One of the best parts of getting away for a day and a half at a conference is catching up with friends.
I need to thank Chad Cottle for helping me out with a place to stay on Monday night. He has a big budget being a student pastor at a big established church. He has given some prayer and thought to planting a church. He will probably need someone to pick up the tab on the room at a future conference! HA! I had a blast hanging out with Chad and talking church planting. I am praying for him! He also supplies my recruiting info on the DAWGS. When I am having withdrawals I call him. I can’t wait to hang out with him and his students this summer.
Scott McInnis is an old seminary friend. I am actually the old one. I got him into this mess called church planting and I thought he should come to the conference to be motivated to continue in church planting for at least another six months. That is about how long you can commit at this stage. We’ll go to another conference in July or August. Just kidding. Scott is pastor of WellSpring in Senoia, GA. He is a great pastor, but more importantly a great friend.
I also had the chance to catch up with Adam Walker who is in the process of planting The Gathering Church in Decatur, GA. Adam is in process of putting his Core Team together. If anyone wants to move to Decatur, let me know. He needs people to help him reach that city for Jesus. Adam is a super sharp, godly leader. I can’t wait to see what God does through this new work.
Mark Ayers is a new friend planting in Flowery Branch of Hall County. It is called Reveal Church and I didn’t get a chance to talk much with Mark but the name of the church, his blog, his business cards and his website are awesome. I am sure it REVEALS a lot of about him and what God will do.
This doesn’t scratch the surface on all the people I got to hang out with and catch up with but it is a few that I had some great conversations with.
