Friday Night is So Right!
I like Friday nights… always have… when I was a kid it was always Family Night… we used to watch Rockford Files with a bowl of popcorn. Of course there was no Blockbuster, no Video, Dvd, 3 channels and NO remote… those were the days!
Had a great meeting with Ron Thorington from Victory Assembly in Riverside this morning. Always blown away to hear the stories of guys who have been in the “game” for awhile. Ron (actually grew up in Lawrence KS not far from Kansas City) moved to Riverside out of college in 1976 and has been here ever since. That’s a double WoW in my book. They have an African Church meeting at there place on Sunday afternoon and then a group of about 100 Chen/Burmese in the evening!
I look forward to partnering with Pastor Ron and Victory in the months to come as we get after the Mission that God has for us. July 10, 11 is going to be a weekend that we both along with other churches in our area will put on a community-wide event called Family Fun Day. We will be having an all day (10:00 – 4:00) event at the Riverside Park. There are already 30 organizations partnering with us to help the families in NW Buffalo. Bounce Houses… games… stage w Bands… kids stage… it is going to be a great day for the Riverside community. (more 411 to come!)
Also that Friday night we are going to have all the churches come together for an evening of worship, prayer for the next day and other great things right at the Park… should be an AWESOME night!
This will be one of those “All Hands on Deck” for the Renovation community… there will be many things for all of us to do and get involved with… great opportunities to serve, connect, love our community.
We are going to have a great summer… July is going be a full month! My bother – Jon (student pastor in Willmington NC) is bringing about 70 High School and college students for a week to do ministry with us during the last week of July. We are going to be putting on a VBS type of event during that week. (More 411 to come!!!)
Looking forward to continuing our conversation from last Sunday. We will be unpacking our Strategy… how we get at the Mission God has for us… should be fun.
Still pumped about our time together this past weekend. I know that the style of worship was not what most of us are used to… or maybe even liked… thats OK. It very rarely is about US right? If we are going to be a community of faith with great diversity than how we speak, sing, see, feel, hear will need to be diverse.
Ok on another note… I grew up in Kansas City MO. Both of my parents are from the NE corner of Oklahoma and my dad went to Kansas University for a while… KU – Mizzou – OU are all still playing in the Big Dance! Big 12 is looking pretty good… word to Jonny Flyn – don’t try to take a charge on Blake Griffin… ouch!
