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Rock Andover.com is our new church missions portal for Epic Church.  We want to provide world class missions opportunities for churches and youth groups to experience the power of culturally relevant evangelism and community service!

We believe that we can completely and eternally alter Andover through these trips!  I can’t wait to see how God uses Rock Andover.com!!!

I also had the opportunity to talk with the Director of the Andover Senior Citizen’s Club about ways that Epic Church can serve them.  I am excited about the doors God is opening for us to give back to people who have been giving to this community for a long time!  It is also a perfect location for our launch team meetings and she is really interested in renting it to us.

I talked with a lady from City Hall about bringing youth groups on missions trips to serve in the community.  It’s great to start to put some feet to the ideas we have and to share them with others, I am looking forward to the relationship we can have with the City of Andover and getting to serve there!  I also made contact with the Chamber and am excited about what they are doing and the possibility of serving with them – Garrett has been a huge help to me so far and I am looking forward to working with the whole team to find ways we can serve!

Today, I am starting it all again.  I am meeting some guys for lunch and then Jenni and I are taking a couple out to dinner that have been looking for a church – I am excited to get to meet them and hopefully form a friendship!

Tomorrow – Celebrate our Anniversary!  We are going to a Japanese Steak House and then on to a Hockey Game (Jenni’s choice – Best wife ever award!!!)

Sunday/Monday – We present to a church missions board about Epic (they are graciously hosting us in their home and providing us lunch).  Monday I am in Joplin and meet with some pastors, potential staff members and an organization that has a passion to see churches planted!

KEEP PRAYING!!!!

I recently talked to a student about their decision to follow Christ, when I asked them if they understood what they were committing to, they said not really.  I explained it and afterward they were like, “that makes a lot of sense”.  We need to bring clarity into our process because people matter!

According to the Washington Times, the lead researcher for the study believes that Americans exaggerated their attendance:

When asked at a press conference whether he was certain that one-third of the American populace is in church every week, he allowed that some of the respondents in the poll might have exaggerated their attendance.

“I’d say 30 percent,” he said, “but it’s very high.”

That means that on average there is 70% of our population not attending church.

These numbers are staggering.  Just more confirmation that we need more new churches holding out the Word of Life to those who are far off and disconnected from Him!

We can’t wait to join the movement of God in this area and lock arms with other churches to reach people who are disconnected and far from God!  Please be praying for Jenni and I as we develop a calendar for Epic Church and our community involvement in the city of Andover, Ks!

I can’t wait to hit the ground in Andover and begin infusing the gospel with acts of service!  For those of you who were praying for today, thanks!  I left Wichita today feeling very encouraged that God is definitely up to something through Epic Church!