Fight Club: Men's Conference

Fellow Acts 29 Network Pastor, Jason Martin, of the Journey Church in Atlanta is hosting a day-long men's conference on Aug. 1.

Talk One: Why the church needs fighting men (Scott Thomas - Executive Pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle and Director of Acts 29 Network)

Talk Two: Fighting for Gospel Transformation in your Family (Keith Watson - Acts 29 Member, Pastor of New City Church in Macon, GA)

Talk Three: Fighting for Gospel Transformation in your Job (Leonce Crump - Acts 29 Candidate and planting Renovation Church in Atlanta)

Talk Four: Fighting for Gospel Transformation in you Time (Matt Adair - Acts 29 Member and and Pastor of Christ Community Church in Watkinsville, GA)

Talk Five: Fighting for Gospel Transformation over your flesh (Jason Martin - Acts 29 Member, host pastor)

Talk Six: Fighting for Gospel Transformation in your Church (Scott Thomas)

The conference is from 8:30 - 5 and cost will be low. Sign up by filling out a connect card at our worship gatherings, or by emailing Pastor Kurt (kurt@mdcasheville.org).

Men's Midrash (מדרש)

I will try to conclude the John 8 post in the next week or so, but have been sidetracked by various events at Missio lately.

We have been planning to kick off the fall with our first "public" gatherings. Up to this point, we have been trying to develop a core group to develop a Gospel embracing community. Over the past several weeks, I have been developing our theology of community and Bryan and I have been teaching the various aspects of that community (possibly fodder for more posts on this blog). Two of the main aspects we have been developing include small group life and service to the city. Developing these has been time constraining, and has kept me from blogging, but as things are being put into place, I will have more time to publish.

That said, we are holding our first Midrash tonight at Barley's Taproom. Midrash is a Hebrew term that involves study, interpretation, and commentary. For four weeks, we will discuss various questions about Jesus. tonight we will ask, "Is Jesus the only God?" We've had a decent number of our guys sign up and look forward to some good discussion.