LK10 Stories

Dear LK10 Community,

Lots of great stories of what God is doing in and through our Community!  Take time to read through these to find out what is going on with your fellow Community members.

1.  First, a reminder that the final deadline for registering for our Labor Day Conference is Friday, August 16th at midnight.  Still time to sign up or invite a friend!  It will be great to see so many of you face to face!  Go here:  http://2013lk10conference.eventbrite.com/

2.  Nathan McNally (Colorado) continues to do a great job of leading virtual Church 101 Courses.  The next one starts in September.  Nathan writes:  "We now have people from the Americas, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Australia."  Dave Broos (Indonesia) went through the course with Nathan and is now a LK10 Member.  When we recently had another inquirer from Indonesia, Nathan ask Dave to take him through the Course.

3.  Helen de Wet (South Africa) is an example of one of the people from various places around the world who found our website.  I've connected her with Maree Watson (Australia) who is taking her through Church 101.  Helen writes:  "Thank you so much John...  I really am quite excited to see what God is going to do... and, yes, Maree and I seem to have clicked pretty well in just writing to each other.  (They plan to begin using Skype to connect.)  ... I am also hoping that this concept will spread in South Africa as many people who know Jesus as Lord are leaving the churches and have no way of knowing what to do...  I will stay in touch with you and let you know how things are progressing...

My Comment:  Very encouraging that people around the world are finding us!  (10:2b Answers!)  And, that the Church 101 Course is proving to be 'viral' as we had hoped.  (This is what Sean Hyatt had heard from the Lord last fall.)  Also, encouraging that the Course is effective whether done face to face or in a virtual group.  Soon we will need other facilitators who can help Nathan with these Courses.  Is that something you would be interested in?

4.  Ken Strauss (Texas) writes:  "At your suggestion we have begun our first Cohort doing Church101.  It's just Dora, myself, Aimee and James but our first meeting last night went for four hours and was great!  Can we get them signed up on LK10 now?  How do we go about that?

My Comment:  Looking forward to meeting Ken and Dora Strauss and Aimee and James Reed at the Conference.  Jim and Cathy Mellon have helped the Strausses start their house church in Hutto, TX (outside of Austin).

5.  Mina Millen (California) writes this week:  "Guess what? I will be sharing C02 with about 8-10 women this weekend at a beach house. God just drops these things into my lap. The one organizing it is a good friend of mine and wants to really listen and share. I was given the word "commissioning". Looks like God may want to launch some women out to sea. Ha!"

Here's some of Mina's history with LK10:  "Well, I discovered your website over a year ago.  I can't tell you how many hours I spent reading through all your journey including the discovery of CO2...  when God said "smaller still".  I was intrigued to say the least.  I eventually asked a girlfriend of mine to join me in this experiment.  (Love your lingo!)  It trained me to hear God's voice and that turned my life upside down or is it right side up?  

My friend, Athena, saw a vision of me speaking at a conference on "evangelism".  That cause me to shake in my boots!  Seriously???  Well, it turned out to be teaching CO2 at a conference last fall to 50 women.  That's when I called John White and asked if it was ok?  After "twisting his arm" and "pulling a few teeth", he relented.  Ha!  I can go on and on but I am so excited to meet all of you.  I can't thank you enough for sharing the deposits God has given you and encouraging me to do the same."

My Comment:  Mina is a great picture of a true 10:2b answer!  God had so prepared her heart to receive what LK10 had to offer.  And, He has gifted her in an amazing ways to pass on the CO2 concept.  She has "infected" literally dozens of individuals and groups with these "rhythms of attention" in the last year.  I've asked her to lead one of the Workshops at the Conference on how she does this.

Share your comments/questions about these stories in the LK10 Forum here:  http://www.lk10.com/community/community-discussion/?cid=24&show=1148

Delighted to be on the journey with you!

John

John White
Team Leader
LK10:  A Community of Practice for House Church Leaders
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