My Epic Journey

I had the great opportunity of having lunch with Adam Purcell, the Family Life Pastor at LifePoint Community Church.  We talked about life and ministry and had a great time, but one thing in particular stood out to me that he had said.

When challenging his leaders in relation to serving students he said there are three things he asks them to do:

1.  Pray

You can’t lead someone spiritually if you haven’t asked the Spirit to guide and help.  Prayer is one of those “must” that rarely ever happens.

2.  Prepare

Be ready to for what might come up with students.  Know what they are going through.  And if you are teaching a lesson, definitely take the necessary time to know and ingest the topic you are discussing.

3.  Pursue

Teens like to know they matter and one of the best ways to do that is to pursue them.  I’m not talking about during church or the EPIC teaching times, but outside of GPCC and EPIC.  Contact them through Facebook, text, or call them.  Meet with them for a shake or a burrito.  Show up at one of their sporting events.  Really, just love them throughout the week.

Thanks Adam, for this great reminder!

Excited about heading to Camp Otyokwah this weekend for an EPIC Vision retreat.  I am heading up tonight to spend time in prayer and planning and then will have some of the EPIC staff team join me Friday night and Saturday.

Here are some questions we posed to our leaders:

What do you want to see accomplished in EPIC in the next 365 days?

What does the process look like to achieve that goal?

What needs to be done to see that accomplished?

Who might we need to bring on to the team to help us achieve this goal?

Please pray that God would give us direction and peace concerning the vision for EPIC and the focus for the next 365 days for our students and their family’s. 

EPIC has a new website:  www.ourepicjourney.com.  Take some time to check it out.

I will still keep My EPIC Journey but it will be more personal thoughts on life, God, and ministry and won’t be so much about EPIC.