Chillin with my brother

I am sitting in my brothers office chair in DC, getting some work done. It is cool to see Josh's office and meet the guys he works with. I'm getting some work done till he gets off work and then the video shooting will begin for some small group sessions on what we believe as a church. Josh's boss is letting us use his high end equipment for free and we'll pay Josh a fraction of what it would normally cost. Normally, they would charge several thousand dollars per edited minute, if not more. Thanks little brother!

crazy weekend

Last night, I had a great time meeting with a local church plant and their core team. I did my best to answer their questions and tried to help them think outside the box. I know for me, every time I share the C3 vision that God has planted in me, I get recharged. I would encourage you to share your vision anytime you can.
Tomorrow, I fly to DC to meet with my brother Josh to shoot some video's that will be part of our discipleship process. Instead of creating more steps in the discipleship process, we are fitting some of these teachings within our current small group discussions. So now, when a new small group starts, they will all go through the same videos, in order to have everyone on the same page and more familiar with what we believe as a church. We are going to try to shoot 6 videos in a day and a half. Time will tell. I then fly back to Ohio late Saturday night, and will be ready for Sunday morning.

freely give

Tonight, I meet with another local church plant that is struggling somewhat to get off the ground. They have asked that I come and share what has worked for us in this church planting journey. I'm truly humbled and will do my best to help them anyway that I can. There are certain principles that can transfer, but several of things we have done wouldn't because they are specific to us and our strengths. A couple of things we will discuss tonight will be:
- Define your current reality.
- What have been your greatest obstacles?
- What are your strengths?
- What makes you different?
- Why do feel you need to plant a church?
* This will help identify who they are trying to reach and where they are trying to take them?
- What does success look like for your church?
- Do you have the structure to hold the growth?
- Should God trust you with more people?
* What process do you have to see them discipled?
- Establish the vision and direction
- Put some action step together

caught

Tonight, I was caught by my 4 year old..........praying. I want my kids to catch me praying. Not only that, but I want to help teach them how to pray. We just started doing "family devotions" with all of us in the living room together. I read the story out of a kids Bible and then we act it out as a family. By the end, they were really getting into it. It was fun and they are learning about God's Word, while we talk about what it means to their lives.

jim tressel

I heard a stat the blew me away. We all know how big "Ohio State Buckeyes Football" is in Ohio. How much influence can the coach of our beloved team really have? Ever since Tressel has taken the reigns of OSU, they went from the top of the most penalized teams in the Big Ten, to the least. The biggest stat though is that ejections and problems with coaches throughout the state in every level of sports, from kids to High School has dropped 60%. Once again this proves, that LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE.

Who are you influencing, either directly or indirectly?

for the love of

Today, I set in a coaches meeting to receive some instruction in order to be my sons 7 year old, machine pitch baseball coach. I thought how amazing it was that all those people in that room were doing this for free. Everyone was a volunteer and all rallying around the cause of investing in Pickeringtons kids. For the love of their kids and for the love of investing in the next generation, they were willing to give of their time and energy. I was tying that into the Kingdom of God. For the love of our God and others, is why so many people give of themselves and their resources to C3 Church. They are investing in eternity. What do you, for the love of?

for the love of......

Today, I set in a coaches meeting to receive some instruction in order to be my sons 7 year old, machine pitch baseball coach. I thought how amazing it was that all those people in that room were doing this for free. Everyone was a volunteer and all rallying around the cause of investing in Pickeringtons kids. For the love of their kids and for the love of investing in the next generation, they were willing to give of their time and energy. I was tying that into the Kingdom of God. For the love of our God and others, is why so many people give of themselves and their resources to C3 Church. They are investing in eternity. What do you, for the love of?