Thanks again for giving me and my family a chance to take a sabbatical. Thanks also for asking about how you can pray for us during this time. In my earlier entry, I briefly described what a sabbatical was all about. Here I want to simply outline how you can be praying for us. 1. Our...
One of the things that excites me with our transition is the fact that the Ethnos San Diego site will be led by a very amazing and powerful staff team. I've written about some of the strengths Tim bring to the table; I'd like to gush a little bit about the rest of the team: Scott Eng...
1 The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD. 3 For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard...
Some people have asked me the question point blank, "what do you think about Tim?" I get it: transitions are tough, and it's hard to have to trust and develop a new relationship with someone, especially someone you hope to entrust your heart with regarding your spiritual journey. So let me...
The full audio for our Sunday Gathering outlining the transition is now available. This was the final message of our Global Jesus 2014 series. http://ethnos.us/resources/messages/global-jesus-church-planting/
As some of you know, I love books. There are several people here who can testify to that because they helped me pack and move (carry) my books - Gerco, Reyn, Joy, Scott, Yucan, Yen, etc. And so it is only fitting that the metaphor that I keep coming back to as I am thinking about this...
As we've mentioned, transitions are never easy. But they are amazing opportunities for Jesus to show up in some powerful ways- both in our personal and communal life. Hear from Jamie Wilson- a pastor at Coast Vineyard, a mentor of mine, and also a pastor who inherited a church from the...
Perhaps your initial reaction to the title of this post is something like "wow, isn't this a little too intense or out of proportion? I mean, transitions are hard, but to use the paradigm of grieving? That seems like too much." One on hand, I get it if you're thinking this way...
As God continues to lead us toward New Brunswick, we want to make it clear: I (Yucan) will be the pastor moving New Brunswick to start the new work there, and pastor Tim will assume the lead pastor role here in San Diego. Yes, you read that correctly. And yes, this is quite a big change!!! To...