The Day After

Well, Herb Reese was here and we had about 60 men attend our Saturday morning event with him at the Park. Several churches were represented there and that was the biggest answer to prayer of the event to have like minded men to attend. Treated Herb to lunch at Steak and Shake, {they don't have S&S in Colorado and he loves the 5 way Chili!} and updated him on the teams we had ministering to widows and single moms and how we were doing. He has a wonderful ministry and other posts below if your church and your men are not doing this ministry, check out what Jesus said about it. This is a mandated ministry and it is wonderful to help others. Bernie and Men's Ministry Network had about 30 men attend their dinner. All men that intend to implement these teams. They get it.

Favorite moments of the week: Darius Rucker on Dan Patrick. Rucker used to be with Hootie and The Blowfish and still does gigs with them. He was a great guest and they sang and played Prince's song for the Vikings... terrible. Learned a new word : Fandomship.

XM/Sirius's Mad Dog Russo's infatuation with books on a sports show is funny. He has read John Adams and watched the HBO series and plays the theme to the show and yells "Join or Die!" He loves callers...

Attended the Catoosa GOP meeting last week {my first} and heard Joan Edwards speak about the churches role in politics and its social responsibilities. Great speech. Also got to meet a candidate for Attorney General....

XM 158...Rick on RickandBubba.com saying to the other guys, "Here is your cup of shut up juice take it and sip it!" haven't heard that before....funny.

Scott Brown riding his truck into the win in Mass. Many more of these coming to the Democrats that Obama has lead into believing they have political capital. They have spent it and now they will start to be replaced.

Allistar Begg's excellent series on What is the Church? www.truthforlife.org to listen. If you are a leader in the church you need to listen to the two sessions on Shepherding.

Twittering back and forth with Greta Van Susterin of Fox News, Wes Rucker of the Free Press, and John Fricke of Fox Sports Radio. @jaxstatefan is me.

BridgeBuilders:

We start back February 6th with Reveille! @ Country Place Restaurant with Charles Fricks leading on "Great Resumes from the Bible," @ 7am with our four teams and 8 new men that have signed onto our teams to minister to the widow, single mom and fatherless. It was great to have Bernie Ritterbush

Man in the Mirror is having several events coming to the Atlanta area in February:

- Friday evening, Feb. 12th, David Delk, Finding a New Best Friend in Your Spouse, Dunwoody Baptist Church
- Saturday morning, Feb, 13th, David Delk, Men's Breakfast, Peachtree City Christian Church
- Saturday evening, Feb. 13th, David Delk, The Marriage Prayer event, Mt. Pisgah UMC

My wife's birthday is this next week. So thankful to have her as my wife. I thank God for her and the four wonderful kids we have. God is good.......He didn't promise us an easy life, I am looking forward to heaven! Have you spent time telling your kids and your wife that you love them? Have you shown them? How about the people you work with ---do they see the light of Christ in you that should make you different? The Holy Spirit should do that!

and last but not least ---praying for you Gary!

God Bless,

Hank

New Commandment and Herb Reese in Chattanooga!

BridgeBuilders is proud to welcome Herb Reese of New Commandment Ministries of Colorado to Woodland Park for a special event on Saturday morning, January 23rd, 2010 from 8:30am until 11:00am centered around the biblical calling to men to care for widows, fatherless, immigrants or distressed persons within the family of the church.

“As we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially those who are of the household of faith.” Galatians 6:10a

“Do not take advantage of a widow or orphan. If you do, they will cry out to me and I will certainly hear their cry. “ “He (God) defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.” Deuteronomy 10:18

Here is what Herb Reese will be discussing and reviewing:

*The difference between kind gestures and Christ's love.
*The three unique qualities of Christ's love.
*The role of good works in the Christian life.
*God's heart for those in distress.

*An alternate model for smaller churches.
*How to organize teams.
*Recommended policies.
*Suggestions for service projects.
*Frequently Asked Questions.*And more!


There are three ways to register you and your group for this free event.

First, contact Woodland Park by calling 423.899.9186 x102 and registering

or e-mail at men@woodlandpark.org

Last but not least you can register for this free event straight on the web @ this link:http://newcommandment.eventbrite.com/