Ministry Stuff Goin' On

Wanted to provide the latest periodic installment of ministry happenings:

1) My Hospitality course at the church came to an end yesterday, March 9. It was a good course, and it was great to have such a dedicated group of folks attending week after week. In the last few weeks in particular, the number of attendees hovered around 25 people. They were all a great blessing to me. As mentioned in a previous post, my scripts for all 10 lessons are available through a link on the right side of this blog page.

2) There's a possibility that I could be invited to teach the Hospitality course at another church. This would be a wonderful opportunity and I'm hoping it works out. Prayers are appreciated.

3) The Discipleship Explored course that we've been hosting in our home for 8 weeks concluded a week ago. As with the hospitality course, we've had a very dedicated group of around 20 people attending each week. Many of these folks were also involved in the Christianity Explored class that was the precursor to Discipleship Explored that was held last year. By God's grace, through the 7 month timeframe of CE and DE, nobody peeled off and our numbers actually grew a bit during DE. It is such a privilege to have this group of people in our home for food, fellowship, and good study.

4) Now that DE is done, we are fixin' to start a new home-based class that will begin April 7. This class will be a chapter by chapter study of Richard Pratt's book, Pray with Your Eyes Open. Pratt, of course, was a seminary prof of mine at RTS, and I had to read this book as part of one of the classes I took with him. Incredibly, everyone who attended DE has signed up for this new course, and we expect that more people will join us as well. I will be giving some of the group talks and will likely facilitate one of the small group discussions.

5) The church is also very interested in starting a new Christianity Explored course to coincide with Easter. The details of this are still being worked out, and I'm not sure what role I will play in it, if any. But it's possible that this course might also be held at our home on a different night of the week than the Pratt course. We'll have to see.

If anyone who reads this blog and resides in the DC/Northern Virginia area is interested in attending items 4 and 5 above, you are most invited to come join us. I'd love the privilege of meeting you and getting to know you.