Men's Retreat

It is such a good thing for men to spend time with one another, really engaging in one another's lives. It's a shame that we just don't do it that often. This weekend, we took a group of about 30 guys on a men's retreat at Doe River Gorge. This was our first of what we hope to be many future weekends like this where we provide young men with strong biblical teaching as well as opportunity for fun and fellowship with each other. We were blessed to have a strong group of male leaders with us for the weekend providing great teaching from God's Word and amazing times of worship through music and song.

The message for the weekend came from a couple of sources: the passage John 10:10 where Christ speaks to the abundant life that He desires to give us and also the lesser life that Satan wants us to settle for as well and the life and call of Gideon to step up and listen to God's call in his life. While we had a number of powerful times together learning from God's word, we also had some good old fashioned fun together playing an intense game of kickball as well as flag football in the pouring rain that almost became sleet. And of course it wouldn't have been a men's weekend without some video games as we even found a little time for some playstation.

Our hope is that this weekend was one of encouragement and challenge for these young men. We know that God desires for them to be men of integrity and men of His Word. Maybe some of these guys were already pursuing that. Maybe some were challenged by this call for the first time this weekend. I do know that this was a special group of guys for whom it was my privilege to serve. May God continue to transform them into leaders who stand and respond when the Lord calls them to a life of abundance.

by His grace,
Seth

Where will God take you?

If you didn't know already, The Well had it's annual Missions Fair last night as part of our normal Wednesday worship gathering. Each Fall, we set aside one of our Wednesday nights to focus specifically on missions and our call to take the gospel to the nations.

The Missions Fair is great for so many reasons, but maybe the best part is watching students interact with representatives from different mission organizations and knowing that some of them are being impacted that very night for the rest of their lives. How cool is it to think that these students may be beginning an entire new chapter of their life, maybe leading them to a different people and a different culture and maybe even for the rest of their lives.

Each year, we have students whose hearts are deeply impacted on this night by God's call in their lives. For some it has been a stirring already deep within them that just needed a little catalyst. For others, they are blown away for the first time by the concept of going out into the world to serve God's Kingdom.

It is definitely our privilege to provide a place for students to be made aware of ways in which they might serve within God's global plan. It is always a blessing to meet the representatives of the different organizations and agencies that attend. They are so excited about the chance to meet students and share with them what God is doing in the world from their particular perspective.


Who will be impacted?
Where will they go?
How will God use them?

Maybe it's a week, a spring break. Maybe it's a summer. Maybe it's a lifetime. Only time will tell. We can only pray that God is calling each of us to accomplish His purpose right where we are, and that we will respond.

for His glory,
Seth