passion play

I’m driving up to Vintage21 (link here) tomorrow morning for an Acts 29 Network luncheon (link) on the Legalities of Church Planting and Creativity in the Local Church. I’ll probably end up in the creativity seminar, simply because it is more relevant to where I am in the planting process. Not quite ready for the legalities yet, though it would be nice to have some sort of heads up on the processes necessary. Anyone have any resources on the legal aspects of church planting?

Also, this weekend after I teach Sunday, I’m driving up to D.C. to meet with Todd Wilson of Passion4Planting (link) for a podcast interview on Monday. It’s the National New Church Conference podcast (link), so I’m really excited and nervous (especially since we’re still about 2 years out from planting) about it, but it’s an awesome opportunity that I’m really grateful for. Plus, I get to hang out in the city I love with the people to which I’m called. It’s going to be a great Martin Luther King holiday for me; I bet DC is a great place to be on Monday!

Oh well, keep me in your prayers, and I will definitely be letting you know how both the luncheon and the DC trip go.

Check this out: The New Immigration Geography of U.S. Immigration. What a great link from the del.icio.us christians network (link)! Washington, D.C. is ranked seventh out of US metropolitan areas in terms of percentage of foreign born inhabitants. DC is also ranked as an “emerging” gateway for foreign-born people. There are some surprises too, like Greensboro-Winston Salem. I had no idea it was an upcoming immigration gateway. My buddy Tadd will be interested in that. Other upcoming gateways? Austin, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Salt Lake City (?). It’s interesting how three of the upcoming gateways are in NC. Weird, huh? Check it out and see if your place is up there. It’s important for ministry to know who you ministering to.

Anyone in the DC area interested in a new church? Post a comment or send me an email at derek@harmonydc.com. I’ll send you a vision document and I’ll be glad to answer any questions about harmony church.

Well, sort of. My beloved Eagles didn’t play this past weekend (they were on a much needed bye), so we will talk about another football team this week: DC United. They played OK against the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup conference championship yesterday, but they still lost 1-0. It just seems that this year isn’t my year for my sports teams. Instead of the Madden curse, it’s the Derek curse. Maybe I should start pulling for the New York Giants…..

There’s always next week, when the Eagles take on the ‘Skins. Go birds!

Was just browsing through some old del.icio.us bookmarks and decided to take a look at the Buzz Conference site. It looks like the Buzz Conference is going to be phenomenally better this coming year. It seems to be a spy-esque theme, judging from the website and all. You can go ahead and register here: http://www.buzzconference.com/2007/. I had to miss last year (school), I’m glad that shifted the dates, and we’ll be headed to DC next June.