Cardboard testimonies

Last night we celebrated the before and after of Jesus by doing cardboard testimonies in our service. We plan to do it in all three services this weekend.

I was deeply moved by "I had 2 abortions before age 19... Forgiven and I'll see them both in Heaven", and "I was a super lout and unfaithful... now a promise keeper and committed to my wife". 

And "I was lustful , hurtful, and mean... now honorable, Godly, and kind". Or "I was an out of control drunk every weekend... now "filled with Jesus and self control"

As dozens of people took their places and made their cardboard testimony, I was deeply, profoundly moved. Jesus came to "seek and save that which was lost", and I was seeing it in front of my eyes. This is what I live and die for!

Can't wait to see more of them today.

HELP!!!

Okay, I need help! God is opening doors all over the world and I want to run through them! But to do it, I need help. Problem? I don't really know how to let help, well, help!

I am writing this in Dubai, on my way home from the most exciting open door God ever presented me with. Steven Sebyala has helped me identify an excellent connection with "the most unreached tribe in Africa- the Karamoja, in North East Uganda. I have long prayed for a great opportunity to reach an unreached people group, and this is "low hanging fruit", ready for a huge harvest. I am almost too excited to sleep!

So we have incredible projects going on in Philadelphia, in Dominican Republic, and in Uganda, Africa. And I have an exciting church to Pastor! And I am praying furiously for a way to do these things more and better.

I think I need a person to help me focus on and organize the exploding network of churches and church projects. The problem is I don't have a budget so this will need to be a volunteer. Here are some of the jobs that need done. If anyone can help me figure out how to get some of these jobs done and can volunteer doing it, I would LOVE the help if I can figure out how to use it and run with it.

Gerry’s Network Assistant

Job Description
9/13/2012

One sentence job description: To assist Gerry with administration of the Freedom Valley Church Planting Network with communication and organization tasks, as listed below.
The tasks listed are in order of priority 

Hours expected: 4-8 weekly, on Thursday morning if possible.

Church Planting Projects:

• Coordinate trips, pastors, boot camps, and connection emails

FV Network Senior Pastor Meetings

• Schedule meeting date (1 month out)
• Confirm venue (1 month out)
• Review Meeting Agenda (w/Gerry – 2 weeks out)
• Send Invitations (2 weeks out)
• Arrange Housing & meals (2 weeks out)
• Facilities, materials, room set up (1 week out)
• Reminders & Email re: UooVoo video (1 week out)
• Send follow up ‘missed you’ email to those who couldn’t make it. Include date of next meeting and/or offer to meet with them separately if needed.
• Send follow up; “here’s what we covered” email to those who were there, reminding them of the next meeting date.

Catalyst Leaders Meeting

• Build & maintain attendee list to send emails
• Track growth of teams & leaders
• Schedule meeting date (1 month out)
• Confirm venue/ check on sanctuary schedule (1 month out)
• Confirm Meeting Agenda (w/Gerry – 2 weeks out)
• Send Invitations (2 weeks out)
• Facilities, materials, room set up (1 week out)
• Reminders (1 week out)

Tuesday Site Pastors Video Conference

• Create meeting schedule (1 week)
• Email attendees (Sunday night) requesting attendance or a video report
• Confirm attendance or video recording, offering the following 5 things:
  1) Salvations/water baptisms?
  2. attendance numbers; unique, total,
  3) offering total,
  4) any special wins to celebrate this week?
  5) prayer requests?