After a whirlwind couple weeks of building to weekly City Church gatherings, teaching first classes at TCU, and Jess starting to get settled into the balance of work and grad school classes, I had the opportunity this week to start this fall's "personal training" - yes, I'm trying to get to the gym more, with varying degrees of success, and I'm continuing to press into my ever-more-apparent need to train my mind to godliness through the Bible, but for the sake of this post, I'm continuing to be equipped in different elements of church planting, leadership, and pastoring.
On a "Training Roadtrip" this Summer, I got to sit with some great pastors and church planters across the midwest. Amidst what is shaping up to be a bit of a crazy fall, this round of training is a little more structured, and is led by a few of our planting organizations:
- Sept 15 - Acts 29 conference, Houston TX
- Oct 1 - Northwood Church's "Turbo Training," Keller TX
- Oct 20-27 - Soma Communities' "Soma School," Tacoma WA
- + monthly planters' cohorts at Providence Church, Frisco TX & monthly lunches hosted by Fellowship Bible Church, Dallas TX
- + potentially a couple more opportunities
It's great to learn from many respected folks who have walked this path before, and I'm excited to continue to "soak in" as we lay the foundation for a strong church, comprised of communities on mission. I'll recap randomly through the next couple months, starting tomorrow with this week's Acts 29 conference.
In other news, I got a couple "shout outs" on friends' blogs, who write great stuff you should read: Robie Dodson (Jonathan's wife/Austin City Life) has a great blog for pastors' wives here and Bob Roberts (pastor, Northwood Church) mentioned a conversation he and I had a few weeks ago on the way to a lunch in Dallas on his incredible blog, here.
We're excited to see everyone back at the Hudsons', this Sunday @ 5:30pm as we continue The City Church's first Village [details at www.fwcitychurch.org]!
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