Jedidiah

This past Christmas break, Chad Jacobsen, Calla Johnson and I created a three day discipleship camp.

We met each day at one o’clock at Chad’s grandparents’ old farm house. Our sessions began with some bible study and prayer. Then we headed out for a day of service. We returned each night to make dinner followed by worship in the basement.

The first day we drove to Des Moines and volunteered at Hope Ministries. Some of us helped prepare a meal at the shelter for battered women and their kids while others of us sorted clothing at a processing center for their thrift store.

Day two we volunteered at the Girls and Boys Club in Adair. This was a great time of fun and fellowship with these school-aged kids.

Day three we had a fun day of bowling before we made homemade pizza, an intensive bible study/worship/prayer meeting and a late night New Years Eve party.

Thoughts:

At first I was a little disappointed with the turn out. But God put the right number of people in our group each day. We were so blessed to have Ashley Danner and T-Rob, two college kids back to help. They are the best- strong Christians and good hearts. It was great to see the bond that Ashley and Kiah have. They were close during wrestling last year and that connection was rekindled.

Isn’t this what the EC is all about? We had no building, no titles, no boundaries. We had the bible, our love of Christ and our willingness to share His love with each other and the world. This model of discipleship is what I long for. No longer do the stage and pageantry of the big mega-churches impress me. I want a small circle of believers that will hold hands, pray, sing, laugh, read, share, serve, love—and cling to Christ.

Lord- may the emerging church flourish. AMEN.