Relaxin'

Not much new to add lately. I have just been spending time with Joyelene and Jeff and kind of relaxing and hanging out with them. I have seen a few sights around the area such as a civil war battlefield (Chickamuga) and the 1820's Cherokee council site.

We are still praying about whether God would lead us to go to Fort Bragg to the small church that has contacted me. It is a situation where a church plant of a year ago lost their pastor and are asking me if I would consider coming. In light of that, I spent some time with Jeff talking about what he has learned about church planting. (Although his ministry is not a 'church', he has studied a lot about the subject.)

One key area is to get the core leaders to have a vision. I think this applies to any church, large or small, new or ancient--the leaders need to have a vision of where and what they want the church to be. And the pastor is one key element to helping the church form that vision.

As I said, we are still praying about the Fort Bragg position and seeing if God will open or close other doors while we are waiting. Thanks for your prayers for us!