Hey Everyone,
I did a special message last night at the church on 'How to Study your Bible'.
You can listen to it here
God bless you
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
New Church Planting Article - Just Posted
Hey Everyone -
I just posted a new article on the church planting website and also on the blog.
Here's the Article
Here's the blog
Just to get you excited it is a lecture given by Dr. Jeff Iorg who is the President of the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA on the Christian Minister and Financial Security. Dr. Iorg was gracious to email me the bones of the message and I added a little 'color' commentary in it.
Enjoy and God bless
I just posted a new article on the church planting website and also on the blog.
Here's the Article
Here's the blog
Just to get you excited it is a lecture given by Dr. Jeff Iorg who is the President of the Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley, CA on the Christian Minister and Financial Security. Dr. Iorg was gracious to email me the bones of the message and I added a little 'color' commentary in it.
Enjoy and God bless
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Happs
Happy Wednesday everyone-
I've been getting lots of flack for not blogging more. But here's what is happening.
On the Home Front
My little family is doing great. Maranatha is 6 1/2 months and has 2 bottom teeth, is crawling, eating oatmeal, and is generally happy, serene, and really stinking cute. She loves Obadiah (O-Bear calls her 'my best friend!') and is constantly entertained by him. Obadiah is growing up fast, long and lean, very physically gifted (hits a tennis ball with a bat, throws and catches a football, serious soccer player). He has a sweet spirit and is also fully dude (tons of energy and excitement). Pray for him as he is going to 'Early Intervention' for his speech. He's a bit behind in his speech development. Not something that we are worried about but something that needs work just the same. Lynn is my gift from the Lord. She is soo kind and sweet, a super mommy and wife. A total joy.
On the Ministry Front
Calvary North Bay is rocking. I've realized that our growth (numerically) ebbs and flows. We'll have a season of growth and then it will settle some. Then another season of growth and then another time of settling. Overall, it is going amazing. I'm in the delegation phase of the ministry. As I'm delegating lots of responsibilities that I had because I planted the church to people who can do them so I can focus on casting vision, teaching/prayer, and raising up leaders. Our leadership team is now ten guys and there is a general buzz about the place. By all estimations, our first 20 months have been a smashing success. But the dilemma remains, how do we reason this population? Less than 2% of the Southern Marin population goes to church on a Sunday. We are praying to break into that number. To that end, the Lord has lead me to try and get into the mind of the average Southern Marin person. I've gone to the local Barnes and Noble and gotten a last of the top selling books of the last few months and now my bookshelf contains 2 books by Eckhart Tolle as well as a few of the 'New Atheist' books (mostly polemics against organized religion). Our leadership is also spending lots of time speaking and praying about contextualization in our culture (I address some of that in the Q and A of the seminary teaching). I'm just about to finish teaching Luke on Sunday mornings (4 more chapters to go!) and I'm teaching Psalms on Wednesday nights (a blast!). We launched Friday Night Community Groups in September and they have been great.
On the Personal Front
Overall, I'm doing well. With each passing day, I feel as if I'm way under-qualified to do what I do (but He is qualified for sure). I am grateful for brothers like Bill Walden and Tim Brown for their encouragement, example, and Godly wisdom. My walk with Jesus is special and dear. He is so patient with me. I'm still working less than part time and playing gigs on the side (great reach into the community). I'm reading profusely and constantly thinking about something. I'm looking forward to the election being over (so over these guys!)! The Church Planting ministry is just amazing. God is using the website and I'm getting a constant stream of emails and calls about what God is doing all over the country.
If anyone has any more questions, you can always ask. God bless you
I've been getting lots of flack for not blogging more. But here's what is happening.
On the Home Front
My little family is doing great. Maranatha is 6 1/2 months and has 2 bottom teeth, is crawling, eating oatmeal, and is generally happy, serene, and really stinking cute. She loves Obadiah (O-Bear calls her 'my best friend!') and is constantly entertained by him. Obadiah is growing up fast, long and lean, very physically gifted (hits a tennis ball with a bat, throws and catches a football, serious soccer player). He has a sweet spirit and is also fully dude (tons of energy and excitement). Pray for him as he is going to 'Early Intervention' for his speech. He's a bit behind in his speech development. Not something that we are worried about but something that needs work just the same. Lynn is my gift from the Lord. She is soo kind and sweet, a super mommy and wife. A total joy.
On the Ministry Front
Calvary North Bay is rocking. I've realized that our growth (numerically) ebbs and flows. We'll have a season of growth and then it will settle some. Then another season of growth and then another time of settling. Overall, it is going amazing. I'm in the delegation phase of the ministry. As I'm delegating lots of responsibilities that I had because I planted the church to people who can do them so I can focus on casting vision, teaching/prayer, and raising up leaders. Our leadership team is now ten guys and there is a general buzz about the place. By all estimations, our first 20 months have been a smashing success. But the dilemma remains, how do we reason this population? Less than 2% of the Southern Marin population goes to church on a Sunday. We are praying to break into that number. To that end, the Lord has lead me to try and get into the mind of the average Southern Marin person. I've gone to the local Barnes and Noble and gotten a last of the top selling books of the last few months and now my bookshelf contains 2 books by Eckhart Tolle as well as a few of the 'New Atheist' books (mostly polemics against organized religion). Our leadership is also spending lots of time speaking and praying about contextualization in our culture (I address some of that in the Q and A of the seminary teaching). I'm just about to finish teaching Luke on Sunday mornings (4 more chapters to go!) and I'm teaching Psalms on Wednesday nights (a blast!). We launched Friday Night Community Groups in September and they have been great.
On the Personal Front
Overall, I'm doing well. With each passing day, I feel as if I'm way under-qualified to do what I do (but He is qualified for sure). I am grateful for brothers like Bill Walden and Tim Brown for their encouragement, example, and Godly wisdom. My walk with Jesus is special and dear. He is so patient with me. I'm still working less than part time and playing gigs on the side (great reach into the community). I'm reading profusely and constantly thinking about something. I'm looking forward to the election being over (so over these guys!)! The Church Planting ministry is just amazing. God is using the website and I'm getting a constant stream of emails and calls about what God is doing all over the country.
If anyone has any more questions, you can always ask. God bless you
Monday, October 20, 2008
Church Planting Teaching @ Golden Gate Theological Seminary
Hey Everyone-
Today, I had the pleasure of teaching and fielding questions on Church Planting at Golden Gate Theological Seminary.
You can listen to the teaching and subsequent Q & A HERE.
I'm amazed that I get to do this with my time!
In the next few days, I'll be posting a personal/ministry update for those of you who are interested
God bless you all
Daniel
Today, I had the pleasure of teaching and fielding questions on Church Planting at Golden Gate Theological Seminary.
You can listen to the teaching and subsequent Q & A HERE.
I'm amazed that I get to do this with my time!
In the next few days, I'll be posting a personal/ministry update for those of you who are interested
God bless you all
Daniel
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