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Our Gotcha Day

Friday, January 27th, 2012

For those of you who followed our adoption process over the last couple years… I finally finished our Gotcha Day video. This journey opened our hearts and lives to Ethiopia. The last two years changed us as a family in more ways than one. We no longer have a love and a passion for “those kids over there”… instead, “those kids over there” now have a name and face that have forever captured our hearts. God has called us to take care of the widow and the orphan. We believe that when God looks down, He doesn’t ask “Why did you go all the way over there?” or see children limited by geographical boundaries and countries divided by oceans. Instead, we believe He sees these little ones which He created and expects us to love! This was our journey, it’s not the same journey for everyone, but it’s definitely ours!

Hope you enjoy it!  You can learn more about Ethiopia and our experience at www.longingforafrica.com 

(Click to Enjoy Video)

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New Fam Min Leadership Resource

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

It’s here… Year Won! a one year leadership EXPERIENCE

about 3 years ago, Craig and I sat down at Starbucks and start brainstorming and idea for leaders. The thought was this, we’ve screwed up so much… we’ve had some successes as well… we’ve learned a ton! How can we help others screw up less… succeed more, and learn lessons too? And this is what we’ve come up with.

  1 year workbook – Journal

 DVD of Craig Teaching Stuff

 Word Clings

 Caching Card (on the phone with Craig and Joe)

Be sure to check out the demo on the sidebar!

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New Ministry Resource for Family Ministry Leaders

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Here it is after a VERY long time in the making… Click on the Image for a quick preview!

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New Year! New Plan!

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Ok, Here’s the new plan… get my act together an blog again! Here’s the deal- 2011 has been one of the crazies years of my life. We adopted our daughter from Ethiopia. We moved back to Ohio from Indy. New church, new position, new, new new! It’s time to shake it off and get back to doing what I love. With that in mind I’m pleased to announce a new ministry resource that Craig Jutila and I have created for family ministry leaders of all walks.

Available Januray 10th, 2012

Year Won! is a unique leadership resource that combines creative tools and a live coaching experience. Year Won! is designed to help all leaders in all walks of lifewin this next year by learnging 6 key areas of leaderhsip success. Each section is designed to learn and then apply one leadership attribute each week. All Year Won! members get additional free resources in the member section.

We’re rolling this resource out at the CPC conference in Orlando Fl. NEXT WEEK! If you’re there, you’ll get the first peek. Hope to see you there.

 

 

 

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