The Bend in Our Road

a few years ago
Chad and i led a small group
of amazing high school students

during our time together
we read and discussed the book
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

we talked

and prayed a lot about

what it means

to move out of our comfort zone

and into the path of the Holy Spirit

it was an bur that niggled

at the back of our minds

time and again

but for the most part

our lives trundled along

in much the same patterns

as always

whilst we continued to feel

uncomfortable

with our comfort

unbeknownst to us

the Holy Spirit

was moving and preparing our hearts

for something unexpected

just what is it?

our fellowship, Pathway Church

has been planning to open

an off-site venue

about 30 minutes from our main campus

in a place called Moon Township

(for those of you unfamiliar

with the Pittsburgh area

we have lots of fun names 'round these parts

like Mars

Cranberry

Aliquippa

Slippery Rock, and a few more)

this new venture

has been in the planning stages

for about 3 years

and just a few months ago

we received the call 

for Chad to be the host pastor

of the Moon campus of Pathway Church

to say that this call

came out of the great blue yonder

might be an understatement

and we certainly did a double take

who

us?

really?

are you sure?

we've been out of full-time ministry

for 7 years

and were feeling pretty

comfortable

in our current stage of life

but the Lord had something different in mind

and once we got over the surprise factor

and started to pray and ask His will

we began to get excited

about the opportunity before us

to minister to people in a new way

to help spread the gospel

in a new place

to be in at the beginning 

of a new fellowship

excited

uncomfortable

expectant

humbled

scared

excited

those words certainly describe us

stepping off the solid ground of familiar

and into the great wide open unknown of faith

if you are a pray-er

i would ask you to be praying for us

in this new endeavor

that we would be smack dab

in the center of the Lord's will for our church

and for our family

that the Holy Spirit would be moving

on the hearts and minds of the folks

who will come be part of the Moon venue

that the Holy Spirit

would multiply our time

Chad will continue working

at his existing full time job

whilst adding the hours at Pathway

that our children would be excited

to do this ministry as a family

if you are local

and searching for a fellowship to call home

i would ask you to pray about becoming a part

of new launch to Moon

(i couldn't resist)

email me

leave a comment

click on the links 

to visit the Pathway Church website

we're counting down to

lift-off

{alison}