I found a new Club!!

I've decided that looking for on Campus Christian Clubs to support is like looking for underground Churches.

When I ask, the attitude seems to be "why do you need to know?" The School won't tell you anything - they are afraid of being sued. There is nothing on the school website regarding anything but the favored clubs: Future Problem Solvers, Cheerleaders, Drill Team, Various sports, National Honor Society.

But there is nothing on the school websites about Christian Clubs - except maybe FCA - Fellowship of Christian Athletes. This is Texas, so that great combination of God and Football works in this state!

About three weeks ago, someone gave me a lead on a Christian Club at Pearland High School. It is a prayer group - meets on Monday mornings at 6:45 am. This week I connect with them. I brought them Starbucks goodies and they were thrilled.

As I have met with various clubs and told them: I made connections with a club at Pearland High School! Everyone is so excited. I feel like Paul when he wrote letters to the various New Testament churches.

To the Club at Pearland High School: Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The club at Pearland Junior High East sends it's blessings and their great thankfulness at your perseverance. PJHE Connection Club rejoices with you in your joys and trusts that you will pray for them to persevere as well.

In the fall, the eighth graders, who will be the incoming ninth graders plan to join with you, rejoicing that there is a another club to go to. Previously, they were afraid that they - as the freshman class - were going to have to provide leadership at Pearland High School, but yeah, verily, it isn't so! The senior class of 2014 is exceedingly glad!

Rejoicing!

Dottie

We wrestle not against Flesh and Blood . . .

These past couple weeks, I have been thinking about spiritual warfare. They have been some hard weeks - can you tell?

I lead some things in Pearland - The on Campus Christian Club Booster club, the Pearland Youth Ministry Alliance, See you at the Pole and Saw you at the Pole and Baccalaureate. They are all things, where people from various churches come together. I convince people to work together, in the community and out from the church walls.

I see it as simple. Necessary. Part of being the Body of Christ. An expression of Christ's Love. Just simply bringing Christians together from various churches to work together. Does that sound like a warfare strategy?

I don't always see it as an open attack on Satan's turf.

And then, stuff starts happening. In August 09, I coordinated a meeting between the on campus Christian Club sponsors and the local youth pastors. Just a way to help the sponsors meet the youth pastors and hopefully develop some connections for speakers for their clubs.

Does this sound like warfare?

3 of the 4 club sponsors had last minute conflicts and couldn't show up.

The day of the meeting, I personally walked out to a car with a flat tire.

As I walked out to the car, I was aware my home AC was not working right.

The host church got mad because the room wasn't reserved thru proper channels.

Does it sound like there was serious opposition to this meeting now?

Example number 2: Baccalaureate - another name for Spiritual warfare.

Since 1999, I have chaired the Baccalaureate Committee. Once again, convincing people from multiple churches to work together to provide a wonderful Baccalaureate Service for our graduates.

Does this sound like warfare?

Every year, there is some kind of opposition. It is unbelievable. The pastors argue. One church gets mad because I didn't audition their youth band. (I didn't know they had a youth band!) The school totally changes the rules 10 days before Baccalaureate. The school sends us a rental bill - 2 days after Baccalaureate, after they had agreed to let us use the space for free.

Last year, I was begging people to attend. I was begging people to bring cookies! It was like I was hosting the event no one cared about.

This year, unknown to me, there was a independent youth pastor group planning Baccalaureate . . . Some of them were meeting with the Baccalaureate Committee, but we didn't know about the additional meetings until we were at our second meeting.

There aren't words to describe how stressful this all was.

But there is a word that describes it: Warfare. Spiritual Warfare.

And the enemy doesn't fight fair.

Revial in Pearland

After I sent out an email announcing the next Pearland Youth Ministry Alliance meeting, Mike Rosas emailed me and said he couldn't wait.

I said I wanted more people like him, who couldn't wait for my meetings.

Here is his response:

Awe well you deserve it!

The day will come when everybody will. Your faithfulness will bring that day just like Simeon who was constantly praying for the Messiah and was able to see Jesus...your faithfulness and investments will bring a unity and revival to Pearland the likes of which have never been seen in these parts. Thanks for what you do!

It made my day! I'm still waiting for Revial in Pearland! woo hoo!

Thanks, Mike! mikerosas.org