T-minus "not long now..."

It's mid-July now and our launch for the new church is right around the corner! We have September 19th, 2010 set aside as a day to celebrate the start of a new work of God in Gettysburg at the Middle School on LeFever St. (across from the Farnsworth House) and I can't wait to see what God does! Leading up to that time we have 2 rehearsal services planned for 10am on Sunday morning August 22nd and 28th and we will begin meeting exclusively on Sunday mornings starting on Sept. 5th leading to our Super Launch Celebration on Sept. 15th! Phew!

The Intersection's Roll-Out Calendar

• Preview Services: August 22nd & 28th (launch team reports to school at 7:45am) Regular Sunday night services held at 6pm until the end of August
  

• Sunday Morning Services Begin: September 5th (launch team reports to school at 7:45am)
• Super Launch Celebration: September 19th (launch team reports to school at 7:45am)

With all there is to do, I have found tremendous peace and security in realizing that this is God's plan. He is the architect and planner and I am getting better (hopefully) at hearing His voice at every step. We have also begun a new sermon series on living by the Spirit of God and I can sense the momentum that is beginning to for as we go into this fall!

My Father is faithful and will not let me down as I continue to seek Him with all my heart!

Just when you thought it couldn't get any crazier...

...Here comes July!!!

I have been so blessed! I am starting a new church, caring for my beautiful family and playing a lead role in the Wizard of Oz. Everyone of these endeavors makes me smile, but they also have another effect...they have wrecked my calendar in the best of ways!!!

With Harvest Cry last month and all of the stuff that comes along with church ministry, I sometimes lose track of what is really important. My family has been so patient during this time as I have stretched myself in ways I couldn't have even imagined a year ago. As a part of the Wizard of Oz, I have been able to gain 150 new friends in one, fell swoop and things are really cruising on that end.

The church plant is running on all cylinders and sometimes I can't even believe how faithful God has been to us as we step out in faith! He has helped us raise over $32,000 that we will need to be eligible for ARC funding as well as an additional $29,000 in tithes and offerings to meet our monthly expenses! Thank you, Father!!

With all my talk about time management and frugality/sensible ministry commitments, I gotta say that I have loved the "mess" that has been a result of this time of stretching. I have gained new friends and challenged my old ideas of what ministry is like, all at the same time! Granted, I won't be able to keep this pace up forever, but August is comin' baby! Let's go vacation time!!!

Back in the Saddle

Wow!

I haven't blogged in a long time...mostly because the pace of life has been blistering but also because of a lack of scheduled time to do so. I am sitting here typing this and yet, my mind is screaming at me to think about the next thing I have to do...

So I will stop my mental to do list for the next few moments so that I can share some good stuff that is worth celebrating! First, our family celebrated two birthdays since the last time wrote. Sam turned 6 on the 20th of June and I turned "mmmfrrfmmrr" the day after his birthday. I can't say that I feel any different. It's pretty much "my life BEFORE thirty" and everything after...

It's everything after that I am pretty excited about! My wife, Cori has lost so much weight in the last year and I am SOOO proud of her for that. She seems like she is really starting to catch her stride and take off in new ways. The kids are growing like weeds and full of opinions and ideas that make me laugh and cringe all at the same time!

The Intersection got an open door to begin services in the Gettysburg Middle School starting in August which will be a fantastic step in the life of our young church plant. I am thrilled and anxious all at the same time, but I have a great team around me and I am turning ALL of that anxiety over to my Father. He is in control and I have nothing to worry about!

Finally, Harvest Cry 2010 took place last week and it was a powerful time of faith and restoration! We saw over 150 people give their lives over to Christ (50 of which were baptised) and there was a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our midst which is just the start of some really BIG things to come. Anyways, I have to celebrate and thank God for those things because He alone can bring this kind of change and restoration! Thank you, my Father!!

In case you missed the Marriage Ref

In case you couldn't make it to the Marriage Ref night at the Intersection, here's a peak at what you missed...


Meet the Krunkenheimers...



Meet the Skynards...

The Marriage Ref @ The Intersection

This is what's happening @ the Intersection this week! There will be some hilarious surprises...Join us at 6pm on Sunday night at Freedom Valley!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZj9Q0bFo3k

Prayer for location breakthrough...

Take a look at this prayer update...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuI18kRvfrU

Special stuff for moms this Sunday!

Hey moms, bring your families to the Intersection this Sunday night at 6pm for a free family photo done by our very own Ken Trout!! Watch this video...



...or click on the link below to find out more!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqviby88WEA

See ya Sunday!!
jeremiah