Shades of Blue
Dear All,
Tuesday’s Bottom Line:
The Tuesday DM Summit for more than 100 current disciple-makers group members has concluded successfully!!! On Wednesday our team will lead a Coaches Summit for all the leaders of those groups.
Tuesday’s Prayer Requests:
1. The Holy Spirit to speak through Wilson and Angelica, Scott, and Mark and Whitney during Wednesday’s Coaches Summit to give the coaches the tools they need to press forward in discipling their group members well.
2. Good health, strength, and clear direction for our team during – and beyond – this mission trip.
3. All the necessary preparation to be completed for the pastoral couples at last week’s Tandem Conference to begin attending their new online DM groups later this week!
Tuesday’s Details:
Today our team had the high honor of encouraging and challenging a great many Filipino believers who are currently in DM groups, along with their coaches (group leaders). Everybody had matching blue Philippines Disicple-Makers Movement shirts, except for the several new people who came to learn about raising disciple-makers and hopefully join a group. = )
The day began with worship…
… followed by a series of teaching sessions by various leaders, including, but not limited to:
In between sessions, the coaches met with their groups to discuss the topics being presented. The groups scattered over the property, both inside and out, and discussed not only what they were learning, but how to implement it in their own lives.
Like the speakers throughout the day, the coaches emphasized to their disciples the idea that, having received and grown so much by being in their own DM group, they were now responsible to provide those same opportunities to others. That is, they were being challenged to raise more disciple-makers.
And 24 of those disciples took the challenge! They made a public commitment to step up and coach a group of their own!
The two main goals of today’s DM Summit were to encourage the attendees and challenge them to carry the baton forward by coaching their own groups, and thanks to God, our leadership team, and your prayers, those goals were met!
The attendees at today’s DM Summit who are DM group members (disciples) have now returned home, but the coaches are staying for the all-day Coaches Summit on Wednesday (Tuesday night MO time). This will be a more intimate time of ministry and training, and we are expecting God to empower these coaches for whatever they will face in this next season!
Two of my personal goals in these updates are to communicate how much we appreciate you and encourage you to pray faithfully for this ministry, especially during this missions trip. So, THANK YOU, and PLEASE PRAY for the above requests today.
Blessings,
Patty