No game face required!
As guys, we need to be purposeful in building friendships with other men. Yeah, I can call up my high school or college buddies or pop over to my neighbor’s garage, but expanding the friendship circle is something women are good at. me, not so much. And then when we think about hanging out with new friends from church, it takes tremendous effort for that to be comfortable. Especially when it comes to talking about spiritual things.
CTR’s Men’s Reaching Farther Conference Oct. 4-6 will give us the environment and the comfort level to make it a whole lot easier. It’s a weekend away at Green Lake Conference Center about an hour east of here, and they’ve got an amazing campus on the lake with outdoor activities. There are a number of accommodation options at Green Lake with different pricing, and we’re registering by phone this year. Check out our CTR Web site for more info.
Our guest speaker Mike Yankoski, who wrote the best-selling book Under the Overpass. It’s a chronicle of his 5-month experience as a homeless man, living on the streets of six American cities and taking great risks of faith to bring Christ’s love to the neediest of God’s people.
If you have questions about room or cabin rates or are ready to sign up, call (920) 294-3323.
Green Lake Conference Center is located just west of the city of Green Lake on State Hwy. 23 in south central Wisconsin.
The address is W2511 State Road 23 Green Lake, WI 54941
Categories: Men · Reaching Farther
Last Saturday about 120 men came to Christ the Rock Church’s Reaching Farther Breakfast. The quarterly breakfast event is put on by HIScommunity, CTR’s new name for our growing men’s ministry. Kudos to the 20 leaders who put this event together!
Here’s what HIScommunity super-volunteer John Dwiggins reports:
MEN REACHING FARTHER
By John Dwiggins
After some great fellowship and worship time, guest speaker Greg Bourgond, founder of the Heart of a Warrior ministry, inspired us with a message on how to leave a lasting and pleasing legacy in the lives of people we are called to serve. Greg also urged us to have a laser-like focus in life, serving God and others with the gifts, calling and abilities that He has blessed us with
After Greg’s message, three men shared their testimonies of how God is helping them reach farther by mentoring younger men, leading men in a Heart of a Warrior bible study and by witnessing to others and praying for them in their work environment.
CTR’s new Global Executive Director Norm Leatherwood shared how we can reach farther globally by meeting the physical needs of the hungry in the world, having compassion on others and by committing ourselves to have a real and sustained impact.
And Pastor John Slotten shared how in our local community, we can proclaim the gospel in our homes and neighborhoods, comfort others and meet physical needs through the OAKS ministry and the CTR food pantry.
Praise God for how He deeply impacted the men by all that happened at the breakfast! Eight men even signed up for a year-long commitment to learn how to become warriors after God’s own heart by completing the Heart of a Warrior training program.
We hope and pray that all that came will follow through on the “reaching farther” ideas the Lord gave them at the breakfast and that more men can be blessed by future HIScommunity activities in 2009.
Categories: Events · Men · Reaching Farther · Small Groups
Subscribe by Email
