Whirlwind

Tomorrow I step into a brand new season of life. For weeks it felt like it would never arrive, but now it is here and it is almost overwhelming. Tomorrow I realize God's call on my life as a Pastor/Missionary. (!)

I am so excited. Monday is the official kick-start to my new life, but this weekend has some amazing things coming up as well.

Friday, our church in Waverly is hosting a regional Pastor's Conference for the Vineyard churches in Iowa. We will have 30 or so leaders attending and we are going through a class on "assimilation." The idea is to talk about getting first-time visitors to be regular attenders. This should be helpful as long as we keep in mind that church is about making people more like Jesus, and not just expanding the size of our congregations.

Friday night is the Vineyard Coffee House (our weekly outreach to Wartburg). We have some great musicians lined up and I am starting to get to know several students very well.

Saturday is going to be really cool. I am planning on being outside a lot and then, Saturday night, we are hosting a group of people from IHOP-KC (the main hub of the House of Prayer movement). We will be having a training with them, supper and also a prayer meeting. The head of the student body will be coming and addressing our community. It should be a grand time.