there's a disturbance...
in the force.
I've noticed a growing unease in myself over the past few weeks. A general angst...
And the more I think about it, the more I realize it comes back to the space issue.
I don't want to leave the Lab.
We have to leave the Lab.
We don't have anything else lined up.
We were developing a relationship with a nazarene church near us, who is down to about 30 people and who have 24,000 sq ft of space with three separate meeting spaces and planty of office/classroom space... but their pastor has left and the remaining board doesn't feel like they can make a decision on us meeting there right now.
I have angst.
There aren't a ton of options popping up right now- and we continue to grow and when Fall hits, I fear we're in trouble in our current space.
I have angst.
I know, I know... "Don't be anxious about anything..."
I'm trying. But I have angst.
My stomach is starting to hurt as I type this, so I better stop.
But if you think about it, pray for our community.
We need to go- we just don't know where.
I've noticed a growing unease in myself over the past few weeks. A general angst...
And the more I think about it, the more I realize it comes back to the space issue.
I don't want to leave the Lab.
We have to leave the Lab.
We don't have anything else lined up.
We were developing a relationship with a nazarene church near us, who is down to about 30 people and who have 24,000 sq ft of space with three separate meeting spaces and planty of office/classroom space... but their pastor has left and the remaining board doesn't feel like they can make a decision on us meeting there right now.
I have angst.
There aren't a ton of options popping up right now- and we continue to grow and when Fall hits, I fear we're in trouble in our current space.
I have angst.
I know, I know... "Don't be anxious about anything..."
I'm trying. But I have angst.
My stomach is starting to hurt as I type this, so I better stop.
But if you think about it, pray for our community.
We need to go- we just don't know where.
6 Comments:
my stomach was hurting tonight, too. I'll be in solidarity with you.
why don't you just plant the new church now, and stay in the lab?
sorry. NOMB.
no, that's cool, man.
We're just not quit there yet... couldn't support em, couldn't help, would "hurt" evergreen too much- one more year, though. I think in 2006 we'll totally be there- a "trained" church planter, worship leader, some support to send and some quality, committed people..
That's what I'm praying for! :)
Sounds like some exciting but heavy stuff is going on. My in-laws used to pastor a Nazarene church in P-town about five years ago: now they're in Nazarene Mecca (Kansas City), but really getting behind ec stuff. That'd be cool/interesting if you got tied in with their old stomping grounds.
Harumph - what is this bit on the web site about praying for ANY other options to reveal themselves, Mr. Yeah, put it on the website and see what everyone says, and then once it's up, ooh, yuck, that's creepy, you people are romanticizing. Did you ever even call the nice ex-preacher at PMM? Did you go look at the space? How about praying to be OPEN to any other options? Harumph, pah ...
Way I see it, if the fire code says you're all right, then you're all right... ;)
praying
it's good to be outgrowing your current place. We did but made a tactical mistake in where we moved to - lost some ground, moved back, learning to love again and growing slowly.
take it one day at at a time - and yeah the angst -give it to Him because He cares for you and He has the solutions not us.
be blessed :)
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