Would you like to come speak to our small group?

3 05 2007

Is there sugar in syrup?… THEN YES! This is a very cool story. When we moved here, Sabrina became a Tastefully Simple consultant. And yes, it is VERY tasteful and simple. You can order the food from her web-site. Great stuff. I was so SO proud of her for stepping out and taking the risk to start her own business in the midst of a move, a church plant and a new baby. She is doing a great job getting started. Well, tonight she had a party at our house that another lady in town, the lady from the Cheyenne Welcome Wagon hosted. This story is gonna get too long so I’m gonna cut it WAY short. After the party one of the ladies that attended started talking to me about the church plant. She asked if we were trying to meet people, if we were meeting together yet. I told her of our Life Group on Sunday night’s and that we’ve met lots of people. She proceeded to tell me that they started a small group Bible Study when they moved here and they started connecting with other families that just couldn’t find a church to fit in. I think 6 families/couples attend this small group. She then asked me “Would you like to come speak to our small group about your church?” I was floored! What an opportunity. As I understood it only 1 couple has found a church. They are ALL still looking. Anyway, if my wife hadn’t taken the risk to do something WAY out of her comfort zone I never would have talked to this lady tonight and even had a chance to talk to her small group. She took a stack of my business cards and said she will “definitely” call me about speaking to their group. Now that is cool, I don’t care who you are. God’s timing is amazing! Be praying that I’ll get this chance to share with them the mission, vision, and values of Element Church.

Following Christ,

Jeff





Gas Pains

3 05 2007

Price of gas got you down? Us too! And if we feel that way, we figure all of Cheyenne does as well. SO we are going to provide a gas buy down for the community. Grant has had 2 GREAT conversations with the managers of Big D Oil (gas stations) here in Cheyenne. They are totally on board with what we are doing. Saturday, May 26th, we’ll be paying the price of gas down by 25 cents per gallon. We’ll pump the gas and wash windshields. We’ll then give them a connection card that will point them to our church web-site.

We got the idea from another church planter we met at church planters boot camp. I asked him what the return was on the investment. Did anyone come attend church out of it. He told me a great story. I won’t take the time to tell you all the details but I’ll give you the BIG stuff. The manager of the gas station was Indian and a Hindu. He loved the idea from day one. In the process of the gas buy down Mike (church planter) asked him if they went to church anywhere. He said “We don’t but can we be a part of your church?” He was so blown away that a church would do something like that, that he brought his whole family to Elk Creek church. They got saved and are a major part of that churches launching process. They are bringing other family and friends who are being taught about Christ as well. Really cool. Anyway, we loved the idea from the day we heard about it and think it’s a great way to serve the people of Cheyenne.

We could definitely use some help from anyone at HPCC who would want to come down for that day. We’ll be doing the buy down in the afternoon. 1 – 3 PM or 1-5 PM. Something like that. Haven’t nailed down timing details yet.

Following Christ,

Jeff








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