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Reflect Actively for Deeper Fruitfulness

Celebrating and Dreaming

December 26, 2017 / / 0 Comments

Ten years ago our region was first launching the 2020 Vision and many of us wondered, “Is it really harvest time in the Central Region?”

Two weeks ago we celebrated as a region (team pictured above) reaching what seemed like impossible goals – 500 cells, 50 chapters, and 1 overseas student movement. Truly it has been an extended harvest season in our region and goals that seemed unreachable by 2020, God brought to pass by 2017.

We spent time remembering and thanking God together. Then we continued a process of discerning what God has next for our region. At our meetings we clarified our list of potential hoped for outcomes for this next student generation. Our regional leadership team will finalize these in mid-January. Would you pray for God’s continued direction?

Burden

December 18, 2017 / / 0 Comments

It is easy to get so focused on what is right in front of us that we miss what God is doing all around us.

At our Regional staff conference we ‘lifted our gaze’, prayed over the 187 campuses in our region (symbolized by the cups in photo), and asked the Lord of the Harvest to send workers to the harvest field and to grow our burden for every campus in our territory.

Would you join us in praying for the campuses in the Central Region?

Purposeful

December 4, 2017 / / 0 Comments

When was the last time you put together a photo album? Selecting photos, adding descriptors, arranging, and assembling are all a part of the process of telling the story of that time.

In John 20:30-31, John describes the purpose of his careful selection and placement of the stories in his Gospel. I was privileged a few weeks ago to share at church the purpose John describes and its implication for our lives.

Lifting my eyes up

October 24, 2017 / / 0 Comments

On a recent prayer hike I was reminded of how quickly I put my trust in things that take great effort though are inferior.

As I read Psalm 121 in reflection that day and lifted “my eyes up to the mountains” (vs 1) to remember where my help came from, I came upon this pile of stones. In this isolated spot, it was obvious that gathering this significant of a pile of large stones took some time. However when compared with the hill I stood on, the pile was tiny.

As I considered this image I was reminded of things that I tend to put my hope in: work, family, intelligence, etc. – things that build up with significant effort. The Psalm reminded me that our hope is in the “Lord the maker of Heaven and Earth” (vs 2) and that he is active in watching over us. That day, as I am called today, is to put my trust in Him.

La Fe con Cafe

September 19, 2017 / / 0 Comments

“Last January, I sensed God telling me that my fellow Latino students would need a safe space on campus” says, Johnson County Community College student, Rachel.  In response, Rachel courageously launched a Bible study for Latino students that she dubbed LaFe (Latino Fellowship, also “The Faith”) con Cafe (with coffee).

As you are probably aware, a Presidential order ending DACA has brought fear and uncertainty to 800,000 young adults in our country. Some of them are in our colleges and universities.

At the first LaFe con Cafe meeting, students shared vulnerably with one another about their fears and worries. At the same time, they were eager to seek out Jesus and to consider what he has to say to their lives right now. There may be few places on campus that these students can really let down their guard and find encouragement and support.  Now Rachel reflects “as many of them are uncertain about their future, I can see why God has called me to start this group!”

 

Central region staff, students, faculty, and volunteers

Summit

June 23, 2017 / / 0 Comments

What dreams has God placed in the heart of our community for the next season of ministry in the Central Region?

This month we did a three day offsite gathering to start the process of discerning just that. It was a wonderful time of considering what fruit of this season God was calling us to savor, which areas we needed to steward, and places he was inviting us to sow.

It was a blessing to be together as a familia and dream together about what is next. Please pray and join us in this year of waiting on the Lord for his direction for the Central Region.

Photo Credit: Robert Cheaib - Theologhia.com Flickr via Compfight cc

The suffering servant

April 14, 2017 / / 0 Comments

We like to cheer for the victorious, right? The one who always wins? If so, why is it important that we remember our suffering Messiah?

Justo Gonzalez reflects on the power of the suffering Jesus in Manana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective.

“The suffering Christ is important to Hispanics [and others who suffer] because he is the sign that God suffers with us. An emaciated Christ is the sign that God is with those who hunger. A flagellated Christ is the sign that God is with those who must bear the stripes of an unjust society.” (Gonzalez p149)

As we walk through this season of remembrance, may we lift this Jesus up to those who suffer all around us.

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