Emergency Response Team Exercise

Posted on May 14, 2010 by RWollard

This past March I joined the Lake In The Hills (LITH) Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). It required many hours of training and will enable me to assist our police and fire protection district in the event of a disaster in our community.

I did this for a couple of reasons. First, it really scratched me where I itched; I was a real boyscout, and love working with this kind of stuff. God has gifted me with the ability to rise up on occasions in the midst of uncertainty in situations, in fact, I thrive on it. I think that is one of the reasons why I love church planting!

Second, I thought this would be a great way to serve and connect with other leaders in our community. I have met some really great people and had some good spiritual conversations.

In preparing for our upcoming leadership gatherings with Pastor Dan at Springbrook, I have been praying that God would stir something in my heart that would really connect with our leaders, and I think I found it!

As I think about the purpose of the LITH CERT, and all the hours I have spent investing in it, I can’t help but imagine what it would be like to have the same kind of team at Springbrook. What if we had a Springbrook Emergency Response Team (SERT) that we could mobilize to penetrate and impact our community for Christ, not just when there was a disaster in our lives, but in preparation for the return of our savior!

I think I’ll start praying for leaders on SERT!

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Preparing for 2010

Posted on December 30, 2009 by RWollard

I have always been a big fan of Donald Whitney, and especially enjoy his work in Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life!

This past week, from his Center for Biblical Spirituality website, Don posted 10 questions to ask of yourself at the start of the new year. I will be pondering these questions myself these next few days, and I would like to get your feedback as well. Take a few moments to share your thoughts, and I will do the same.

Happy New Year!

1. What’s one thing you could do this year to increase your enjoyment of God?

2. What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God to do this year?

3. What’s the single most important thing you could do to improve the quality of your family life this year?

4. In which spiritual discipline do you most want to make progress this year, and what will you do about it?

5. What is the single biggest time-waster in your life, and what will you do about it this year?

6. What is the most helpful new way you could strengthen your church?

7. For whose salvation will you pray most fervently this year?

8. What’s the most important way you will, by God’s grace, try to make this year different from last year?

9. What one thing could you do to improve your prayer life this year?

10. What single thing that you plan to do this year will matter most in ten years? In eternity?

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