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August News

Dear friends,

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.

I can?t believe its September already.

Family News:

We had probably one of the best family holidays we?ve ever had. We ended up in Turkey for a week.(last minute deals don?t you love them!) The girls loved it. India learned to swim, sandcastles were built and we had lots of quality time together. It was great, and just what we needed.

Tori and I are both enjoying leading our small group every Thursday. We?re really enjoying working together.  Please pray that God would continue to teach us how to pastor and lead the group into walking more closely with Jesus.

I recently read these quotes?

?Mission is to the church as burning is to fire? ? Emil Brunner

?God has called us to be a foretaste of the reign of God in the midst of the real world. That means, that not only do we have a message to announce, but we actually embody that message in our daily lives. We never conceive ourselves as local church with a missions programme, but we need to understand that we are in fact missionary congregations.? Tod Hunter

I just love that the Lord wants to use us, he wants us to become ?kingdom space? in this world, he wants us to embody and declare all he is. That each one of us are missionaries.

Couple of books that have recently inspired me?

Jesus for President Shane Claiborne,

The Radical Middle ? Bill Jackson

The way it was ? Carol Wimber

Just started Mother Theresa?s memoirs!! Looking forward to being challenged by her dedication, humility and love.

blessings

James