A Partner in the City

One of the great things that the North American Mission Board does with new church plants in the city is to partner you with an existing church for support and counsel. Our partner church is Graffiti Church in the East Village. We are so excited to be partnering with them. God couldn't have teamed us with a better church in terms of common vision and expertise.

Through this partnership I'll be spending some of my time learning about ministry in the city with Graffiti. I will also be developing new relationships in the area we are living. So in many ways I'm getting some great mentoring and then getting to immediately practice what I'm learning in my context. One of the things that Katie and I are excited about with this partnership is that the pastor at Graffiti, Taylor Field, and his wife Susan have raised two children in the city. Both of their kids are in their mid-twenties and where born and raised in NYC. We are so excited to be able to learn from their years of wisdom about raining teenagers in this city. PJ has already met one of their sons, Owen, and has hit it off very well.

We are also excited that our kids are getting to immediately plug into ministry. This past Sunday, Natalie sang with the worship team and PJ is already helping with the sound and video. And it only took a week before they asked Katie to serve in the preschool area! We love feeling connected to a body of Christ in the city. It gives us a spiritual home while we build a new one in our area!

Pray for us this week as we have a number of dinners scheduled with some new friends we have made here in the city. It is our prayer to use our new home to show God's hospitality to everyone!