Old Dogs, New Tricks

    Have you ever seen a skeptic converted?  Well, now you have.  I have to admit that for some time I have been a skeptic about the Homecoming and Gospel Rally at MACU, my alma mater. It was formerly, when I attended, Roanoke Bible College.  Since graduation, I have attended sporadically but I have never made it a priority.  Most of my reasons were fairly legitimate. Like most of you, I lead a busy life with ministry or career demands. I have a relatively large family.  There's seldom enough time in the day to do all I need to do.  So it was easy to crowd Gospel Rally out of my To Do list.  I did not really see it as a valuable priority. Until now.
    I made it a priority this year. I was speaking in Delaware and had to drive straight in on Thursday. It took some scheduling and planning and jumping through hoops.  Just what you need, more hoop jumping, right?  But it was worth it. I needed to be there, I just didn't know how much.
    At the moment, my life is in a state of flux. We are attempting to get to know a new church family while constantly on the road and preparing to embark on one of the most, thrilling, terrifying, and faith-stretching adventures of our lives.  I had no idea how much I needed some familiarity, some stability, some comfort.  I needed to see some old familiar faces in some old familiar places.  God used that day and half to remind me that I'm not alone. We have support. There are people who are going through the same things, and there are those who have gone before. We are surrounded by a "great cloud of witnesses." So we will continue to fix our eyes on Jesus and not grow weary and lose heart. (Hebrews 12:1-3)
    Don't misunderstand me.  If you didn't have time, I understand. If life was too busy, I understand. If your kid was sick, I understand. I'm not here to beat you down or guilt you. I'm here to say, it helped me; maybe it will help you. 
    So next year, if you can find time, do it.  Make it a priority. Like me, maybe you will find strength for the journey, a smile from an old friend, or a hug from an amazing saint. Possibly you'll hear that gentle whisper that you wouldn't have heard if you had not run far away for just a couple of days.
    You don't often see skeptics change, but I'm glad this one did.
 

Movement Makers!!!!!!! Sign up!

Sign ups for Movement Makers is here!
If you are willing to commit to praying for The Knightdale Movement when you receive a text or email, please sign up and we'll send you urgent or important prayer requests as they come up.

A few important things:
1. We wont' text you every hour.  Every two hours, tops. ;)
2. Don't feel bad if you can't commit. This is not for everyone.  You don't have to do a guilty sign up.
3. Thanks for considering being a Movement Maker Prayer Partner!
4. Of course, if you don't sign up, still pray!

Follow the link for easy sign up!!

http://vols.pt/661Gru

We're using VolunteerSpot (the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) to organize our upcoming Sign-ups.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our Sign-up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/661Gru
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.

We are excited to see what God will do through The Knightdale Movement as God's People pray!

Exciting News!!

We are excited to announce that we have an earth-shaking, Satan-scaring way for you to help the Knightdale Movement. It's called Movement Makers.  This is a way for some of you prayer warriors to help the Knightdale Movement make a huge impact in Knightdale and the surrounding community for the Kingdom of God! God is going to bless this effort only as much as we ask him to and we will ask!!!  We have learned so much about prayer during this time in our lives and we are so blessed to know that so many of you have been praying for us for some time now.  Movement Makers is an opportunity, for those of you who sign up, to receive emails or texts with major or urgent prayer requests. We understand that this is not for everyone.  If you can't commit to praying when you receive the alerts, don't feel obligated to sign up.  You have helped and will help in so many other ways. If you will commit to praying, we will begin sign ups during the next week and begin to share prayer requests after that. Thanks for being awesome and stay tuned!!

Question #3: When is your first service?

   When's the baby due?  When is a good time to ask that question of someone that you don't absolutely know is pregnant? The rule is: Never, Never, Never, Never, Never! Oh, and if you feel confident they are expecting...Never. It is however, perfectly fine to ask when the new church will begin meeting in Knightdale.  The look I get when I answer this question in person is something like this:

The answer to the question is sometime in the Fall of 2017.

    You, like others, may be wondering why it is so far in the future.  The simple reason is, there is a tremendous amount of work to do.  We are truly starting from scratch. There is no team, yet. There is no building, yet. There are very few potential attenders that we have met. But the people are there. We are already meeting some really great people that we want to share Jesus with and train them to do the same with others. The perfect space is out there for us. The team is out there and ready to go, whether they know it or not.  God knows it all and He has been revealing each part so far, as we need it. He will do the same for all the other pieces.  

    So, start praying for our launch in the Fall of 2017. God is listening!