Friends,
Sunday is coming, and it will mark week number 3 together at The Way. And as each Sunday passes, I only get more and more excited as we progress together as a family of God. As we have met in previous weeks, I have LOVED laughing with you and praying and worshipping with you. It just feels like home...
As this Sunday approaches, I am particularly excited. I can't quite put my finger on what it is that I feel is coming, but as preparations for this Sunday have been made I sense with all of my being that this is going to be a special weekend. Rehearsing with the band last night, there were times when goosebumps and tears were covering all of us. Studying the message for the weekend, I've been led to just get on my knees and pray. Mark my words, God is up to something.
It's been a big week behind the scenes in other regards, too. Revising insurance policies, meeting with leaders in our congregation to discuss their role in our ministry, and working on some promotional materials have occupied my week. As I type that I'm reminded of my conversation with a mentor/friend this week in Washington DC. I told him, "I'm just so pleased to be doing what I'm doing. I feel kind of like a proud papa holding his newborn baby. And just like that newborn baby is fragile, needy, and at times all a mess, I hold on to it and cherish it just the same." He replied, "Good. And the thing about babies is that they are all of those things that you said, and brand new churches are also all of those things that you said, but if you'll do the things that are obedient unto God the baby will grow."
I believe that he is right about that.
I'm ready to preach this weekend. I'm ready to pray and worship this weekend. But MOST IMPORTANTLY I am ready to truly connect with God and continue building community with people who are learning to live The Way of Jesus.
I hope to see you (and a few of your friends) at LES at 10:30am Sunday.
Grace and Peace be with you.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Don't miss this Sunday!
Friends,
The Way kicked off it's first weekend gathering last Sunday morning with great success. We talked vision, purpose, and dreams. We got to know each other a little better, and we shared The Good Gift in Christ's body broken and blood shed. It was a holy and wonderful time. But let me just say...YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SUNDAY!!! We're gonna worship together and "get this party started".
Once again, we are gathering at Latrobe Elementary School at 10:30. Be there, and bring a few friends with you!!!
Also as Sam wrote in her letter, we're encouraging every person of The Way to join The Common. It is an online resource that allows us to better keep in touch with one another as we strive to address specific needs in our community. In brief, this resource is designed to connect persons in need with persons who have a means and a passion to meet that need. Have you signed up yet? It is our desire to see every person of The Way use this resource as we feel that it is FANTASTIC in helping us meet our objective in being the hands and feet of Christ right here in our community. Note...members of The Way used The Common to meet a need of a single mother in our area just this week!!! You'll hear more about that God-story this Sunday at our worship gathering.
In the meantime, I ask that you be inviting and be in prayer. God has great and wonderful things in store for The Way, and I'm looking forward to sharing this experience with you.
And finally, do you have a prayer need or a praise story that you'd like to share? We're gonna be having an opportunity for you to do that this Sunday, and every Sunday, as part of our weekend gatherings. And feel free to ask around to your friends and family to find out what it is that we can pray for them as we meet at The Way.
See you Sunday!
Grace and Peace be with you.
The Way kicked off it's first weekend gathering last Sunday morning with great success. We talked vision, purpose, and dreams. We got to know each other a little better, and we shared The Good Gift in Christ's body broken and blood shed. It was a holy and wonderful time. But let me just say...YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SUNDAY!!! We're gonna worship together and "get this party started".
Once again, we are gathering at Latrobe Elementary School at 10:30. Be there, and bring a few friends with you!!!
Also as Sam wrote in her letter, we're encouraging every person of The Way to join The Common. It is an online resource that allows us to better keep in touch with one another as we strive to address specific needs in our community. In brief, this resource is designed to connect persons in need with persons who have a means and a passion to meet that need. Have you signed up yet? It is our desire to see every person of The Way use this resource as we feel that it is FANTASTIC in helping us meet our objective in being the hands and feet of Christ right here in our community. Note...members of The Way used The Common to meet a need of a single mother in our area just this week!!! You'll hear more about that God-story this Sunday at our worship gathering.
