Very practical ways of getting out of Jesus way and teaming up with him to impact others lives. Learn what it means to be a disciple of Jesus who joins Jesus on His Mission. "This book is incredible! If you're going to lead people — lots of people — to follow Jesus, you need a method that is simple but powerful, true to God's Word but translated into the vernacular. For more information about Joining Jesus and Dwelling 1:14, visit. The Lenten Season is all about a journey. As a church worker, I am excited to recommend this book to many in my congregation. TALKING WITH PEOPLE – What kind of conversations are you having with pre-Christians? Greg says, "With a little help from your friends, you would have your batteries recharged, your missional toolbox restocked and your hearts refilled. Small groups have a treasure in Joining Jesus on His Mission. Ever since Jesus broke out of the tomb on Easter Sunday morning, He's been on the loose out there, pursuing His Father's redemptive mission; ripening people, preparing people to be reunited with the Father He loves. Greg Finke's book, who was a classmate of Pastor Kevin from Concordia Seminary St. Louis, is on Here's the Amazon link.
Finke is leading our congregation this year in missional lifestyle training. You will be well served to be impacted by this book! Ministering through Prayer. Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Be an Everyday Missionary (p. 163). Dr. Terry Tieman, Executive Director, Transforming Churches Network. From the first chapter readers know Greg is their friend and fellow learner. This book, that has simple, powerful, and applicable insights on being a Disciple of Jesus, is the basis for some training we here at South Shore Trinity are offering. In fact, that's what Jesus is up to right now in every one of our neighborhoods. Used copies available for $5. Practical tried-and-true encouraging advice to seeing how Jesus is at work around us and taking advantage of the privilege of working with Him. Each short chapter is chock-full of nuggets that feed you but are rich with Greg's easy-going, conversational personality. Down to earth and easy read with great videos.
196 pages, Paperback. I'd recommend this book to people who are Christian or interested in living a missional life. We support one another as we learn to take up this missionary lifestyle by gathering regularly with our missionary friends to share our stories of how we are joining Jesus on His mission in daily life. Greg Finke will join us at Beautiful Savior on January 21 – 23 to lead a congregational workshop and preach Sunday morning. A must read for mission minded Christians! This book gives a great deal of practical direction in the area of missional mindset and attitude. "
STEP 2: MISSION PRACTICES. Ever since He broke out of the tomb on Easter Sunday, Jesus has been on the loose, pursuing His redemptive mission in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools. I love how the author takes the fear out of finding and doing the will of God, especially how it relates to our interactions with those far from God. Download a discussion guide. Thank you, Greg, for this extremely practical and empowering picture of God's activity in our world today and how He is calling us into it. I admitted that the Jesus of the Gospels was not necessarily the one that is portrayed in some of our churches today. Quantity discount pricing. In it he has provided clear, simple, and highly effective practices that guide us as we seek to learn to live missionally. For those looking to saturate their day-to-day life with mission and meaning Joining Jesus is essential reading. The main points of the book would be more succinct and really drive the point home if he used this precise terminology rather than running in circles like a chicken with its head cut off in describing a myriad of ways to be aware of Gospel opportunities in our given vocations. As part of the church, we want to support you. On second reading (this time in the manner of a devotional) I find even more to recommend this as a small group study. If you want to talk about what you are reading/learning contact Pastor Riddle or Susan Franck. Joining Jesus on His Mission 2.
Please join us as we learn from the popular "Joining Jesus on His Mission" by Rev. This book explains that it is more "as you are going" be involved in following Jesus. We don't go FOR Jesus. During this season we accompany Jesus "on His mission" to redeem the world as He lives a perfect life in the place of all and offers Himself as a perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. Finke writes many examples to illustrate his points in a meaningful way. "Greg Finke has modeled rare courage on his own life journey. Greg Finke, author of Joining Jesus on His Mission. Talking with People. Divine Shepherd has a limited number of copies of the book, "Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Become an Everyday Missionary". In September, 2021 and again in February, 2022, Greg and Susan visited NewLife to share churchwide learning opportunities. Greg is a master at helping people simply start! 5 stars if Goodreads allowed half stars. Jesus is doing the same with us. What's Jesus up to in the lives of your neighbors, coworkers, family, and friends?
