Check out this video from The Austin Stone Community Church. They have a goal of helping 100 people start the process of being sent out in 2010 to the unreached people groups in the world for 2 years terms. Very cool. Check out the website at 100peoplenetwork.com. Something that really resonated with me as I looked at the website was the fact that they have done an excellent job in breaking down missions to three distinct roles…Goers, Senders, and Mobilizers. Many times we say “I’m just not called, wired, gifted, etc. to do missions.” But what I love what Matt Carter says in this video is that, in essence, yes, we are all wired differently, but we ALL need to be a part of the Great Commission.
For more information about Forest Park’s missions opportunities and how you can be a part of the Great Commission, simply check us out on the web at carthage.fpbc.net/serve.
I am slowly working through the book “Radical” by David Platt and it is kicking me around. This caught my eye. Check out this video excerpt from a recent message. Powerful.
Wow, what an awesome day at FP Carthage on Mother’s Day 2010! We had two great services with two baptisms and four baby/child dedications. Very cool stuff, indeed. One of the baptisms was unplanned…the second in about a month. We had another spur of the moment baptism on Easter Sunday and another yesterday! I think it is really cool to see God moving in the hearts of people so strongly that they disregard their own personal plans for the day, “what will people think of me,” etc., and simply respond to the moving of the Spirit of God. Reminds me of a group of men that Jesus called out to be his first disciples early on in his ministry. The Bible talks of their reckless abandonment in Matthew 4:18-22
The Calling of the First Disciples
18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” 20At once they left their nets and followed him.
21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, 22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Monday is for Missions. . .
I have talked previously about my friend from high school, Matt, that is works for Convoy of Hope in Springfield, MO. He is currently in Haiti on a exploratory trip for his Convoy of Hope interns going to serve later this summer in July. Check out this video of him talking about the “capital C” Church “getting it done” in Haiti after the devastating earthquake this spring.
Forest Park is also going to Haiti this summer. Check out more info. here on our website. You can also email our missions pastor, Brock Cummins-brock@fpbc.net for more information about our missions trips this year.
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