Updates

Hello everyone! Just wanted to give you a few additional updates...

1. Northview has established a fund so that anyone who would like to give to the church plant may contribute before the end of '06. This fund will temporarily serve as the pool for all donations to the Poe family for '07, and it will also be a place that people can give to the church. I had someone approach me Sunday morning and ask if we had something set up because their business / corporation wanted to make a donation. Pretty cool, huh!? Anyway, I would advise you all to continue tithing to Northview through the end of the year, but if you (or anyone you know) would like to make a contribution to the church plant, just write the check out to Northview and be sure that "Ryan's church plant" is in the memo line. Donations to Shannon and I will be kept separate and monitored by Sue Brodhead at NV.

2. Kevin and Kathy Rowe have decided not to join us. Kevin explained that it was a "stage of life" issue for them with Kathy and all their kids deeply involved at North Beach. I was pretty bummed when he told me about this, and I'm still disappointed...but not discouraged. I told Kevin that I was going to pray that he (or God) would change his mind.

3. I just want to remind everyone to be making plans to simplify your schedules by January 1. I think it's very important that everybody who is in leadership with the new church (haven't we got a name yet??) be willing to disconnect from ministry activities at NV so that we can fully engage in this new experiment together. I know that's asking a lot, but I think we're all going to see how God rewards our commitment to this new vision.

4. I've been given the green light by the elders to approach the Musgrave's and the Foust's. So, I'll be moving forward with that in the next week. I need a phone number for the Musgrave's. Anybody know it?

Lastly, I'd like to hear from everybody about a meeting on Saturday morning. I put that in my previous post, but so far only the Hudsons have responded. If not Saturday, then suggestions for an alternate time are welcome. It may be impossible to get all of us together at any given time, and that's OK, but we really do need to make some decisions about the Saturday thing and a name very soon...preferably before next week. Everybody sound off and let's get something on our schedules. Cool!? Thanks everyone!
Ryan