IMPORTANT: Leadership Blast Weekend Info

Hey Everyone!

I hope you are all ready for this weekend! It is going to be amazing! Although we have had many challenges in ironing out the details, I believe that Cori and I have been able to put together an amazing experience for everyone who decides to attend! Here are the details you need to know!

We will meet at 6pm @ Freedom Valley York Road in the Momentum room (2004-2006). Our plan is to meet briefly and then Cori and I want to take you out for an italian dinner. Come hungry and ready for a great time with the rest of our leadership team on Friday night!! We'll send you home with a great meal and lots of laughs.

We'll pick back up Saturday morning at 8:30am with some teaching, more fun and important training that will prepare us for the growth that God is going to give us over the next 12 months. You do not want to miss the morning session! Bring your notebooks, pencils and a laptop if you have one because we want to prepare you and equip you well as a leader in our church, communities and homes.

We also have one more trick up our sleeve at 1pm on Saturday so plan to have lunch on us and bring your appetite once again. This is surely going to be one of those weekends that we talk about for years to come, so plan to join us starting at 6pm this Friday at Freedom Valley York Road. We will hand out a more detailed itinerary on Friday night, but here is what you need for now.

Please respond to this email to let me know whether you plan to attend so that we can have the correct seating arrangements for dinner Friday night.

Dress is casual and comfortable.

Childcare is not being provided. Please make other arrangements if necessary.

Proposed Itinerary:
Friday
6pm- Meet at Freedom Valley York Road (Rm. 2004-6)
7:30- Dinner (Meet at restaurant)
9:00- Finish Meal
Saturday
8:30am- Meet at Freedom Valley York Road
12:30pm- Blast Ends
1:00pm- Special lunch surprise

Can't wait to be with you all!!

Catalyst Sunday is tomorrow!!

Hey Everyone!

I hope that you are all doing well and that the Summer has started off well for you and your families!! I wanted to drop you a line to let you know about some very important get-togethers that are happening tomorrow (June 26th). Every six weeks or so, I encourage all of our team and regular attenders to join me for a time of relationship building and leadership training called Catalyst Sundays!

The day will start with set up for our regular weekly service starting at 8am followed by our Sunday morning worship experience at 10am at the Gettysburg Area Middle School. Later in the day, you are invited to join Cori and I for Catalyst Team Meeting at 3pm @ Freedom Valley York Road, led by Pastor Jerome. This is an open group of Christ-disciples and potential Kingdom leaders that get together to ask the Lord for further vision in their lives and in their church.

Finally, at 5:45pm we will join Pastor Gerry and the entire leadership team at Freedom Valley for pizza, teaching and goal-setting designed to help take your personal growth to the next level. There will also be a chance for us to work through goals as a church, so you don't want to miss it!!

If you have any questions or want more info, you may reply to this email or call me at (717) 398-9072. I love working and growing together with all of you and I thank you for supporting the vision that God has given us at The Intersection! See you there!!

Hope For The City 2011

Here's a rundown of what God is getting ready to do in Gettysburg next week at Hope For The City (June 16-19) Doors open at 3:30pm and I'll be leading worship starting at 6:30pm!! Don't miss it!!




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Armenia Missions Trip Final Update

Okay everyone!

The team is safely back in the States now and everyone is adjusting to Eastern Standard time once again. I was expecting the jet-lag to be worse than it is, but it turns out I am surprisingly resilient :)



So here is the run-down on this powerful trip and all that God did! We went to three cities during the course of the week and a half we were there. We did nightly worship concerts with an evangelistic message and altar call each night. The Armenians are sincere and passionate worshipers! Despite the language barrier, they sang, danced and high-fived each other like we were singing in their language! I was truly blessed by their openness to our music and energy.

We started our tour in the shadow of Mt. Ararat (where Noah apparently exited the ark) in the town of Ararat near the Turkish border. The people were so open to the message of Christ and I had a chance to speak on His willingness to serve us in the cross, death and resurrection. Many young people responded to the altar that night, crying out to God for the ability to serve God (and others) with their very lives! I am humbled to have had this opportunity to speak to these beautiful people in Ararat.

From Ararat, we loaded everything up and hit the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia with the life-changing music and message of God's love for us! Although, we had trouble getting the word out about the concerts, I believe that many were impacted by these three days of worship and leadership training. Lance did an amazing job, teaching our need for a savior as we prayed and ministered to those that attended each night. We also had the opportunity to do some exploring during the day that helped us understand the Armenians as a people and nation. I am so humbled that God chose us to bless and serve these chosen people of God! They truly are a people with God-given purpose and destiny and I know that God released some prophetic initiatives that will help them be spiritual leaders in every area of the world!!

