Journey Student Blog - 9/8/14 - week 2 of 12

GAME ON!
What an awesome Journey launch week we had last week! We have Journey events on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. One newcomer to CLC told us that she was absolutely thrilled with the choices we had to offer her to connect with other people.

 CONNECT GROUPS & EVENTS
A huge shout out to our Connect Group leaders plus our Men’s, Women’s, Singles, and Couples Network teams who are making things happen to connect people through fun activities. Information does not build the kingdom, relationships do.

JOURNEY INSERT
Our Journey insert debuted last Sunday in the bulletin. Each week you can use this insert as a handy reference guide to invite newcomers you may encounter to get connected. You can find it all on one sheet of paper or at www.clctn.org/journey.

 TABBETHA MULLER - JOURNEY AA        
Tabbetha can be found each Wednesday evening in the church office faithfully cranking out Journey projects. Next time you see her at her post, tell her thanks!

 SANCTUARY PRE-SET UP
Shout out to Pastor Jim who pre-set up the sanctuary last Wednesday night for the Journey launch. We will be doing it one final time this Wednesday. We will put the signs on the leader’s seat one last time. After this Wednesday, Journey leaders will be responsible for the group circle set up and take down. Please take special care to put the seats back in the order in which you found them in the area that your group meets.

 GS1 & JLE IN WORSHIP GOING FORWARD
Last Wednesday Grow Series 1 & Journey Leader Essentials met for an orientation at the CLC Ministry House. This week, we will be joining you for worship adding another 50 people for worship at 6:30pm in the sanctuary.

 JOURNEY DC CHILDCARE SUPPORT
We want to thank Adam Lindsey’s group for providing support to Upstreet this Wednesday night. We rotate our Journey Discipleship groups through serving in Upstreet as part of their discipleship training. We serve better together!

 QUESTIONS?
How can we help you? Just email me at drobertson@clctn.org.

 Best!
David

Headline News - 9/2/14 - Launch Week

IT’S GO TIME!

Tonight begins the rollout of the Journey Fall Trimester! We begin with the “Model Man” workshop with a dozen men. Wednesday, our discipleship coaching groups finish out their last trimester, and our focus & connect groups launch. Friday, our ladies focus groups are debuting for the Fall with wonderful leaders, wonderful group members, and wonderful curriculums.

ONLY 13 WEEKS TO GRADUATION

You are on the home stretch of your Journey Discipleship Experience! Let’s determine to finish strong. We will be waiting on you at the finish line to celebrate you with all sorts of honors.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

We are no longer accepting registration for our focus groups. The Journey Connection online form has been modified accordingly and our web site has now hidden the focus group pages.

WED NIGHT HEADS UP

Pastor Jim and I will be setting up the sanctuary with pre-configured meeting areas for all groups tomorrow afternoon. For the first time, we will be hosting our focus groups, connect groups, discipleship coaching groups, and Get Connected Group in the same room at the same time. This will take some skill to organize and allow it to flow tomorrow evening. I will print out a schematic of group locations to be handed out at the door and each circle will be labeled with the group leader(s) names.

Please plan on arriving early – 6:15pm would be ideal if possible. We will have worship as normal. After worship, the pastor that opens the service will release people to their groups.

THANK YOU MIKE DUGAN’S GROUP

Shout out to Mike Dugan’s DC group who will be serving in Upstreet this week!

GROW SERIES 1

Did you know we have close to 30 people in GS1 including leaders David & Deanna Fullerton / Larry & Pam Wiley? This is awesome. This group will begin at 6:30pm sharp at the CLC Ministry House.

JOURNEY LEADER ESSENTIALS

JLE has about 21 amazing leaders meeting at the CLC Ministry House at 6:30pm sharp in the Conference Room on WEDs. We have some established & emerging leaders we will be releasing soon in the Journey.

WOO HOO!

God is so good to us at CLC! The Journey Fall Trimester is at the starting gate and the fun has fired today! It’s off to the races!

Best!

David

 

 

 

 

 

Headline News - week 12 or 13 - 7/21/14

THANK YOU

Thanks to all of your for your patience as our normal Wednesday night schedule has been disrupted this Summer. This is unprecedented and we will work hard to prevent such a disruption in Journey meetings in the future.

UPDATE ON RICHARD DETWILER

I just had the wonderful pleasure of speaking over the phone with Richard & Donna at St. Thomas – Mid Town Hospital. Richard is recovering from a brain aneurysm incident. His procedure last Monday was successful and today he was sharp as ever and talking about CLC people and Journey focus groups in our conversation. This couple are troopers and are so committed to the body of Christ and kingdom of God. Please continue to pray for Richard’s complete and thorough recovery. If all goes well, he should be released from the hospital this week.

VBS SETUP

Thanks in advance to those of you who will come out this Wednesday evening to help set up for our huge VBS summer outreach scheduled for this weekend. This is a tremendous opportunity for children in our neighborhood and beyond to come and receive the gospel at a level of their understanding. VBS is always tons of fun for the kids and more importantly a prime opportunity for young people to meet Christ as their Lord and Savior. Remember, an adult never stands so talk as when they stoop to help a child.

