The Center for Mission Mobilization

Here is our office on the downtown square, which is currently decorated with Christmas lights!

get together, wedding, and more

(Back, L-R) Bob, Andy, Kyle, Joe (Front, L-R) Kristin, Kim, me, Luke

The Every Ethne get together at the beginning of November was fantastic!  We had a great time getting to know each other better and discussing the current direction and future of Every Ethne.

Kyle and Kara at their shower

Kyle, my national office Every Ethne counterpart, was married to Kara, who works with Clarion Consulting (another USCWM ministry) on November 14!  It was a great wedding at a little place at the Fayetteville airport, and they left the reception in a Cessna airplane!  Super fun.

Autographing the first copy of the XPLORE study.

The XPLORE books came in!  Here I am with co-worker Joe Michie, giving an autographed first edition.  :)  Joe is currently raising support to come on staff with Perspectives to work as the Creative Director.  He’s got some fantastic ideas, and we can’t wait to have him on board!

Old Main, a landmark at the UofA, decked out for Christmas

My biggest project right now is preparing for Urbana ‘09, where several other staff members and I will be representing Perspectives, the US Center for World Mission (they have a newly redesigned website, you should check it out!), and The BodyBuilders. I’ve been doing a TON of design work for promotional items.  It’s crazy to me that in about 4 months time, I have had to learn the Adobe Creative Suite and am now in charge of designing things.  Sometimes I feel a little like a kid that ended up in the deep end of the swimming pool before they quite figured out how to doggie paddle, but I’m doing my best to learn and keep up.  :)  Urbana is the largest student mission conference in North America.  It’s hosted every 3 years.  I went in 2006, and it was an incredible experience.  I’m excited to be able to network with students from around the country (and world!), and be able to share with them about the exciting experience of Perspectives.

And, speaking of Perspectives, have you checked to see if there’s a class in your area this spring?  Many alumni have stated that taking Perspectives has been one of the most influential things they’ve ever done in their entire Christian walk.  Check it out and register for a class at www.perspectives.org!

like I have jumped in to the deep end of the swimming pool sometimes with all of the new things I’m trying to learn and master in order to keep up with what we need, but

Every Ethne get-together!

Every Ethne staff are descending on Northwest Arkansas this afternoon!  They are coming in from Alabama, Iowa, and Oregon.  We’ll be spending time this week planning, strategizing, and of course having fun together.  The last time most of us were together was in California this past July, and since then several new staff members have been added.  So it will be exciting to be able to spend time together!

October Newsletter

October's sojourn

Birthday in an American Home

Since I haven’t posted in so long, I’m trying to get you all caught up on the things I’ve been up to lately.

On Thursday, Oct. 8, Ryan, one of my co-workers at the US Center, had a birthday party.  He and his wife invited all of our staff and many of the international students from the UofA to come.  There were a TON of people, and we had a lot of fun.  Click to see some photos from that night!

In other news, the first test run of the XPLORE study went to print today!  :) (yes, I’m pretty excited about that)

XPLORE and WI

I’m so sorry for neglecting this blog for so long.  I hope to do better in the upcoming weeks, but things have been a little crazy lately.  Mostly I’ve been waiting for time to do a proper update, but since that time doesn’t seem to be arriving, I figure a few short updates are better than nothing.

XPLORE study 2.0

After several months of reworking and redesigning, the updated XPLORE study is ready for print!  This has been my main project since moving to Arkansas, and it’s exciting to see it progressing this far.  I can’t wait until we get to start distributing copies of it and getting it out there as a tool to mobilize students to involvement in the Great Commission!  Stay tuned for information in the near future about how to get copies of this to use with student ministries you’re involved with, or to get to students you know!

Wisconsin

As I said in the previous post, my sister was in a car accident recently.  I drove to Wisconsin last weekend to be around for a little while and help out.  I’ll be here through this coming weekend, so if you’re in the area and want to see me, let me know.

Update

For those interested in keeping updated on my sister, my mom started a blog with info here:

http://thehollyreport.blogspot.com/

Please pray for my sister

Hey guys,

Please pray for my sister, Holly, in Wisconsin.  She was involved in a multiple-car accident this afternoon and is in the hospital. She has a broken left hand and elbow (and she’s left-handed), broken right knee and foot, a bump on the head, and cuts and bruises, but no internal injuries. Thank you, God that she was not more seriously injured! She may be released tomorrow depending on how she’s doing, and my parents plan to bring her to their house to begin her recovery.

Thanks for your prayers.

This is a video from the local news station.  Her car is the red Grand Am. Seeing that, it’s miraculous she’s not hurt worse.

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/crime/local_wluk_appleton_charges_pending_four_crash_driver_200909281537_rev1

Article from the local paper:

http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090927/APC0101/90927037/1979

Go1040

The Go1040 conference went well!  All together, we had around 200 people attend (around 150 students).  The first night we worshiped together, and then on the second day we heard speakers about the Biblical Basis of Missions, the history of students in missions, Business as Mission, and testimonies about people who have gotten involved in God’s global plan.  Students were challeneged and inspired, and given opportunities to plug in with different agencies and organizations.  Every Ethne will be doing follow-up with the attenders of this conference.  Please pray for us as we seek the Lord’s direction on the best way to go about these things.

Go1040 Conference

This weekend I’ll be helping out with the Go1040 Conference.  Please pray for this to raise up more laborers from northwest arkansas to go to the nations!  Check it out: