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Restore's First Staff Retreat

Today the entire Restore staff is headed to New Hope Retreat Center in Holt MO for our first staff retreat.  I am so excited to get some extended time together.  I am blessed to work with such an incredibly talented and passionate group of people.  We are going to spend the next 24 hours dreaming, reflecting, praying and playing together.  Oh yeah...and eating..what would a retreat be without food and SNACKS!

If you would, take a moment and pray that God shows up and we listen and hear clearly from Him.

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Race Day

Today Janet, Patrick, Bailie, and Gretchen lined up and ran a 5K race in Olathe, KS.  The weather was a bit chilly, but these bold runners toughed it out.

The more adventurous and much better trained Restore folks ran the 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles).  I am so impressed and proud of Josh, Tommy, Brooke and Nancy (on the dl).  Watching them train and run this race was inspiring.  I am pretty sure I don't ever want to run 13 miles, but I am motivated to get back to a regular workout schedule.   

It was so cool to have Scott and Sandy Patton in town for the race.  Sandy used the 1/2 marathon as a tune up for the Boston Marathon which she qualified for last year.  She finished the race in the top 10 of all women right at 100 minutes or so (just under 8 minute miles).

Launch Team Mtg #6 - Home Church for an 8 Year Old

Tonight Restore Community Church had its 6th launch team meeting.  We are three weeks from our Grand Opening so the energy level is high.  We have quite a bit to do to get ready for the people we are praying that God will bring us on March 2nd.  Specifically, we are looking for missionaries who will join this mission for 3-6 weeks to serve in Kids' City with Jessica Bowman.

I got a chance to share her story and boy was that fun. 

Here it is...It was 1988 and a young pastor just moved to town.  The first thing he did was to go door to door to ask people questions about why they did or didn’t go to church.  At one home where he stopped he met a nice family, who had some church background, but were definitely seeking.  This family had three kids.  One boy and two girls.  One of the girls was an eight year old who came to the very first service of a church meeting in a school on the first Sunday in March 1989 when 465 people showed up.  As the attendance leveled off at 200, her family was still there and this new church became her “home church”.  There were many dedicated servants who served in the children’s ministry of this church and it was here that she learned about Jesus, grew in her faith and made a private and public decision to follow Jesus and was baptized in the swimming pool of the high school where this church met.  She went off to college and then returned to teach high school nearby.  She met a young man, fell in love and was married.  And she came back to her “home church” to attend with her new husband….And God grabbed her.  Put a desire in her heart to make an impact for the Kingdom….And when she was asked to leave her teaching job, move to Kansas City and become the director of Kids’ City for Restore Community Church, she said yes…

So let me ask you…Would you like to serve along side Jessica Bowman..to be someone who, for an 8 year old girl, will be creating for them their “home church”.

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Game Time

Our second preview service is scheduled for this Sunday, February 3rd.  In preparation for this, the staff at Restore has been working really hard on a ton of details and leadership development opportunities. 

This morning at staff meeting we dove into the details, shared specifics needs, prayed, tackled a couple of tough issues and then took some time to play a game. 

We played Apples to Apples and had a great relaxing time laughing, talking and just hanging out.

I totally recommend a game time meeting with your staff.

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