Home From Church Planter Training
We pulled in to Texarkana Sunday night about 5:30 p.m. – tired but excited! Cindy and I are so thankful that the Lord gave us this opportunity to attend the North America Mission Board Church Planter Training. We learned so many things that will be helpful on our journey to planting Life House Church. Throughout the training I kept thinking that it would do every pastor who has a desire to grow a church (whether they wanted to plant a new church or just desired to see an established church grow) good if they could go through this type training. There were so many “hands on” things presented. Pray for us as we seek to put the info shared with us into practice in the coming weeks and months at Life House Church.
We were also excited to hear that in spite of 6 members of our core group having to be gone this past Sunday – that we were UP in total number for the weekly worship service. Thanks to all who worked hard to make sure the service went smoothly. Special thanks to Josh for preaching for me in my absence. I can’t wait to hear/view the service.
Lastly – on the way home from Oklahoma we received a call from a man who wants more info about our vision, mission and the future of Life House Church. He lives in the Texarkana area and attends church at a great church in the area but has heard of the new church plant and believes God may be leading him to get involved. Pray that he will know for certain God’s direction in his life.
This is an exciting journey – hang on – God’s got some great surprises and blessings for us all. Continue to pray, study God’s Word and be faithful. Pastor James