MARCH
2015


CPW
DIALOG
Courageous 
Living & Leading

 
CPW Biennial, April 24-25 in Sacramento: Courageous Living and Leading

 

God is calling all Converge churches and leaders to rise up with courage to envision who He wants us to be, what He desires for us to do together, and how He will use us to impact this generation with the gospel. This is all unfolding at CPW's Biennial Meeting in Midtown Sacramento. 

 

President Scott Ridout will be providing keynote addresses on Friday evening and Saturday morning, April 24-25, on Courageous Living and Leading. We will be celebrating God's transforming work through Converge churches and will be invited to engage in Better Church Starting and Strengthening that will transform even more lives and communities here, near, and far away!

 

Lead Pastors and wives are invited to become acquainted with Converge's new Presidential Couple, Scott and Lisa Ridout, Friday afternoon, April 24. This includes a one-hour Pastoral Coaching Intro from President Ridout. 

 

Pastors, church staff, and all board members and their spouses are invited to the President's Dinner on Friday evening, and ALL Converge church folks are invited to the sessions on Friday evening and Saturday morning. To register, go to www.convergepacwest.com/biennial. Here's a quick overview of the schedule and details:

 


Our Sacramento churches are partnering to host the event with worship, special music, and children's ministry support.  Fun Sacramento activities can be planned around the meeting schedule for any who can spend time exploring and enjoying California's Capitol City! 

 

You'll not want to miss this important time of looking back, in, out, and ahead... together!

 

Trusting Jesus to lead us,

 

David Yetter

Executive Minister 

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Praises and Prayer Requests for CPW Day of Prayer, Tuesday, March 10

Praise God for Central Community Church of Fresno, led by Pastor Henry and Eleanor Pauls, and the launch of Central's Spanish-speaking congregation, led by Pastor Jimmy and Maria Garcia, on February 1st. 

Thank God for the Sacramento pastor's gathering last month at the Brickhouse for prayer, planning, and getting acquainted. It was attended by Pastors Chris Lovelace, Ernie Cabrera, Huong Nguyen, Luis Lopez, Tim Pearring, and Terry Morgan. They and their congregations are partnering to support the Biennial Meeting, April 24-25.


Praise the Lord for the Haiti Team from NewCov and Golden Hills that was able to do eye-screening in preparation for a follow-up team going this month. Read Tim Augustine's report here!


Continue to pray that God will lead us to realize in 2015... 
  • BetterGospelSharing (6% of weekend attendance baptized): it was exciting to hear of recent baptisms taking place in Dunlap, Fresno, Brentwood, Sacramento, Oakland, and Natomas!
  • BetterChurchHealth (70% of churches growing): we're so thankful to see God growing His church in Oakland, Santa Clara, Tracy, Delano, Fresno, and Antioch!
  • BetterPastorFitness (75% of pastors in LEAD Teams, 50% being coached)
  • BetterChurchStarting (6% church start rate in PacWest) -- see first praise report above! Also plans underway for new congregations in Brentwood and Mountain House.
  • BetterWorldImpact (100% of churches making gospel difference here, near, and far away) -- see Haiti praise report above.

 

Dr. David Clark, Dean of Bethel Seminary, at Apologetics Conference at NewCov in February
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