Birth-day Weekend


Adam giving thanks for Jello.

Adam turns 4 on the 26th. We are having his party tomorrow at a wave pool in Coquitlam. About 10 kids and their parents are expected to come. Should be fun. We bought him a hot wheels car track thingy.

I got an update from Urban Sanctuary - they're packing it in. They simply did not have the numbers or finance to remain sustainable. They think they are probably going to merge into another church downtown, and become a home group of that church.

It's sort of sad for me. I poured my life into trying to get that church plant going and now it's dead on the vine. One of the enduring mysteries is why some ministries take off, and others flounder around.

On a more positive note, Heritage Mountain Church continues to flourish in incremental stages. Had some more positive meetings out there today. Can't wait to move, though.

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Anonymous said…
Nothing that we pour our hearts into - at least nothing that we have been faithfully following God in - is dead on the vine. Some vines are meant for grafting, and it sounds like you have created something that is healthy and capable of being grafted into another tree where it will bear a new kind of fruit that neither you nor the host vine would have been able to produce on your own. So you have done well. Enjoy the new work farmer Santosh in the kingdom garden.
12:07 AM
Anonymous said…
I agree with Jeanette. Just because something is taking a different shape by no means should it be thought of as "dead on the vine" - i think as a church we must see our efforts not just with the traditional western model of success and achievement and as a result of our individual effort. We can be proud even when our efforts end up benefitting other ministries - we can't own God's work. Perhaps the people you shepherded for so long will continue to be a great contribution to the city and to another church. Perhaps you planted important seeds in them that will continue to grow in another context. That this group is staying together speaks volumes in and of itself. I think it takes faith to believe these things. But it's the type of faith we all need.
6:27 PM
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