In the meantime, I ask that you be inviting and be in prayer. God has great and wonderful things in store for The Way, and I'm looking forward to sharing this experience with you.
And finally, do you have a prayer need or a praise story that you'd like to share? We're gonna be having an opportunity for you to do that this Sunday, and every Sunday, as part of our weekend gatherings. And feel free to ask around to your friends and family to find out what it is that we can pray for them as we meet at The Way.
See you Sunday!
Grace and Peace be with you.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Message from Sam
Hello everyone!
This is Sam Himler, who is going to be the facilitator of The Common for The Way. Just in case you could not attend The Way's first service, or if you did not understand everything I was saying, I am going to write step by step how you can start your account. Here it goes...
1) Log on to www.thecommon.org
2) if you want to learn more, you can watch the tutorial video that is on the opening page.
3) if you want to begin your account, hit the blue arrow that says "I'm a person who wants to help"
4) Click "already using thecommon.org"
5) Search "The Way" and select the option that pops up (We are the only "The Way" using the Common); hit pre-register...if you click on "The Way" you will go to the website.
6) Create Your account with your personal information
7) Now you have to wait. Either Mark or I will approve your account name. So, keep checking back on your account. If you have been approved, it will be obvious. If we have not yet approved you, it will say "Pending approval"
.....
8) After you are approved, you can now personalize your account by adding abilities, needs or goods. You can also requesting help or goods. To do this, click "the way dashboard" at the top of the page. This will take you to the page where you can add or request.
9) That's it!!! But please remember that the first month is free, after your first month it will cost $1 per month thereafter. It's only one dollar!!
*If you need help with ANYTHING do not hesitate to contact me. This is my email address (samanthamarie103@msn.com) and my contact info should be on The Way's website www.thewayministries.info.
Please contact me in a way that is convenient for you.
**Remember to visit The Way's website often to look for updates.
***If you have any success/ touching stories from The Common, please let me know of them. These stories will encourage more people to join the website and encourage people to continue being members.
I hope all is going well. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!!
God Bless
Sam
This is Sam Himler, who is going to be the facilitator of The Common for The Way. Just in case you could not attend The Way's first service, or if you did not understand everything I was saying, I am going to write step by step how you can start your account. Here it goes...
1) Log on to www.thecommon.org
2) if you want to learn more, you can watch the tutorial video that is on the opening page.
3) if you want to begin your account, hit the blue arrow that says "I'm a person who wants to help"
4) Click "already using thecommon.org"
5) Search "The Way" and select the option that pops up (We are the only "The Way" using the Common); hit pre-register...if you click on "The Way" you will go to the website.
6) Create Your account with your personal information
7) Now you have to wait. Either Mark or I will approve your account name. So, keep checking back on your account. If you have been approved, it will be obvious. If we have not yet approved you, it will say "Pending approval"
.....
8) After you are approved, you can now personalize your account by adding abilities, needs or goods. You can also requesting help or goods. To do this, click "the way dashboard" at the top of the page. This will take you to the page where you can add or request.
9) That's it!!! But please remember that the first month is free, after your first month it will cost $1 per month thereafter. It's only one dollar!!
*If you need help with ANYTHING do not hesitate to contact me. This is my email address (samanthamarie103@msn.com) and my contact info should be on The Way's website www.thewayministries.info.
Please contact me in a way that is convenient for you.
**Remember to visit The Way's website often to look for updates.
***If you have any success/ touching stories from The Common, please let me know of them. These stories will encourage more people to join the website and encourage people to continue being members.
I hope all is going well. I am looking forward to getting to know all of you!!
God Bless
Sam
We have a venue!
Friends today was a "God day" for The Way. I finally received the phone call that I've been waiting more than a month for. We have a venue!!! For the foreseeable future, our Sunday morning worship gatherings will be at Latrobe Elementary School at 10:30am.
