The Road Ahead
Posted: October 19, 2011 Filed under: Missional Community, Vision | Tags: 44256, Anglican Mission in the americas church in ohio, Church in Medina, Church planting, Church planting with missional communities, churches near 44256, HONA, Medina Anglican, Medina Anglican Church, Medina Ohio, missional communities, Missional Communities in Medina Ohio, ohio anglican churches, St. George, St. George's Anglican Church, St. George's Anglican Church in Medina, St. George's Medina Leave a comment »This past Sunday I gave a presentation outlining the mission of Plant Medina and announced the name and location of our first church plant in Medina. It was an exciting time for many of the people who were present. It helped to clarify and direct what our mission is as a church in Medina County. Fortunately, for those who were unable to attend, I was able to make a video of the presentation and upload it. You can watch (or review) it below.
The video is about 1 hour in length, but I encourage you to take the time and watch it! It will lay out many things including: the primitive core values of our church plant, the meaning behind the name of our first church: St. George’s Anglican Church, what type of help we need, what Missional Communities (MCs) are, the calendar for the rest of the year, and our midterm and longterm goals as a missionary organization.
As you watch the video or flip through the slides, I pray the Spirit of Jesus in me connects with the Spirit of Jesus in you.
Here is the FULL presentation with audio and commentary:
If you would like to view a .pdf of the slides you can download that here.
9/11 Prayer Service & Anna’s Baptism
Posted: September 20, 2011 Filed under: Update, Video | Tags: 9/11 Evangelical Prayer service, 9/11 Prayer Service, Anglican, Anglican Church, Anglican Infant Baptism, Anglican Infant Baptism Video, Anglican mission, Anna Rose Kocak Baptism, Baptism Video, Medina Anglican, Medina Ohio, plant medina, Plant Medina in Medina Oh, Plant Medina Ohio, Prayer in the Square, Reaching for the cross on 9/11 Leave a comment »There have been a lot of powerful events that have happened the past two weeks in my life (and many more to come in the next two weeks: Ordination to the priesthood, daughters first birthday).
1- The Joint 9/11 Service - On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks (some now refer to this day as ”Patriots Day”), myself and a couple of Evangelical pastors in Medina held a Christian prayer service. We read scripture, confessed our sins as a community, heard comforting words from pastors, and prayed for our community. I gave a challenging speech urging us to not only “reach for the flag” on the 12th of September, but to also “reach for the cross.” I wove these two images together in my story and how 9/11 was one means by which I reached for the flag and enlisted in the US Air Force. But what changed my life was reaching for the cross. My friend Tony Myles actually requested for a copy of the speech and published it in the local paper, you can read it online here.
2- Anna Rose’s Baptism into the Body of Christ - One week after 9/11, this past Sunday, Anna Rose was baptized at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Hudson, Oh.
