more disciple-making

I'm so excited to be jumping back in and talking a journey of disciple-making with two former summer staff.  They're both way past where they were the last time we were together (one's married and the other has a full-time teaching job).

My prayer and desire is that 1) Our time together would help us all follow Jesus.  2) That, after a time, they could be turned loose to disciple others in their spheres of influence.

Disciple-making continuing

I got a couple cool emails this week from past staff members who are still rocking the world for Jesus.  Here's some excerpts:

I met for the first time last week with 3 guys from my church. We are meeting Sunday morning at 8:30 at one of the guy's apartment a few blocks from the church (service starts at 10:00). Our first meeting we ate waffles, discussed our recent Bible reading, went over how God's been working in our lives, and prayed for each other. It was pretty informal, not sure yet how much more structure we will add in but I was pleased with our first meeting.

I learned that God really answers prayer even if it takes a while. I've been praying for young guys to rise up and take their faith seriously for some time now and I really hadn't been seeing much fruit....until [recently]. At retreat, 3 basketball players, 1 cross country runner, and 1 frat guy really came spiritually alive and are super eager to be "discipled." these guys have invited friends and we've started meeting on Monday nights to study the books of Timothy. As of last Monday, the group is me and 10 sophomores. Our sessions are very lively and filled with guys asking questions (3 of them have never read these books before!).

Camp Logo

A summer staff story shared a great story with me recently:

He had built a decent friendship with a fellow classmate who didn't know much of anything concerning the Bible, Jesus or the Good News.  But through this friendship the classmate knew that our staff member was a Christian.

At the end of one class his friend noticed the camp logo, both on his bag and another staff member's shirt.  (Two camp staff in the same class!  Hooray!)  His friend asked: "Do you guys go to the same church?"

Using that question, this staff member was able to explain what camp was all about.  Most importantly, he was able to explain the basics of the Gospel message clearly to his friend.  The conversation ended with an open door and invitation for future discussions.