is the Sunday before Easter in 2025 (Palm Sunday for those that grew up with the church calendar) and it is also my (Brian’s) 53rd birthday. I would love to celebrate my birthday with the first service of this new church! But God is in control and we are holding loosely to that date – his timing is perfect and we want to follow him completely.
We also seem to be settling more and more on the Liberty area as the place God wants us to plant. This gives us an anchor point to start looking at potential locations to meet. That’s a big prayer request that you’ll see over on the right side. I sense that God is going to reveal a location when the time is right and that it may not be until more people know about our plans. Also on the right hand side of this page, you’ll see a place to sign up with your email address so that you can get an email every time there is a new post on this page. That will keep you up-to-date without me having to text you individually like I’ve been doing so far.
Last Saturday, Jeana and I went to an all day training to kickoff the SENDNC church planter training I will be going through the next two semesters. It was a good day and we got to meet several other church planters. I knew that God was in it when I realized that almost all of the planters I am going through training with are planting in a rural context! I thought I was the only one crazy enough to try to plant in a less densely populated area, but God is good! Here’s some pictures from that day:
I will be meeting with the guys in this cohort every week on Thursday nights. My Wednesday night series is going well – I’m about halfway through it. I appreciate your continued prayers and please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Jeana if you ever have any questions. Glory to God!