Matt Popovits, Pastor/Planter, Our Saviour, New York City. Joining Jesus on His Mission will alter the way you see your life as a follower of Jesus. As the culture around us continues to change, we are able to see and apply some practices that are actually working at other churches. STARTING POINT: Step one: 10 week video & discussion class. After reading, I realize it was for good reason. We partnered with the author Greg Finke, to bring this practical and applicable approach to being an everyday missionary where God has placed you to our Trinity family. I was inspired and excited as we continued to read and discuss this book. Loved the discussion and application to our everyday lives! Greg's insights alter the way we see mission.
It has some very practical advice for making every day an opportunity for mission. Dropcap]G[/dropcap]reg and Susan Finke founded Dwelling 1:14 to help Jesus-followers connect in their neighborhoods, workplaces and schools for discipling and missional living. "Joining Jesus on His Mission" is a simple, powerful, practical book that will move you and your people from merely thinking about being everyday missionaries to launching. "While many have written about both missional living and missional communities, Greg Finke has created a practical and simple means of accessing them for people who are aching to live as a part of the redemptive mission of Jesus. Our first step toward that goal was a congregation-wide training related to the book, Joining Jesus on His Mission: How to Be an Everyday Missionary, last fall (2020). We are Jesus-followers. Al Doering, Senior Pastor, Houston; 3DM Frontier Leader. Jeff Thormodson, Director of MissionShift Institute, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis MO. When reading a majority of missiologist, they give tangible examples of missional living, but they always seem to come from the urban context.
Over time, we get to know them, share stories, and see what Jesus might be up to in their lives. We simply do this by looking for where God is at work, listening to Jesus through His Word, befriending others, and looking for how we can do good through actions and prayer. Now we, here at South Shore Trinity, also have the opportunity to learn this simple approach to sharing our faith. Instead of using the fashionable evangelical language of "missional living, " why not use the far simpler and historical term of vocation? Click here for the 'Take-10' conversation starters (Take-10 means 'take ten minutes' to talk about how life on mission with Jesus is going. It was a gift from a good friend. Disciple more people to do the same.
Greg and Susan enjoy life as neighborhood missionaries in League City, Texas. The password can be found printed in our Sunday bulletins or by calling the church office at 651-429-4293. I love the way he closed with ways to get involved and start doing things tomorrow in your neighborhood! Displaying 1 - 30 of 32 reviews. Our Focus on Evangelism. Great thoughts on how to live life as a Christian by loving and caring for people around you.
National Guard soldiers in high-water vehicles, boats and helicopters helped rescue people, as did Good Samaritans. Persistant east to southeast wind and high tides on Lake Maurepas will maintain high river stages. Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Louisiana... Amite River At Denham Springs affecting East Baton Rouge and Livingston Parishes. As of 11:15 a. m. Monday, the stage was at 19 feet, just one feet below flood stage. Water levels will remain far below those experienced in 2016, when rainfall totals were much higher than this week's. Assessment of Remote Sensing Products and Hydrologic Simulation of the 2016 Louisiana Flood in the Amite River Basin. The WAT meander belt formed by at least 9000 yr B. P., when sea level was lower and the Amite River was tributary to a larger ancestral drainage basin.
Media reports indicate that more than 20, 000 people have been rescued from the flood water by emergency crews and 11 people have died as a direct result of the flooding. Eastern part of Livingston Parish: – McLin Rd from the bridge to Texas St. – Several areas north of 26700 block of Fire Tower Rd. In Louisiana, residential expansion had pushed out of the old core of Baton Rouge towards the Amite River between the end of World War II and the late 1980s (Figure 6), and spilled over into adjacent Ascension and Livingston parishes especially after 1980. Floodwaters heading downstream also inundated several communities along the river, including the small town of Port Vincent. 5 feet Monday after reaching 46. Unfortunately, we will see scenarios similar to what is currently happening in southern Louisiana again and again. Parish||Major||Minor||Affected||Total|. Amite baptist church denham springs. However, much more water vapor can be injected into the air when the flow converges. "We woke up and the water kept on coming, " Hansford said.
