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