The Ups and Downs of Tonight’s Echo’s Group

Ups

  • We got the campus bags packed and reay to go!
  • We had a great time together and are really coming together with one vision.
  • We talked about multiplication: echo groups and future church plants.
  • People are really interested in where we’re headed.
  • We really have a heart for the lost. Really. Some people say it but don’t. We’re not them.
  • I’m loving getting to know everyone’s story.
  • Piper’s stuff is great.

Downs

  • We had about 7 no-shows. Some we knew about, some were unexpected. That’s the name of the game.
  • The frickin’ power went out as we were about to watch a DVD. We went into discussion while barely skipping a beat. Candles and flashlights, baby!
  • We’re realizing the difficulty of what’s ahead (though this could be an ‘up’).
  • Because of the storm, we couldn’t chill on the porch. We watched the DVD once the power returned.
  • We have a problem practically unheard of in church planting: our females are outnumbered 2:1.
2 Responses to “The Ups and Downs of Tonight’s Echo’s Group”
Donald Posted on August 22, 2007 at 7:26 am

Don’t worry… when all the girls find out that I’m involved, we’ll have to start putting a cap on how many we let in… just kidding, we’ll take all we can…

Jumaine Jones Posted on August 23, 2007 at 6:32 am

Hi Derek:

Be encouraged, brother. As you probably know already, the church planting journey is filled with ups and downs. I apologize for just getting back with you in regards to the water. I’ll do a better job of staying on top of things :-) We got them from a local company in our area called Drink More Custom Water (www.drinkmorecustomwater.com). They do a great job! I’m not sure if there’s a custom label water in your area, but if there is you can save a ton of money on shipping and handling. We did find some other companies on the web with a cheaper price per bottle, but they turned out to be more expensive once we factored in the shipping cost. Let me know how it goes!

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