So today as I was driving home from lunch, I was praying about Epic Church and on a whim decided to call information and see if I could get in touch with someone about the Andover YMCA (it’s one of the locations that we would love to meet in and partner with.). I called information [...]
So, this past weekend, Jenni and I spent quite a bit of time thinking through some community events for when we reach Andover. I don’t want to spill the beans yet, but we both are super excited about the ideas we are cooking up and praying about. I feel like God has really called us [...]
I was talking with a woman in our church recently who has a grandson in Andover that doesn’t go to church. When she heard about Epic Church going into Andover she was so excited that I might be able to make a connection with her grandson and hopefully help him find his way back to [...]
I just returned home from a long day. Eight hours of travel mixed with about Eight hours of encouraging contacts with some wonderful leaders in Wichita. I have to say I am encouraged about what God is doing in Wichita through the men that I met today and their leadership in their churches and community. [...]
We all have experienced the crunch at the gas pumps lately, and unfortunately there seems to be no sign of relief in the near future. The high price of gas is making the local neighborhood church more and more of a necessity to reach people who don’t have a relationship with Jesus. Kent Shaffer did [...]
I was recently thinking back to the time when I didn’t know God. I knew of God, I knew of Jesus, but I was truly disconnected from Him – I didn’t have a relationship with Him. I was trying to share with some of our teenagers just how hopeless those days were. Death was constantly [...]
Induction: if we don’t go naturally by Sept 2nd then Jenni will be induced that morning at 5:30am! So, we will for sure have a baby on the outside within the next two weeks! Reduction: I have been fasting in prayer over the location of Epic Church. I would love to encourage those of you [...]
Sometimes you just need a good whack! Jenni and I have really been wrestling with where the exact location of Epic Church is going to rest. We have been looking over demographics and cost of living, where our strategy would fit best, etc. It really has been a little bit frustrating if I were totally [...]