2010 State of the Union

It has been a crazy year but God had done some amazing stuff. This is a brief blog post to let the few who read this know where we are at.

1).We are continuing to pray for Deb Morehart (Dez’s Mom). We pray everyday for her healing and God’s peace and support for the whole family. Please pray with us.

2). It is heart breaking for us to be away from our family and friends at this time. Moving to El Paso has been difficult but we believe God has called us here. Lord willing, we are staying in the South West.

3). God is providing resources for us to go home for a visit soon. We are really looking forward to seeing our family and friends back in TN.

4). The Biggie! We are currently discerning and exploring the possibility of planting a new church or a second Paseo campus. If we feel that God wants us to plant a church we are looking at Las Cruces NM. Cruces is 32 miles west of El Paso and boasts a population of around 90,000. It is home to New Mexico State University and is also the future home of the first commercial space port ( if you can buy a ticket for $200,000 you can go to space. Any takers!). 90% of the population of New Mexico is unchurched. If we plant a new church it will be a hybrid model. We will focus our attention on planting house churches that meet throughout the week in homes and then gather together every Sunday for a laid back, highly participatory, and simple/minimalist Sunday gathering. Our Sunday gathering will be heavy on relationship and light on production. If we & the leadership of Paseo feel that God wants Paseo to expand Desiree and I will continue to plant more house churches in El Paso and start a second Sunday gathering on the northeast or east side of town. These are the two choices we are considering. As we dream and pray we ask that you dream and pray with us.

5). We are continuing to establish new partners and raise more funds. God is providing but we have a long way to go. Fundraising will be a huge part of our life as we move toward planting.