If you would like to come out and pray or help set up, please join the CLC family and pitch in. If you would like to volunteer to serve in some capacity this weekend in VBS, contact Renae at rluketic@clctn.org.

GRADUATION DINNER

Plans are in full swing to honor our graduating discipleship coaching groups:

·       Amanda Carrol/Pam Wiley

·       Mickie Porter

·       Larry Wiley/Randall Broad

·       Chris Muller/Austin Carroll

The catered meal is scheduled for delivery, graduation t-shirts are ready to award, your letters from the Advisory Team are written, tables are already set up. All we need is our graduates to arrive at 6:15pm at the CLC house on Wednesday, July 30^th. We have some surprises in store for you!

For those groups that are not graduating, you may feel free to meet off-site or join Cliff Sharp in the sanctuary as he completes his 2-part series on Greenhouse Ministries.

SHOOTING UP A FLARE! NEW COUPLE TO CLC NEEDS HELP!

I met a lady at the Discover Lunch yesterday named Kisha whose husband is driving a moving van from New York to Murfreesboro this week. I asked her who was helping her unload and they don’t know anybody in our town. I gave her my cell # and asked her to call me when she knew when he would be arriving. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get up a group from CLC to go over and help them unload their moving van? Would you be willing to do that? If you would email me, I will text you time and address for your GPS to drop by and lend a helping hand. What an opportunity to make a good impression to this new family to our community. No strings attached just the love of God manifest in a practical way!

WOMEN’S CONNECTION BRUNCH

Ladies, mark your calendars to attend to the Women’s Connection Brunch on Saturday, August 2 from 10-11:30am at the church sanctuary. Ladies are asked to bring a breakfast side dish and the main course will be provided. There will be lots of fellowship fun time plus an “preview of coming attractions” time to let ladies know how you can get connected in the Fall. Here’s what I’d like to ask – please use your influence as a leader at CLC and invite ladies you know are not connected, new to the church, or in your friendship circle to come with you to this event. The personal touch is how we are going to populate our Journey groups this Fall and build kingdom relationships. Please sign up for this event at this link here.

MEN’S ROUND UP TIME

Brothers, please plan on coming to the Men’s Round Up Time on Saturday, August from NOON-3pm at the church sanctuary. We will be having corn-hole toss, a Chili Cook Off, and also sharing a “preview of coming attractions” for men to connect this Fall. Please plan on coming and bringing some men with you that you would like to see go to a Men’s Freedom Weekend, get involved in a Journey group, or attend our upcoming Men’s Retreat with Hal Santos late August. Please sign up for this event at this link here.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S FREEDOM WEEKENDS

·       Men’s Retreat – August 15-17, 2014 – special guest speaker: Joe McGee – sign up here

·       Women’s Retreat – August 22-24, 2014 – sign up here

Best!

David

Journey Student Blog - week 11 of 13 - 7/14/14

THANK YOU

Always thankful for being in relationship with you and doing a great work for God along-side of you.

REMEMBER RICHARD

Richard Detwiler, our Focus Group Leader Captain (along with his wife Donna) is undergoing a surgical procedure putting a stent in his brain to stop an aneurysm as I type this note to you. As you read this, please stop for a moment and breathe a prayer for him and Donna. They will need our prayers and encouragement in the days and weeks ahead as we trust God for Richard’s full and complete recovery.

EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES

As I announced at church yesterday, due to the death of CLCer Terry Patient, we will be having his funeral viewing this WED from 10am-4pm and the funeral at 4pm. The family will need to use the facility and campus after the funeral so we are having to cancel the normal service, Student Ministry, and Journey meetings. Journey groups are encouraged to meet offsite on WED or at an alternate time. Please don’t allow the interruption of our schedule to prevent you from finishing the Summer Trimester strong.

VBS SET UP NIGHT

Next Wednesday, July 23^rd, we are inviting all Journey groups who are able to please come and help set up the entire church building for VBS which will occur the weekend of July 25-26. Thank you for your kind patience everybody as we work together as a family on this community outreach in the Year of Missions.

JULY 30^TH

The last Wednesday of the Summer Trimester is going to be an exciting night for us at CLC. Here’s the plan:

·       Graduation Dinner at the CLC Ministry House for the 4 groups who will be graduating (this will replace the traditional “Celebration Service” this trimester

·       There is a 99.9% chance that Cliff Sharp will be concluding his 2-part series in the sanctuary on this night

·       Journey groups can meet offsite in a make-up meeting to compensate for some of the Wednesdays we have missed

STUDENT SURVEYS

This is the last week I will release the Student Surveys. DCs: please verify that each of your group members will complete the survey. Here is the direct link:

https://clcevents.wufoo.com/forms/journey-student-body-evaluation/

THE BIG Q

What do you want or need and how can we help you?

Best!

