Is this a ferry, or a bridge, or a...?Someone needs to invent auto glass with microscopic bits of metal embedded in it. That would mean magnets would stick. And that would allow those of us who live where the temp hits 107 on the first Sunday of June to slap a sun shade on the side windows when we get out of the car in the parking lot. It's really hard to steer when you get back in and can't touch the steering wheel without burning your hands.
(It would also make it easier for poverty stricken newlyweds to hold the bed sheets up on their apartment windows.)
The artwork is in and forwarded to Seattle where my brother's firm is engineering the CD's. I may have them back and ready for duplication by the end of the week.
Fred & Karen did a GREAT job at Pathway this morning. I interviewed them early in the worship service so people would learn a little about them, and then Fred preached. In the adult class we again used an interview format and Fred taught us about the goal of missions - establishing indigenous churches. He talked about the three "selfs", the importance of an exit strategy and the need for support ministries after that exit.
As children grow they develop both physically and emotionally. An infant learns to reach for an object, and then to grab it. He goes from crawling to walking, and she learns to speak. Nobody teaches a child to walk. Something built into them guides them, yea, forces them to arise and walk. Parents often "help" by providing their thumbs as stabilizers for the halting steps but we all know they'd walk with or without the help. And they automatically get it right. No kid, not even me, tried to walk by putting both feet forward at the same time. Or using their right foot and left hand. Or walking backwards. They instinctively do it the way it should be done.
Pathway is maturing. Part of that means getting involved with what God is doing in remote cultures without an indigenous witness to the gospel (i.e. missions). But churches aren't like kids. We could take this step of maturation and get it all wrong. Just because it's called "missions" doesn't mean it conforms to the biblical pattern for spreading the gospel. That's why it was so important to have Fred and Karen with us this morning, to teach us how missions should be done. That knowledge prepares us to be good stewards of the resources God has given us, resources we will devote to the spreading of the gospel and the establishment of indigenous churches.
BTW, Pathway is also growing in size. In fact, seems to be something of a rather remarkable growth spurt. This is fun.
(It would also make it easier for poverty stricken newlyweds to hold the bed sheets up on their apartment windows.)
The artwork is in and forwarded to Seattle where my brother's firm is engineering the CD's. I may have them back and ready for duplication by the end of the week.
Fred & Karen did a GREAT job at Pathway this morning. I interviewed them early in the worship service so people would learn a little about them, and then Fred preached. In the adult class we again used an interview format and Fred taught us about the goal of missions - establishing indigenous churches. He talked about the three "selfs", the importance of an exit strategy and the need for support ministries after that exit.
As children grow they develop both physically and emotionally. An infant learns to reach for an object, and then to grab it. He goes from crawling to walking, and she learns to speak. Nobody teaches a child to walk. Something built into them guides them, yea, forces them to arise and walk. Parents often "help" by providing their thumbs as stabilizers for the halting steps but we all know they'd walk with or without the help. And they automatically get it right. No kid, not even me, tried to walk by putting both feet forward at the same time. Or using their right foot and left hand. Or walking backwards. They instinctively do it the way it should be done.
Pathway is maturing. Part of that means getting involved with what God is doing in remote cultures without an indigenous witness to the gospel (i.e. missions). But churches aren't like kids. We could take this step of maturation and get it all wrong. Just because it's called "missions" doesn't mean it conforms to the biblical pattern for spreading the gospel. That's why it was so important to have Fred and Karen with us this morning, to teach us how missions should be done. That knowledge prepares us to be good stewards of the resources God has given us, resources we will devote to the spreading of the gospel and the establishment of indigenous churches.
BTW, Pathway is also growing in size. In fact, seems to be something of a rather remarkable growth spurt. This is fun.
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