Meat Man March 30, 2013

Chris finished up his church plant residency at Cedar Ridge Christian Church in February.  While it was an awesome learning experience for him, it feels good to get that wrapped up.  Next on the agenda — get a part time job to make money and meet people. 

 

In mid-March, Chris got a job at the HyVee grocery store on Barry Road.  And the best part?  He works in the meat department!  Years of hunting and eating meat makes him a perfect fit for this job! 

 

Maybe that’s not the best part though…..maybe the best part is the nifty hat he gets to wear.  Freshhhh!

 

 

He has to shave for this job.  It’s taken me a while to get used to seeing him without some kind of facial hair!  HyVee’s catchy slogan is “a helpful smile in every aisle.”  Here is Chris modeling his “helpful smile.” 

 

 

So if you’re in the market for some fresh meat, go see Chris at HyVee!  His hours vary but he usually works the 3-10pm shift several times a week. 

 

Paul made tents during his ministry……Chris sells meat.  Do your thing.  

 

~Stefanie~

The Common Place March 19, 2013

As we head toward Easter weekend may we continually be reminded of the good news of Jesus — his life, death, resurrection and reign.

We continue to meet on Sunday afternoons to focus on the “Good News” and how it should sink into every facet of our lives. We are excited to have another family in our neighborhood joining us on Sundays, which has brought a couple more kiddos into the mix. We are planning a 1st Century Jewish meal to share together on Good Friday and while we eat we will focus on the biblical accounts of the night of Jesus’ arrest.

We are now referring to our little gospel community as The Common Place. Our desire is to experience and share the story of Jesus in everyday life. I am working on a very simple website that will help communicate who we are and Who we are about. I will let you all know when we are up and running.

The Common Place is in the process of switching all financial support over to Converge Heartland. Converge will be taking care of our financial records over the next 2-3 years. This week we will be mailing out a large number of letters in order to update everyone on where we are at on this journey. Included in those letters will be information on Converge Heartland as well as how to partner with us through financial and prayer support. If you have been giving through The Heartland Project please click on the Pray/Invest tab at the top of this page to find out new information for giving through Converge (or just wait for the letter in the mail).

PARTNERSHIP
Over the next few months we will be highlighting some of our formal and relational partners.

River Community Church Dell Rapids, South Dakota

“Commissioned and supported by our mother church, Central Valley Community Church, a small group of believers started meeting in 2005 to dream about what a church plant in Dell Rapids, SD might look like. We committed ourselves to “making God’s glory known and felt through worship, outreach, growth and love”. After a couple of “preview” services, we launched our first public service in Easter of 2006. We’ve been slowly growing ever since. We typically have 75-100 people participate on a Sunday morning.

We are constantly aiming to win the lost in our community, to develop disciples, to show love to each other and to Dell Rapids, to raise up leaders, to train pastors and missionaries and to plant churches. In 2008, we planted Christ Fellowship and in 2011 our associate pastor planted Zao Community Church. We’ve had 4 different “student pastors” and a couple interns on staff so that they might be trained for pastoral ministry. And we’ve partnered with other churches in our network to form the Timothy Pastoral Apprenticeship, a free, church-centric alternative to traditional seminary.”