David

David

Headline News - 7/1/14 - week 9

TRIMESTER 3 CURRICULUM WORKAROUND
In week 9 of the 3rd trimester, the My Work Life video link is broken. The video message no longer exists at this point. I have called tech support to try and get a digital workaround in video or audio format. In the meantime, I have posted a transcript of the message for you to get a word-for-word transcript of the message so at least you will have that. This is one of the reasons in 2015 Pastor Ron will be re-doing all the videos in house so eliminate such issues. Thanks for your patience!

CELEBRATION DINNER FOR JOURNEY GRADUATES
On Wednesday, July 30th, four Journey groups will be graduating. In an effort to make this as special as possible, we will not be hosting our usual Celebration Service with snacks but will host a private catered dinner for the graduating students, coaches & interns of those four groups. This totals about 24 people. We will host this during the normal service time at the CLC house.

GRADUATION VIDEO TESTIMONIES
In preparation for this event, Dale, Christy, and David will be asking for g comments from each graduate via our cell phone video cameras. We will ask you a couple of questions to capture a few of your thoughts.

Let's all determine to finish this Summer Trimester strong!

David

Headline News - week 6 of 12 - 6/9/14

SAYING GOODBYE 

Kevin & Marcy Ricc's last Sunday at CLC will be this Sunday, June 15. Their son David, who completed the Journey and went to 4 Freedom Weekends, has already moved to North Carolina where the family will join him this weekend. Kevin & Marcy are asking for help in loading their moving vans this Friday evening and Saturday. They need to load 2 moving trucks in 48 hours. What an opportunity to lend a hand! This would be a perfect micro-mission for a Journey group, men or women.

We are trying to get a moving party together for FRI night & SAT morning. The Rice live at 3306 Robinwood Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37128. Kevin's cell # is 615-481-1654.

If you would be willing to help, even for 1 hour, it would be awesome. Please RSVP to me at drobertson@clctn.org.

UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS

Here is another incredible opportunity for individuals or groups to get directly involved in local missions. Pastor Ron has declared 2014 to be the Year of Missions, and UDMD are a prime opportunity to live out Matthew 5:16 and "let our light shine before that they may see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven." So far, we have had 6 people sign up. The City is asking for 200. Would you like to come out for 2 hours and make a difference? Click here.

DC HUDDLES

Dale Kelsey & Christy Sanford hosted the Summer Trimester Huddle at Panera Bread yesterday. What a great group of discipleship coaches we have! Thanks to everyone who participated and or contributing your ideas on taking the Journey from good to great!

GOOD TO GREAT

Now is your window to add your creativity and experience in our attempt to improve the Journey Discipleship Experience. People tend to support what they help create. That's why we want your ideas! Please email me your thoughts on how we can do better and take the Journey to the next level.

WEB SITE  MAKEOVER

One good-to-great idea has already been implemented - the upgrade of the Journey web site. Check it out here.

CONNECTION ACTIVITIES

Bill & Holly Rawnsely are doing a great job coordinating connection activities for fun & fellowship. We are still responding to the 60-second survey that we released where folks told us what they would like to do to have fun with fellow CLCers. Well, now is your chance! You can see what's going on and get involved here.

THE BIG Q SURVEY

Check out how we are reaching out to Christian Lifers in an attempt to connect the dots between what they want or need and how we can serve them in the Journey. Check out the survey here.

Let's continue to press into His presence!

David

Headline News | week 5 of 12 | 6/2/14

CONNECTION WEEKEND A SUCCESS

Rejoicing in the great connections that were made at our first-ever Connection Weekend sponsored by the Journey. 

Hats off to Bill & Holly Rawnsley, our Advisory Team members who oversee Connect Groups & connection activities. The Rawnsleys and their team of coordinators provided a chance for a bunch of people, included those brand new to CLC, to connect. I'm told the ladies had a great time at the "I Love Lucy Bible Study, the canoe trips were a big hit, the frisbee golf totally rocked out and the boys want to do it again asap, and the two coffee times at JoZoara's were well attended. Also, we had at least 55 couples/singles participate in the Lunch Buddy Surprise Sunday connection op. More fun times coming in June, July, and August. 

JOURNEY WEB SITE MAKEOVER

Check out our newly overhauled Journey site complete with professionally designed artwork and a simplified interface. Click here to go there now. 

UNCLE DAVID MACON DAYS

Over 30,000 people will flood into Murfreesboro for the #1 music festival of its kind in TN on July 11-13. The City is asking CLC to contribute about 100+ volunteers to help with hospitality, set up/take down, and prayer walking. This is a perfect "micro mission" for any Journey group to mobilize your troops and make a big difference in just a 2-hour volunteer window. You'll get free tickets, wear a special t-shirt, and get to serve God all at the same time. Please consider casting vision to your group to work the event together. To sign up for a time to volunteer that works with your schedule, click here. 

THE BIG Q

So, what do you want or need and how can we help you?

I believe in you!

Daviddrobertson@clctn.orgdrobertson@clctn.org