Well, I'm here, blogging live from the 2008 Purpose Driven Community Gathering at Saddleback Church in Lake Forrest, CA. Wow, what a campus; and more importantly, what a privilege it is to be here at this event.
Linda and I are the guests of Dale and Judi Dawson, founders of Bridge2Rwanda. Dale is one of the conference speakers, as are others such as Mark Driscoll, Miles McPherson, Dave Ferguson, Jonathon Falwell, Mark Batterson, Dave Gibbons and, of course, Rick Warren.
Billed as a "invitation only" community gathering of senior pastors and businessmen, Rick Warren writes, "The goal of this summit is action, not merely discussion. We live in critical days. So each church will be asked to select a country and begin a P.E.A.C.E. project, working directly with an overseas church. We will provide a list of P.E.A.C.E. project requests from around the world. As James said, we must be 'doers of the word, not hearers only.'
Mosaic's work within the local community in Little Rock, including food and clothing distribution among the poor as well as it's involvement in "Antioch" of Asia, etc., make it a church well in mind and positioned for partnership w/the new P.E.A.C.E. Coalition that is being launched with this conference.
So, over the next few says, I'll do my best to keep you informed wharing once a day one or more of the more significant things we experience and learn here this week.
Pastor Mark my husband and I had the privilege of hearing you this past weekend at New Life Providence. I am reading your book as we speak and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the sessions.
Posted by: DisneyCyndi | May 20, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Great to hear from you, Cyndi! If you're interested, share a review of the book when you're finished reading it at http://www.amazon.com/Building-Healthy-Multi-ethnic-Church-Congregation/dp/0787995517.
And by the way, glad you're now part of the Glue family of readers:-) M-
Posted by: Mark DeYmaz | May 20, 2008 at 02:20 PM