Another friday is upon us and the question is have we prayed this week? God has been speaking to me about some amazing and scary things this week. One of those is that I don’t shut up enough in my time that I talk to Him. So many times we can ramble on and on [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 25, 2008
Self Discipline!
One of the hardest things for me and most of us ,if we are honest, is working through being self-disciplined. I truly believe that one of the greatest hinderances to God truly doing great through us is that we are just plain Lazy…including me! One of the fruits of the Spirit that is mentioned in [...]
February 23, 2008
Awesome Week!
This week, I haad the opportunity to hang out with all the who’s next in Church Planting…Clint,Jonathan,Deuane,Colby,Keilan,and Naethan. We had an awesome time together hangin’ out in the R.V., learning from some of the Best Leaders in church planting as well as some amazing surprises along the way. The Crew at Lyons First Baptist were [...]
February 15, 2008
Pray…Pray…Pray!
One of the biggest and best things that we all could do for Aletheia ODU is pray. Please pray for these things this weekend.
1. That God would do a awesome work in Norfolk.
2. That God would prepare people who will lead and assist.
3. That God would allow us to become a student organization on campus.
4. [...]
February 12, 2008
Road Trip Here We Come!
Pray for me this weekend! I’m headed off to the Evolve Conference. The awesome thing about this trip is that I’m going with 6 other church planters in a RV!!! This has awesome disaster written all over it! Can you say Robin Williams RV. Anyways, Pray for us… I will be gone from Saturday through [...]
February 11, 2008
Aletheia Momentum!
One of the biggest things that I learned while I was in the realm of athletics was that positive momentum was something that we wanted to have at the very beginning of the season. We would go to basketball camps together as a team in the summer… hang out together… play in summer leagues together. [...]
February 4, 2008
Aletheia Top Ten- # ONE!
Drum Role……..We are finally here to the top of the list for the top ten list of planting collegiate churches Aletheia style. So without further rambling here is #1.
1. Everything must be initiated from the context of Team Development
Acts 13-20 provides biblical principles for church planting.
Never start a church without a team surrounded by lots [...]
February 1, 2008
Aletheia Top 10- # TWO!
Were almost there! Here is #2 on the top ten list of planting collegiate churches aletheia style.
2. Relevancy
There are three important bridges (and we will add a fourth) to connect with others:
Food…Sports…Music…and the English Language (for internationals)
The new church plant must prioritize relevancy in every way that things are done. This refers to style [...]
February 1, 2008
Aletheia Top 10- Three!
Number three on the Top ten list is one of the Key things to the Aletheia Model and planting collegiate churches.
3. Start a Campus Organization First
Establish a campus organization first. This provides free facilitation (for large and small groups), power point projectors, screens, white boards, chairs/tables (the school usually insists on setting these up [...]
