Piled Up Posts

Wow its a busy time of year at GBB... Here's the highlights of the last month or so:

I went to Momentum Youth Conference again this year with Rittman GBC and instead of only one guy and one girl our church represented with three guys. What an awesome week full of awesome Spiritual highs, no sleep and lasting commitments!

I went from Momentum to the FGBC National Conference in Cincinnati. I met up with some great folks, had some very exciting meetings and heard some interesting speakers! Next time you see me you can ask all about that stuff but there's too much to dump about right now. I love how God is working in our Fellowship right now!

GBB weekly curriculum is just about ready to roll out - a couple finishing touches, a couple of reads & edits and everyone will have it in their hands to roll on this fall.

Rank curriculum is pushing forward and an updated leaders guide should be headed your way soon. We're working on getting the materials printed (instead of copied and assembled in my office!) so go ahead and get excited for that possibility! I know I am.

Wooster Grace will add a GBB unit this fall! Woohooo I'll add more on that soon along with contact info for their commander and leaders so you can welcome them to the ministry. Keep an eye on the Ohio District web site too!

Speaking of Ohio - the 3rd annual Ohio District GBB Family Picnic is this Saturday! At last count I heard we're expecting around 100ish for the day! What a fun time to meet the families of our GBB men and boys!

Many of you know about the Radical Difference discipleship focus day GBB and SMM sponsored in March at Wooster. Well, the FGBC churches in Alaska caught wind of that and inquired about the focus day. They've asked Viki Rife and I to come up to Alaska to talk to the churches about discipleship. What a great opportunity for God to use us to further his Kingdom through training and I'm not gonna lie - what a great opportunity for me to make a trip back to Alaska!!!

Many of you knew about the recent passing of Harold Brandenburg, a long-time member of the GBB Board of Directors. I had the opportunity to visit with Harold's family and friends when I attended the funeral in Indiana with a bunch of other GBB guys. Harold was a great friend who I could always count on to bring me into line when I got overly excited about something... He was always the level head in our duo and I'll miss having him on the gun range at Rendezvous camps. Though Harold will be missed his passing is bittersweet to me. He's not the first GBBer I've seen pass and he won't be the last. Harold's passing was a lot like Harry Speichers in that I knew those men well enough to know I'll see them again. There were tears but there were a lot more smiles and outbursts of laughter as family and friends recalled Harold's godly life. I love the cheerful contrast there is at a Christian funeral instead of the sad affair of some of the other funerals I've attended. Many of us imagined what it would be like to see the reunion going on for Harold in Heaven!

We serve a loving God!