We had a thunderstorm come through yesterday afternoon in time to lower the temps for the evening. The rain had stopped by time for the evening service, and the weather afterward was actually quite pleasant.
Jeff Perkins was our speaker. Jeff planted a church in Orlando and now pastors in Kentucky. He had strong and direct words for the church. In our country more churches are closing than being planted; whereas in the 60s there was 1 church for every 80,000 Americans, now there is only 1 church for every 136,000 Americans (sounds like we have plenty of prospective new members to me). He asserted that the goal of the church is not supposed to be survival, but assaulting the gates of hell and growing the Kingdom. His words were challenging, to say the least.
After church, Janelle and I went to the Warner Southern College reception, where we sat with Gene and Amy Worline, pastors from Grove City. It was great getting better acquainted with them. I also had the opportunity to speak with some professors I hadn't seen in quite some time. Pictured below is President Greg Hall of Warner.
Today, Janelle went to a conference about training small group leaders, and I went to one that explained a new Church of God discipling resource aimed at young adults. It looks very promising, and I plan to pursue putting it into use at C'ville COG. Another conference I tried to attend was standing room only. I wasn't late, but wasn't early either. My good friend Jerry Hickson, a teacher at Warner Pacific University (Portland, Oregon) was leading that one.
My next post, NAC - Wednesday (Part 2) will probably be up late tonight, or maybe tomorrow... maybe not even until after we get home.
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