I still remember the emotions I experienced sixteen years ago as I pulled into the parking lot to attend my first Sectional Fellowship as a new minister in the PennDel Network. I was completely out of my element and unfamiliar with my surroundings. I felt...
Pastor Mike was sitting and ruminating yet again on the big issue of the week like a cow chewing its cud. The deadline for a solution was coming fast which made the issue more foreboding. As the stress built, the solution became only murkier; like walking...
From Jeff Leake...
A Huge Opportunity for Coaching Certification! PennDel Coaching is offering a great opportunity to revive your coaching skills and build on the training you've received. Advance! Coaching Cohort is designed to move coaches toward AG Coaching Certification while also fulfilling the requirements for International Coach Federation certification. This 3-month...
It's a beautiful thing when a healthy young couple plans carefully, saves money, and prepares well for a wonderful new child. Baby things are gathered, the financial cost is counted and prepared for, and the extended family is carefully informed. But for whatever reason(s), babies don't...
In our Creating Outreach and Evangelism class this morning, Tom Rees opened by directing us to the Southern Baptists' report on the Great Commission. (here) It is sobering and challenging stuff. Here are some findings: 83% of people in Northeast are lost. The ...
We are targeting 20 areas for church planting in 2010. If you have a passion for one of these areas, please contact the leader listed or give me a call.• Bethany Beach/Ocean View, Delaware (Tim Satryan)• Braddock (Brian Bolt) *• Cranberry, Venango County (Chris Clark)•...
Church Planter's Boot camp at Freedom ValleyThe first week of November is less than 1 month away, and registration is open! You can go to www.freedomvalley.org to find the link on our home page, and register.Penn-Del is offering scholarships for credential holders. You can pay...
This is a follow up post about the need for a church plant in the Lower Anthracite Coal Region between Hazleton and Shamokin:I was on my way to Bethlehem today and met Todd Dewire for breakfast. He pastors the Foursquare church in Frackville. There is...
Friends,I have just solidified a November boot camp at Freedom Valley, November 2-6. If you know anyone who is wanting to plant, and this is the right time for them, have them call me at 717-398-9033, or write me at gerry@freedomvalley.org. The event costs...