Come One, Come All!
From July 25th to July 30th, Rejoice! is going on a Road Trip. Our hope is to have 15-20 adults go on the trip.
Our purpose is to experience and learn from other churches around the Upper Midwest about how to plant churches and grow mission.
Our preliminary itinerary is below:
Wednesday (July 25)
Community of Hope Lutheran Church Rosemount, MN
CoH is 5 year-old mission church that has miraculous growth…they were a daughter church birthed out of 4 mega-churches on the Southside of the Twin Cities.
(4.25 hours travel time) http://www.cohlc.org/
-Meet with their staff in the afternoon
-Worship with CoH at 7 p.m.
-Late Supper in Minneapolis at Black Forest Cafe
Thursday (July 26)
Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, IA
(Main Campus & New NorthBranch Campus)
LCoH is the fastest growing church in the ELCA. NorthBranch is their new daughter church that was planted a little over a year ago.
(3.25 hours travel time http://www.hopewdm.org/, http://www.hopenorthbranch.org/
-Leave MN early
-Experience VBS in the Afternoon
-Dinner with some staff from NorthBranch
-Worship at Main Campus’ 20-Something Worship @ 8:30 p.m. http://www.beimmersed.com/
From July 25th to July 30th, Rejoice! is going on a Road Trip. Our hope is to have 15-20 adults go on the trip.
Our purpose is to experience and learn from other churches around the Upper Midwest about how to plant churches and grow mission.
Our preliminary itinerary is below:
Wednesday (July 25)
Community of Hope Lutheran Church Rosemount, MN
CoH is 5 year-old mission church that has miraculous growth…they were a daughter church birthed out of 4 mega-churches on the Southside of the Twin Cities.
(4.25 hours travel time) http://www.cohlc.org/
-Meet with their staff in the afternoon
-Worship with CoH at 7 p.m.
-Late Supper in Minneapolis at Black Forest Cafe
Thursday (July 26)
Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, IA
(Main Campus & New NorthBranch Campus)
LCoH is the fastest growing church in the ELCA. NorthBranch is their new daughter church that was planted a little over a year ago.
(3.25 hours travel time http://www.hopewdm.org/, http://www.hopenorthbranch.org/
-Leave MN early
-Experience VBS in the Afternoon
-Dinner with some staff from NorthBranch
-Worship at Main Campus’ 20-Something Worship @ 8:30 p.m. http://www.beimmersed.com/
Friday (July 27)
Kaw Prairie Community Church, Lenexa, KS
KPCC is a mission plant in suburban KC about 3 years ahead of Rejoice! KPCC has just begun to pursue their first building project
(3 hours travel time AM) http://www.kawprairie.org/
-Leave for KC in early morning
-Meet with staff in late morning
-Tour worship location and see plans for future
-Early evening Dinner with Pastor Dan for Q&A
-Get on the road for Cincinatti…arrive late at night. (Travel Time 8.5 hours PM)
Saturday (July 28)
Cincinnati Vineyard Community Church & LifePoint Vineyard Church
CVCC is one of the largest churches in the US. They are known worldwide for their love of people and their love to serve people. Founding pastor Steve Sjogren literlly wrote the book on servant evangelism CVCC recently sent one of their pastors, Andy Ransdell, to birth a new daughter church (LifePoint Vineyard Church) in the greater Cincinnati area
(www.lifepointvineyard.com/ www.vineyardcincinnati.com/
-Do a Servant Evangelism project with CVCC in the afternoon
-Meet for Q&A with Pastor Shawn Michael Murphy for Q&A
-Worship @ CVCC 6:30 p.m. (EST)
-Meet for Q&A with someone from LifePoint
Kaw Prairie Community Church, Lenexa, KS
KPCC is a mission plant in suburban KC about 3 years ahead of Rejoice! KPCC has just begun to pursue their first building project
(3 hours travel time AM) http://www.kawprairie.org/
-Leave for KC in early morning
-Meet with staff in late morning
-Tour worship location and see plans for future
-Early evening Dinner with Pastor Dan for Q&A
-Get on the road for Cincinatti…arrive late at night. (Travel Time 8.5 hours PM)
Saturday (July 28)
Cincinnati Vineyard Community Church & LifePoint Vineyard Church
CVCC is one of the largest churches in the US. They are known worldwide for their love of people and their love to serve people. Founding pastor Steve Sjogren literlly wrote the book on servant evangelism CVCC recently sent one of their pastors, Andy Ransdell, to birth a new daughter church (LifePoint Vineyard Church) in the greater Cincinnati area
(www.lifepointvineyard.com/ www.vineyardcincinnati.com/
-Do a Servant Evangelism project with CVCC in the afternoon
-Meet for Q&A with Pastor Shawn Michael Murphy for Q&A
-Worship @ CVCC 6:30 p.m. (EST)
-Meet for Q&A with someone from LifePoint
Sunday (July 29)
Mars Hill Bible Church, Grandville, MI
MHBC is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. Rob Bell, its mission developer pastor has written several books and is a well respected Christian speaker.
(Travel time 5.5 hours) (http://www.marshill.org/)
-Worship @ LifePoint 10:30 a.m.
-Travel to Michigan
-Worship @ MHBC 6:00 p.m.
Mars Hill Bible Church, Grandville, MI
MHBC is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. Rob Bell, its mission developer pastor has written several books and is a well respected Christian speaker.
(Travel time 5.5 hours) (http://www.marshill.org/)
-Worship @ LifePoint 10:30 a.m.
-Travel to Michigan
-Worship @ MHBC 6:00 p.m.
Monday (July 30)
Home (12 hours travel time)
-Leave Grand Rapids early in the morning
-Take the Ferry from Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, WI
-Then travel through WI through MN to SD
Home (12 hours travel time)
-Leave Grand Rapids early in the morning
-Take the Ferry from Ludington, MI to Manitowoc, WI
-Then travel through WI through MN to SD
3 comments:
What a fantastic opportunity to learn from those who have walked this path before us! It will be time well spent to discern what may work and not work for Rejoice! I feel the travel time discussing and praying will be as important as the visits themselves. I pray that I can be a part of this exciting step in our journey together. How about you?
I just can’t wait to get ON THE ROAD AGAIN (Willie Nelson) with my friends from Rejoice! It will be so much fun to see AMERICA (Simon and Garfunkel) IN MY CAR (Beach Boys). Hopefully, we won’t be RUNNING ON EMPTY (Jackson Browne) and we won’t suffer from WHITE LINE FEVER (Merle Haggard). When this trip is over, I’ll feel like I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE (Johnny Cash) and I may just want to TAKE IT EASY (Eagles). However, I truly think that this Road Trip will give Rejoice! a servant heart that will make us feel like we were BORN TO RUN (Bruce Springsteen)!
Seriously, our First Annual Road Trip will be a wonderful opportunity to not only get to know our Rejoice! family a little better, but a time to look, listen, and learn from mission churches who have truly made a difference for the Kingdom. I hope you can join us!
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