Jared's blog

If one of our five purposes at the gathering is "Growth" then I must say that our Sunday Night worship services don't fulfill that purpose as it should.  Don't get me wrong, our Sunday Night worship services are awesome and they are fulfilling our "worship", "reaching", and "service" puposes but our "building" and "growing" has much to be desired from a management perspective.

After much thought and consideration this summer, we will launching some exciting new things in the weeks ahead to be more effective in our "growing" and "building" aspects of our ministry.

We have seen God do amazing things this summer as a ministry and I am confident that these next few months will be more effective in seeing people GROW in their pursuit to be like Christ.  Stay tuned for more info in the days ahead as we move forward as a ministry!

The Church Van (Video Blog- July 21) from thegatheringgr on Vimeo.

Since many people like to know what books I am currently reading, I figure I will keep you current on the blog.  This is a great discussion about the Holy Spirit and I would encourage anyone to read this regardless of your background. 

"Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit" by: Francis Chan

I have taken an in-depth look at our ministry over the first part of the summer.  It has been great to look at our ministry in-depth but it has been challenging for sure.  When you evaluate something it makes you realize how far we have come but also how far we can go!

Over the next few weeks I will be meeting with some of our college/young adults about the upcoming fall season.  This is exciting times for the gathering and I can't wait for September when we launch the gathering again!!

Passing Time at the Airport from thegatheringgr on Vimeo.