It's Been Too Long!

My deepest and most sincere apologies for the lack of updates on the plant recently. I wish I had some sort of profound excuse for the fact that it's been nearly 2 months since the last update, like alien abduction or being hijacked by a group of rogue pirates. Unfortunately, I have no such excuse. However, it has been a VERY busy last two months, which is a great gift from God. I guess that if I had the choice between having the time to update the blog weekly or only the time to update monthly(ish) due to the number of meetings with people in the community, 1-on-1 coaching sessions with other leaders, coffee with other planters and religious leaders in the City, food distribution to children at a local school, taking food to elderly neighbors, etc., I suppose I would choose the latter option :)

So click on the video below to hear about:

1. Our weekly Sunday night gatherings
2. Men's and Women's times
3. Our work with Second Harvest Heartland and Homeless Care Kits
4. Leadership development
5. Individual missional activities
6. Recent vision casting event
7. Fundraising update

Our recent events:

Community Gathering

Second Harvest Heartland Food Distribution

Genesis Women

Genesis Men

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On-Ramps

It's been a couple of weeks since our last post, but in this blog we provide updates on what's happening with the core team and the plant as a whole. Also, we pick back up with sharing details about the vision for the plant in S. Minneapolis. So click on the video below to hear about:

1. The core team in S. Minneapolis
2. Entrance strategies
3. Individual "On-Ramps"
4. Large group "On-Ramps"
5. CCD Principles

CCDA 2013 National Conference

Click here to listen to learn more about CCD principles - http://www.ccda.org/

Click on the following links to support us:

Prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 

Finances - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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We've Been Sent!

In this latest blog, we will take a break from sharing details about the vision for the plant and only provide updates on all that's been happening over the last couple of weeks. So click on the video below to hear about:

1. The transition out of Trinity
2. The sending service
3. Fundraising updates
4. Our community BBQ
5. Strategic meetings

The Core Team from Trinity being prayed-over and sent-out on August 18, 2013. Photo courtesy of Phil Aarrestad.

 Photo courtesy of Andrew Schultz.

Click here to listen to my last sermon as the Associate Pastor at Trinity: http://trinitywaconia.sermon.tv/

Click here to see the picture from our community BBQ:

http://instagram.com/p/c5JaQcqVfz/

Finally, click on the following links to support us:

Prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 

Finances - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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Relocation Madness!

Once again, the video blog provides both an update on what's going on in the plant and insights into the vision of the plant. So click on the video below to hear about:

1. Relocation Updates
2. Meetings with Pakou, Esther, and Joshua
3. Missional Community Principles
4. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Also, click on this video to see an overview of Missional Community Principles by a man named Brad House:

Finally, click on the following links to support us:

1. In prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 
2. Financially - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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Finally Hittin' the Ground . . .

This week's video blog intends to do two things - 1) Provide an update on what's happening (and there's a LOT) in the plant, and 2) Share a portion of the vision that we have for this plant. So click on the video below to hear about:

1. Housing updates for the core team from Waconia
2. New participants in the plant
3. Management Team update
4. Discipleship and multiplication strategies
5. Upcoming speaking engagements

Also, click on this video to see a basic introduction to the vision of the plant:

Finally, click on the following links to support us:

1. In prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 
2. Financially - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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A Heavy Week of Housing

I had intended to update the blog earlier this week, but that was a little too ambitious considering we had to pack up our house this week in 90+ degree weather and we closed on the sale of it on Friday. Anyway, click on the video to watch this week's blog, which highlights:

1. Relocation updates
2. Potential new participants in the plant
3. Upcoming speaking engagements for the plant

Also, click on the following links to support us:

1. In prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 
2. Financially - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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Similar Blog, New Format

Hello everyone and welcome to the new and (hopefully) improved blog for the Gospel Planting Family. If you were tracking along with the old blog, you'll notice a couple of changes:

1. We've switched from Wordpress to Blogspot
2. We've switched from written blogs to video blogs via YouTube

So click on the video to watch this week's blog, which highlights:

1. The reasons for the switch
2. Updates on our Gospel Community gatherings
3. New participants in the plant
4. The curriculum for our core team's Gospel Community gatherings
5. Upcoming speaking engagements for the plant

Also, click on the following links to support us:

1. In prayer - http://ow.ly/mSRdp 
2. Financially - http://ow.ly/mSRkc

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