Just sent this email to our church staff:

Have a little bit of downtime in my office at the moment….the trip’s going well.  Students are doing good.  We jumped into our first performance last night and our ministry teams this morning.  We’ve got probably about 15 or so kids involved in our program at Path of Life’s King Hall and about 7 teenagers there as well in our teen program.  Pray for our evangelism team tomorrow morning as they hit the streets with some care packages for Riverside’s homeless.

Just finished Day 1….we’ve spent most of the day in a retreat to get our hearts ready for the trip.

Our speaker, Matt Bach, has done a great job.  This morning he shared about what it means to live an undivided life.  Then tonight he continued that theme by talking about what it means to live with a singular focus…in the same way the Apostle Paul did.

We also spent some time planning for Orangecrest Community Church’s carnival on Friday night, rehearsing the choir and drama teams, and time relaxing in the Kozloffs’ pool.

No pictures to post yet, but I’ll try to get some up tomorrow.

Keep your eyes right here on our site for daily updates from Going Public: Riverside.  Can’t wait to see what God is going to do!

Here’s a copy of the info sheet for next week’s trip in case you need it.

going public 09 info sheet

We’re extending the deadline for applications for Going Public to this Sunday, July 12th. Pick up an app in The Loft.

Going Public: Riverside is happening July 27th-August 2nd.  We’ll have applications and info sheets available this Wednesday night.  In the meantime, here are two of the churches we are partnering with.  I’m VERY excited about working with these church plants.

Legacy Church – Eastvale: Legacy was started just a few months ago by Rick Morris.  Rick was a long-time member here at Mag.  They’re doing some great stuff serving the community in Eastvale.  If you don’t know where Eastvale is, it’s right off the 15 Freeway between Norco and Ontario, just west of Mira Loma.  We’ll be helping Legacy with some servant evangelism and canvassing their neighborhood with flyers a few days before they meet in a new location.

Orangecrest Community Church – Riverside: OCC was started by Josh De La Rosa.  Josh graduated from CBU when I was probably a freshman or sophomore.  He’s a super sharp guy who has a great heart to reach the Orangecrest neighborhood in Riverside.  Their church meets in the new Orange Terrace Community Center and was started about  a year and a half ago.  We’ll be helping OCC with a family carnival that’s ending a weeklong sports camp they’ll be running.