This is GREAT news!!! It's a location that we can grow into; there's ample parking; there are already chairs there...the list goes on and on...God has genuinely blessed us with this. And just in time as our first worship gathering is this coming Sunday morning, September 13th!!!
Are you planning on coming? Have you invited some of your friends? You should! :)
IT'S GONNA BE A FANTASTIC TIME!!!
Let me tell you a little about what to expect on Sunday:
-laughter
-some vision casting about who The Way is and where we are going
-informality...please come casual/comfortable...
-prayer
-a time to share testimonies...have a God story you'd like to share?
-not your typical worship service...there's plenty of time for that in the weeks to come...this weekend will be more of a "getting to know The Way" kind of weekend
-Jesus...something tells me He will make His presence known
-community...heh...from my perspective this Sunday is gonna be our very first family reunion...party anyone?
-Scripture...and perhaps some good ol' preachin'
I'm so excited! I hope to see you and your invited guests there.
Grace and Peace be with you.
This is GREAT news!!! It's a location that we can grow into; there's ample parking; there are already chairs there...the list goes on and on...God has genuinely blessed us with this. And just in time as our first worship gathering is this coming Sunday morning, September 13th!!!
Are you planning on coming? Have you invited some of your friends? You should! :)
IT'S GONNA BE A FANTASTIC TIME!!!
Let me tell you a little about what to expect on Sunday:
-laughter
-some vision casting about who The Way is and where we are going
-informality...please come casual/comfortable...
-prayer
-a time to share testimonies...have a God story you'd like to share?
-not your typical worship service...there's plenty of time for that in the weeks to come...this weekend will be more of a "getting to know The Way" kind of weekend
-Jesus...something tells me He will make His presence known
-community...heh...from my perspective this Sunday is gonna be our very first family reunion...party anyone?
-Scripture...and perhaps some good ol' preachin'
I'm so excited! I hope to see you and your invited guests there.
Grace and Peace be with you.
We have a venue!
Friends today was a "God day" for The Way. I finally received the phone call that I've been waiting more than a month for. We have a venue!!! For the foreseeable future, our Sunday morning worship gatherings will be at Latrobe Elementary School at 10:30am.
This is GREAT news!!! It's a location that we can grow into; there's ample parking; there are already chairs there...the list goes on and on...God has genuinely blessed us with this. And just in time as our first worship gathering is this coming Sunday morning, September 13th!!!
Are you planning on coming? Have you invited some of your friends? You should! :)
IT'S GONNA BE A FANTASTIC TIME!!!
Let me tell you a little about what to expect on Sunday:
-laughter
-some vision casting about who The Way is and where we are going
-informality...please come casual/comfortable...
-prayer
-a time to share testimonies...have a God story you'd like to share?
-not your typical worship service...there's plenty of time for that in the weeks to come...this weekend will be more of a "getting to know The Way" kind of weekend
-Jesus...something tells me He will make His presence known
-community...heh...from my perspective this Sunday is gonna be our very first family reunion...party anyone?
-Scripture...and perhaps some good ol' preachin'
I'm so excited! I hope to see you and your invited guests there.
Grace and Peace be with you.
This is GREAT news!!! It's a location that we can grow into; there's ample parking; there are already chairs there...the list goes on and on...God has genuinely blessed us with this. And just in time as our first worship gathering is this coming Sunday morning, September 13th!!!
Are you planning on coming? Have you invited some of your friends? You should! :)
IT'S GONNA BE A FANTASTIC TIME!!!
Let me tell you a little about what to expect on Sunday:
-laughter
-some vision casting about who The Way is and where we are going
-informality...please come casual/comfortable...
-prayer
-a time to share testimonies...have a God story you'd like to share?
