Grow and Stretch!
I'm wearing one of my "The Meeting Place" shirts this morning. It seems like such a long time ago that God gave me the vision of starting THE MEETING PLACE in Bluffton. I loved that ministry. In some ways I miss it, but I am so happy with where God has brought Stephanie and I. There are challenges every day but I have a clear mission from God that is not any different than when we started in Bluffton. I want people to go out and MAKE DISCIPLES WHO MAKE DISCIPLES. I don't think that is MY mission, it is God's mission. But, even at THE MEETING PLACE, I struggled, sometimes, with sharing exactly what that mission was. I had this vision in my head of the way God wanted it to be, but I had a difficult time conveying that mission to others. Right now, here at SMDCOG, the mission has not changed. The vision God gave me before heading to downtown Bluffton is the same vision I have today. The location and setting are different, but the vision is the same. Sometimes ...
