Old and New Friends
Had dinner last night at Fleming's Steakhouse in Newport Beach, CA. Really enjoyed the drive up Pacific Coast Highway to get there. Southern California is one beautiful and cool place.
A group of twenty pastors are hanging out with Brian Houston from Hillsong Church in Australia. So good to see my friends Dino Rizzo and Marc Cleary from Healing Place Church and Rob Ketterling from River Valley Church.
Also great to make a few new friends! Finally met Chris Hodges from Church of the Highlands and Dale O'Shields from Church of the Redeemer in the DC area. We had to go all the way to San Diego to meet!
I've learned that ministry can be awfully lonely! Like every other occupation, it has its unique challenges. But one of them is pastors feeling like they don't have friends. I'm so grateful for a handful of pastor friends. We don't hang out a lot, but we always pick up right where we left off when we get together!
Had a blast laughing and talking and eating last night!
A group of twenty pastors are hanging out with Brian Houston from Hillsong Church in Australia. So good to see my friends Dino Rizzo and Marc Cleary from Healing Place Church and Rob Ketterling from River Valley Church.
Also great to make a few new friends! Finally met Chris Hodges from Church of the Highlands and Dale O'Shields from Church of the Redeemer in the DC area. We had to go all the way to San Diego to meet!
I've learned that ministry can be awfully lonely! Like every other occupation, it has its unique challenges. But one of them is pastors feeling like they don't have friends. I'm so grateful for a handful of pastor friends. We don't hang out a lot, but we always pick up right where we left off when we get together!
Had a blast laughing and talking and eating last night!
8 Comments:
I lead the book club at Healing Place Church, and I actually missed you last time you came to BR but I hear rumor you are coming back and all us book club ladies SO want to meet you and get you to sign our copies of "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day". We all LOVED that book, it is a life changer, so thanks so much for writing it.
Have fun with Dino.
Seeing that you are in San Diego - my 25 year old sister just moved there and is looking for a church! She is single - and her and her boyfriend were considering Mosiac (Erwin McManus) - but, boy that sure is a drive each week. Any recommendations?
What a small church world! We were just at River Valley Church in Apple Valley, MN last Sunday. We really enjoyed the church and Rob Ketterling. It definitely reminded us of NCC. We are most likely moving to the Minneapolis area next summer so we are starting to check out some churches there when Bryan has a rare Sunday off.
Raquel & Bryan Jarabek
Rob is such a great guy and I love River Valley. We sure would love to have you back in DC, but that would be a great option if you guys land in Minneapolis.
San Diego is a cool city...lots of things to do. Hope you had a good time. Ever coming up to the LA area?
How true it is that ministry can be lonely and how important it is to have close friends. I am reminded of that whenever I have the opportunity to be in the company of friends I love and trust and who love me. Ministry has its rewards but man can it single you out!
Nate,
I think my next trip to LA is next April for the Awaken Conference. I love LA!
Mark
Nice! That's the conference hosted and organized by Erwin McManus, right? It'd be great to see you there. As a new pastor, I'm learning from you and other church planters. Thanks for posting your thoughts and learned lessons on your blog. Thank God for blogs!
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