-not your typical worship service...there's plenty of time for that in the weeks to come...this weekend will be more of a "getting to know The Way" kind of weekend
-Jesus...something tells me He will make His presence known
-community...heh...from my perspective this Sunday is gonna be our very first family reunion...party anyone?
-Scripture...and perhaps some good ol' preachin'
I'm so excited! I hope to see you and your invited guests there.
Grace and Peace be with you.
Happy Thursday
Hello friends of The Way,
A little heads-up...as it turns out, I will be doing some traveling this weekend, and we have to cancel this Saturday's prayer meeting. Please mark your calendars accordingly. In addition to that here are a few things currently dancing through my thoughts:
-I'm still working on venue details for our first worship service. This item needs your prayers. We currently have two locations actively discussing a partnership with The Way for Sunday morning worship. Both of them would be wonderful homes for our purpose. Please pray hard that God would open the Heavens and grant us favor on this matter.
-September 13th kicks off our first Sunday morning gathering. Mark your calendars!!!! We'll begin at 10:30am.
-I just heard a preacher say yesterday, "We as Christians are faithful to pray for rain, but we're not so faithful and trusting in the power of God to actually carry an umbrella along with us in the steps that follow our amen." Unfortunately I've been guilty of praying in the manner that carries with it no expectation... That simply has to change...so...in the meantime...I'm gonna literally carry around an umbrella with me everywhere I go until it sinks in to pray like God is about to open the Heavens for me.
That may seem silly...but I'm done praying sissy little prayers. How about you?
-It was brought to my attention that some people have sent mail to The Way's post office box only for it to be returned to them stating "no such address existed". That problem has now been rectified by the Post Master. Our address is: PO Box 361, Latrobe, PA, 15650
-I visited a friend this morning who is a wood-worker. He is currently fabricating the chalice and platter for The Way's communion elements. As I shared with him the vision for The Way, he designed a platter and chalice for us that are gonna be breath-takingly-first-century-Acts-church-like. It's simple. It's wonderful. It's plain. It's perfect. It's ugly. It's authentic to what they used 2 thousand years ago. Not gonna lie, it was a pretty emotional experince for me. I can't wait for us to share the Eucharist, the good gift, together.
Grace and Peace be with you friends.
A little heads-up...as it turns out, I will be doing some traveling this weekend, and we have to cancel this Saturday's prayer meeting. Please mark your calendars accordingly. In addition to that here are a few things currently dancing through my thoughts:
-I'm still working on venue details for our first worship service. This item needs your prayers. We currently have two locations actively discussing a partnership with The Way for Sunday morning worship. Both of them would be wonderful homes for our purpose. Please pray hard that God would open the Heavens and grant us favor on this matter.
-September 13th kicks off our first Sunday morning gathering. Mark your calendars!!!! We'll begin at 10:30am.
-I just heard a preacher say yesterday, "We as Christians are faithful to pray for rain, but we're not so faithful and trusting in the power of God to actually carry an umbrella along with us in the steps that follow our amen." Unfortunately I've been guilty of praying in the manner that carries with it no expectation... That simply has to change...so...in the meantime...I'm gonna literally carry around an umbrella with me everywhere I go until it sinks in to pray like God is about to open the Heavens for me.
That may seem silly...but I'm done praying sissy little prayers. How about you?
-It was brought to my attention that some people have sent mail to The Way's post office box only for it to be returned to them stating "no such address existed". That problem has now been rectified by the Post Master. Our address is: PO Box 361, Latrobe, PA, 15650
-I visited a friend this morning who is a wood-worker. He is currently fabricating the chalice and platter for The Way's communion elements. As I shared with him the vision for The Way, he designed a platter and chalice for us that are gonna be breath-takingly-first-century-Acts-church-like. It's simple. It's wonderful. It's plain. It's perfect. It's ugly. It's authentic to what they used 2 thousand years ago. Not gonna lie, it was a pretty emotional experince for me. I can't wait for us to share the Eucharist, the good gift, together.
Grace and Peace be with you friends.
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