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 Tools & Trainings E-Newsletter Issue 26 April 23, 2009
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We are excited about all that is going on in the Organic Church Movement world...amazing! We want to make sure and invite you to jump in with the Bride in the USA and pray for our country on our National Day of Prayer- Thursday, May 7th. Many cities and regions are having special events at city hall and you can find out about local ones at www.NationalDayofPrayer.org.
Enjoy the goodies below!
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Upcoming Trainings- Organic Greenhouse
 Phoenix, AZ // Story 1
April 24-26, 2009
Walk up Registration available for this weekend!
Mobile, AL // Story 1
May 1-2, 2009
for United Methodist Churches
Dayton, OH // Story 1
August 21-22
Trainings in the planning stages for 2009:
Atlanta, GA // Story 1 // October
Alberta, Canada // Story 1
Chicago, IL // Story 2
San Diego, CA // Story 1
Westwood, CA (UCLA) // Story 1
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Other Organic Church Learning Opportunities
Exponential Conference 09
April 20-23, 2009
Neil Cole will be presenting. More info HERE
Moving Beyond Business As Usual: Making
Evangelism and Discipleship a Priority in Ministry- RCA Pastor's
Conference
May 4, 2009
Byron Center, Michigan
Neil Cole will be presenting here More info HERE
 Student Church
Planting ExperienceJuly 19-31, 2009
Lawrence,
Kansas
More info HERE- http://campuschurch.net/
2010 CMA Conference
January 28-30, 2010 > Save The Date
@ The Grand
Long Beach, California |
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Featured Resources
The Forgotten Ways Handbook: A Practical Guide for Developing Missional Churches
 by Alan Hirsch with Darren Altclass
Just released...get it before Amazon and just as
cheap!
The practical guide for developing missional churches implementing the principles
from the best-seller The Forgotten Ways. This is actually advancing the concepts and bringing them down into the place
where they can truly ignite change.
Special SALE Items
For the whole list of resources on Sale >> click HERE
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Featured Article
Your Mama Told You Wrong
by Erin McCrum
One thing my mom taught me when I was growing up in the 70's in America was
not to invite myself over to others' houses. I expect the reason for this was
so as not to put the potential host in a bad position - a position of choosing
to either reject my request or allow me to intrude on their plans for the
evening. If my request was accepted, my friend's mother may have to go out of
her way to accommodate me by changing her original plans. If your friend or
acquaintance wants to invite you over, he or she will - so goes the traditional
thinking.
This seems to make good sense. But I don't think the underlying assumption -
that if your friend or acquaintance wants you to come over, he will invite you
himself - is necessarily true. Sometimes people may not know it is an option
for you to come over - they might think that you wouldn't want to or that you
might be too busy. They may not have ever thought of inviting you over for
whatever reason. They might be shy. They might be busy and haven't taken the
time to plan for you to come over. But if you ask, they may be happy for you to
come over. They might be pleasantly surprised by your self-invitation...
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