Some Fun Stuff...
Written by Jason Raitz on 12:18 AMThrive Church. One of my oldest friends is starting a church. He's leaving his current church (a congregation in Houston, TX) and is living out his dream of planting a church. I am very excited for him and will be praying for his launch team and for their financial needs to be met.
Oh yeah, his name is Tom Elmore and you can find his blog here.
Middle School Ministry. I can't wait for this book to come out. Not only because Marko and Scott are writing it, but because I know it will be a great resource and help to many middle school pastors. It's been fun talking with Scott about it. Here's more about it.
Shift 09. It's on the campus of Willow Creek and is April 22-24th, 2009. A few weeks ago our team sat in a Shift meeting and go the low down of what's happening at this year's conference. I have to say, I am pretty excited about the line up. Speakers include...
David Kinnaman
Kara Powell
Bill Hybels
This is way cool, but I get to lead a breakout called...Teaching Jr. high students...Speaking with, instead of At.
And, I am hosting a cup of coffee with a discussion on...Events from Beginning to End and everything in between.
Youth Worker Book of Hope. This is both cool and fun for me and probably falls into "sweet brag" territory. But, this is a book coming out next August and I was asked to contribute a chapter for it. My chapter is called...When the Event Fails. Even though it is was hard, writing this chapter brought a lot of healing and I hope it will help some others.
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2 comments: Responses to “ Some Fun Stuff... ”
By Len on 12/16/2008 4:55 PM
That's not a sweet brag that's a "rejoice with those that rejoice". :-)
By Ken on 1/15/2009 10:42 PM
dude, I can't wait for that book to be out. Partly because I know your's, len's, and Matthew's stories but also I know how blessed so many people will be by them.