At 8:30 a. Saturday the stage was 19. River Flood Warning. You are about to report this weather station for bad data. Below is the river gauge from the Amite River at Denham Springs where the river crested almost 5' above the 1983 record event. Amite river stage denham springs. Some of the most serious flooding occurred along the Amite River, which runs between Baton Rouge and the nearby city of Denham Springs, and has its headwaters in southwestern Mississippi and drains into Lake Maurepas (Mossa et al., 1997).
On 14 August in Denham Springs, the Amite River peaked at nearly 5 feet (1. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. 225) 667-8326 Office. River Road at the foot of Benton Lane will flood. Many of the homeowners who live in areas inundated with floodwaters have no flood insurance, a problem that will leave them draining savings accounts and relying on federal disaster programs to rebuild and repair. Influences of Relative Sea-Level Rise and Mississippi River Delta Plain Evolution on the Holocene Middle Amite River, Southeastern Louisiana | Quaternary Research. With extremely slight gradient on this lower course, the Amite slows, spreads, and following heavy rains tends to cause backwater flooding across the suburbs in Ascension Parish. In the years after the 1983 flood, population growth and suburban development continued to sprawl across the Amite basin. The Amite River at Denham Springs is forecast to approach minor flood stage by Monday or Tuesday.
4 feet, and it is expected to rise to 18. A list of the shelters can be found here. Mossa, J., & McLean, M. Thousands hunker down after Louisiana floods; 6 killed. (1997). Two fatalities occurred in separate incidents in East Baton Rouge Parish, two in separate incidents in St. Helena Parish and one in Tangipahoa Parish. John Bel Edwards said in a press conference Saturday residents advised to evacuate should do so, because officials don't know how bad flooding will get. The National Guard has 39 high-water vehicles and five boats in its search and rescue mission.
9 feet set on April 23, 1977 by 6. Channel planform and land cover changes on a mined river floodplain. StatusEvent Continued Expired. Elevation Certificates. Contact information of the person requesting the flood determination. Parish governments took this step to encourage homeowners to return quickly and to minimize short-term rebuilding costs. So despite some progress, structural flood-protection projects have languished. During the most intense period of rainfall on 12 to 13 August, 17 inches (434 mm) of rainfall was recorded in 24 hours in Livingston, 11. By rejecting the most recent flood as the new benchmark, local leaders not only allow homeowners to rebuild in place and to remain in harm's way, but encourage it.
Houses and businesses take on water on Range Avenue looking southeast in the Denham Springs area during severe flooding in Livingston Parish on Sunday August 14, 2016. Its headwaters are some 300 to 400 feet above sea level in southern Mississippi. Flood Zone Determination. He added that the flood water in rivers is moving south, and that more areas could see flooding as a result. Water covers the entrance to camp grounds. 0 feet Saturday afternoon and then begin to fall tonight.
"Obviously we are in record territory, " the National Weather Service wrote. 0 feet, increased flow and strong current will affect river traffic. As we drove, rain pelted our car, and we inched through city streets filled with water from curb to curb. The Comite is expected to rise to near 20. 22 south of Robert will be under water. 2 feet on Sunday, which breaks the record of 41. Around 200 roads have been closed during the flooding and over 1, 400 bridges need to be inspected before they are reopened to traffic. From Saturday afternoon until further notice. Backwater may flood Bayou Fountain and flood some homes on Burbank Drive.
Bayou Manchac Point. Increased land development pretty much ensures that major flooding will occur again and again and is likely to become worse. Streets descended into impassable pools of water and shopping centers were inundated with only roofs of cars peeking above the water. The floods have left at least 5 people dead after a further 2 fatalities were reported yesterday. 5 feet, half of a foot higher than flood stage, Tuesday evening. 0 feet, backwater flooding along Bayou Manchac and Bayou Fountain will flood Highland Road and Burbank Drive in places. Levees constructed for flood protection can actually, in some cases, make problems worse over time. Thousands hunker down after Louisiana floods; 6 killed. ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 5:00 PM CST Saturday the stage was 48.