Summer Institute: Men's Conference

The week of the Summer Institute ended with a men’s conference on “Learning to Lead.” The day started with Pastor Tom Drion preaching on lessons learned from Adam followed by Dr. Keith Essex on Joshua, both of whom gave excellent sermons. Their sermons challenged the men who were present of our responsibilities to exercise the authority that God had given us under His authority as well as to see the marks of true leadership including trust, strength, courage, communication, and accountability with those under your leadership. I continued the leadership lessons learned by covering lessons learned from David.

The effect of the conference upon the men who attended was possibly seen most at the Q and A session where men were able to submit their questions through text messages. The session was scheduled for an hour but lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes and several questions were left unanswered. The need of discussing leadership was also seen in the fact that not one question deviated from the topic.

I was given the privilege to end the week in Saturday evening in John 13:1-17 showing Jesus as the greatest example of leadership through serving others. Not only did they allow me to finish one week but also to begin the next week worshiping with the congregation of GraceLife London (GLL) preaching in Ecclesiastes 3:9-15.

This week was one of the most encouraging weeks that Dana and I have had in ministry. The desire of GLL as well as others around the UK to grow in their knowledge and obedience to the word of God is incredible! We are greatly looking forward to helping this ministry continue preaching the Gospel to London, all of England, and to the world (did we mention that Tom and Donna could count 22 nations represented in the church from the top of their heads).

We were also able to record a video explaining the need of the church and our desire to fill that need by the grace of God to the best of our abilities and gifts. Please be on the lookout for this in the near future.

Thank you for reading and we will continue to update you all on what the Lord is doing for and with us.