Our Wednesday night children's ministry was cancelled tonight due to a drama team going to the school we rent. I thought I would stop by to (1) make sure there weren't any stranded "Club DJ" kids and (2) be a part of the activity (I volunteer at the school so I figured I could sneak into the back without being seen as a creepy old guy). But when I arrived the parking lot was empty and the school was dark...there was nothing going on. I know that there are frustrations in owning a building - but renting a neutral space isn't the stress-less, joy-filled solution some people (authors, church planting pundits, etc) tout it to be.

Oh well I have a little time to grab a coffee and collect my thoughts before I head out to a few visits. I thought about going home but my brood is used to having Wednesday as a high energy gym night and they have been bouncing off the walls since they got home from school today.

Over the next while I want to work/talk/pray with some folks in the know (and in the thick of things) to help me go from 'church-ranting' to 'church planting.' I am not a complainer by nature, but I have become fairly cynical and borderline negative over the last few years. I love the denomination I serve in, but it has been a while since we have had a full on focus with our church-planting initiatives. Now that there is a significant amount of church plants starting up - e.g., Calgary was dormant (for us) for 30 years and now there are three very different church plants in the city. In good baptistic fashion this will need to be done at a grass roots level and work its way up.

Ehkosit,

Migwec