We closed the tour with two days worth of ministry in a town called Vanadzor. This town was one of three cities that were nearly destroyed by the devastating Armenian earthquake of 1988. The rebuilding is still happening and many of the Armenians I met were still living in the temporary housing that was set up for them back in '88. I was delighted by how this city responded to the Gospel message and music. They were open to God's grace like few groups I have ever seen and we spent hours praying (and prophesying) over people at the altars of this beautiful church!

Hundreds of people responded to preaching about Christ and His salvation plan during the course of these 10 days and I know that many others were healed, filled with the Holy Spirit and strengthened in genuine faith in a country where faith has been misunderstood and misrepresented for centuries.

Thanks to everyone who contributed financially towards my portion of the cost for this trip! (You know who you are!) Also a big shout-out to all of you who prayed for the team and I while we were overseas...You were as much a part of the team as those who traveled the 19 hours to minister nightly!

I will try to post videos and pictures as I get the opportunity on my facebook and other similar places. Thanks again to all of you who supported this mighty team of worshipers and teachers...you made a difference in Armenia!!

Day 3 in Armenia!!

Internet has been really spotty so this is my first official update. Thank you all for praying for me and the team here in Armenia! We are seeing an amazing response from our new Armenian friends! Tonight we sang, clapped and shouted our way through an amazing experience with God and prayed with so many who were hungry for more of God.
Last night, I was able to preach about Jesus and His sacrifice for us and we saw the altars flooded with young people who decided to follow Jesus!! Please continue to lift us up in prayer and dont forget toreach out to our families back home...they are making a great sacrifice as well through this week!

Tomorrow, we are off to the capitol city, Yerevan, for three more days of music and fun with these amazing people, followed by two days in Vandazor doing the same!!

Blessings to all of you and I will update when I have more experiences to share...

T-Minus 24 Hours!!

This time tomorrow, our team will be setting out for a spiritual adventure to Armenia and back! I am so ready to see God's hand move in our lives as we minister and I am hungry to see others moved by the presence of God that will go along with us! Will you pray with us over the next 12 days?

We are asking for safe travels, strong connections with new believers and lots of God's grace to tell the story of His love for mankind through Jesus his Son! We will be traveling throughout the country, so please pray protection for us all as we go to places like Yerevan and Ararat, teaching worship leaders how to minister more effectively.

Thank you all for checking in regularly during the course of this trip. Your continued prayers will help make this missions effort more powerful for God's purposes on the earth!

Blessings!
jeremiah

Leavin' on a jet plane...

So here's the deal...

God has provided an opportunity for me to share my gifts in worship and music with a group of people I never would have dreamed of. In May, my family is sending me on a missions trip to Armenia with a two-fold purpose. The first is to see hundreds of Armenians make a real connection to the living Christ, having their sins wiped away for ever. The second is to equip the worship pastors in that country with the tools they need to stir God's presence among the people they serve week to week.

I am amazed by the Father's plans and I am humbled to present myself to Him for a three-city tour of Armenia in the space of 10 days. I am leaving my two small children and beautiful wife, Cori for that time because I believe that God can use me dynamically to change lives in the power of the Gospel alive in worship and teaching...

...Can you believe with me?

If you have been blessed by my ministry over the years or you have a connection to me personally, I am asking you to consider partnering with me in two ways.

First, I am asking all of you to pray for me through the first two weeks of May as my team and I are gearing up for this intense time of ministry. Pray that many would have their lives transformed through God's grace at work in our team and that we would be safe, strengthened by the Holy Spirit to do every good thing we are called to accomplish.

Secondly, I believe that many of you would be willing to partner financially with me to reach my goal of $2200.00 to pay for my travel expenses. My family and I want to bear a large portion of this cost, but I know that some of you understand that when you sow seed into another person's ministry, you receive a harvest from their work as well. That is why I am asking each of you reading to consider a gift of $10, $100 or $1,000 to invest in God's work for the people of Armenia.

If you feel led to give to my work in Armenia, you can simply send a check (payable to Freedom Valley) to me and I will deposit them into an account for me at Freedom Valley. Be sure to write "Missions-Armenia" in the memo, but do not write my name directly on the check if you want the gift to remain tax-deductible. Simply add a post-it with my name with the check to make sure it gets to me.

You can hand the check directly to me or mail it to the church (address below) with my name on the front of the envelope. It's that simple. Please consider giving any size donation to move me where I'm needed, sharing the love of Christ with people a half a world away!!

Blessings to all of You!!
jeremiah


Freedom Valley Worship Center
c/o Jeremiah Herbert
3185 York Road
Gettysburg PA, 17325