Tony Dale: LK10 adds the personal touch

House2House Ministries and the LK10 Ministries are two of the organizations serving the growing house church movement.  While I (John White) am the Director of LK10, I also serve on the Board of Directors of House2House.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Austin, TX for a meeting of the Board of House2House at Tony and Felicity Dale's home.  Tony and Felicity are good friends and we've been involved with them in the house church movement for over twelve years.

In this video, I asked Tony to comment on some of the ways that these two ministries compliment each other.  One of his observations was that LK10 adds "the personal touch".  And, that's exactly right.  I wish you could see what is going on in the Foundations One Courses that just started.  These are small virtual groups of 8 to 12 people (we call them cohorts) where people are learning in the context of community.  In addition to the "personal touch" of the cohort community, each person receives one on one coaching every other week.  If this sounds good to you, consider being part of next round of courses.



Update from the LK10 Equipping Center:

*Two Foundation One Courses are just starting up with participants from Colorado, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina, Minnesota, Florida and Alberta (CAN).  One of the amazing things we've learned from these Courses is how significant community can develop in these virtual learning environments.  We'll let you know when new Courses are starting.

*A Foundations One Course will soon be starting with leaders from several African countries.

*We've had to postpone the beginning of The Family Blessing Course.  We'll let you know the new start date.

The Family Blessing - Part 2

John White interviews Tim Pynes about the details of his new class that LK10 is offering.  The class is called The Family Blessing: Reclaiming the Home as the Center for Spiritual Training.





To register for this new class, please visit this link: http://familyblessing.eventbrite.com/

New Course offered: "The Family Blessing"

Registration is now open for a new session of our Foundations One Course.  For information about this Course and how to register, see the right column.

In addition, we are excited to offer, for the first time, a new Course called "The Family Blessing"which will be led by one of our LK10 Coaches, Tim Pynes. The mission of LK10 is to see "a vibrant family of Jesus within easy reach of every region and people group".  This Course is an important resource towards that objective.  ("The Family Blessing" applies LK10 practices specifically in a family context whereas "Foundations One" has a broader focus.)

For information about the course and how to register, see below...


The Family Blessing - Part 1

I (Tim Pynes) was in Israel over the summer and one night, in Tel Aviv, I witnessed an amazing scene in the restaurant at the hotel where we were staying. It was Friday evening and the hotel restaurant was packed with hundreds of people of all kinds. After going through the buffet line and sitting down at a table to eat, I noticed a family of Orthodox Jews stand up at their table near me and begin to pray. As I watched them, the mother of the family pulled a shawl over her head and lit a candle. In that moment, it occurred to me that the sun had just set and the sabbath had begun. I turned in my chair and saw that there were Jewish families interspersed throughout the hotel restaurant who were standing at their tables and also beginning the shabbat meal ritual. These Jewish families seemed unaware and unconcerned with the mealtime chatter happening at tables all around them as Muslim and non-Jewish families carried on eating and celebrating dinner together.

I focused my attention on one young boy at a table near mine (he was a red-haired, Orthodox Jewish child with the long curled locks hanging down on either side of his face who appeared to be around 9 or ten years old) and watched him as he stood at attention with his family, focusing his gaze first on his mother as she spoke, and then on his father. As I watched this young boy and his family continue the shabbat meal ritual, I was reminded of this scene from the movie, Fiddler on the Roof.




The powerful and moving scene I witnessed that night in Tel Aviv and this scene from Fiddler on the Roof cause me to consider and ponder such thoughts as:

• Imagine growing up in a home where at least once a week your parents took turns to look you squarely in the eyes and speak words of love and blessing over you.
• Imagine growing up in a home where at least once a week you got to observe your parents speaking words of love and blessing to one another.
• Imagine growing up in a home where at least once a week, you connected on a heart level with your parents and your siblings.
• Imagine growing up in a home where the stories of God’s goodness - stories that naturally overflowed from having a vibrant, personal & intimate relationship with God - were shared at the dinner table on a regular basis.

I want to explore these thoughts - and many others like them - and I want to reclaim the home as the center for spiritual growth and development. I long to see vibrant families of Jesus scattered throughout the world; families who are connected with the heart of God and who are being the Church wherever they go, wherever they are. Because of this, I have created a 6-week course titled, "The Family Blessing: Reclaiming the Home as the Center for Spiritual Training". The focus of this course will be on helping you to reclaim your home as a center for spiritual training. By instituting a weekly family blessing time, you will help to cultivate one anothers spiritual life and develop a more intimate relationship with God. You will learn to create a weekly space in the natural rhythm of your family’s life where you connect with one another and with God at a heart level and learn to see one anothers design and glory and call it forth.

Here are the details for the class:

• The class is 6-weeks long and begins on January 23rd and ends on March 2nd.
• The class is limited to 15 people. The first 15 people to register get in. Once 15 people have registered, we will close registration and create a waiting list.
• The cost of the course is $100 per person or $150 for couples.
• Every week on Monday, you will be emailed a workbook with your assignment for that week.
• Also, there will be three 1-hour conference calls provided for you over the length of the course where you can connect with your classmates, ask questions, discuss what you are learning, etc.
• In addition, you will be provided two 45-minute coaching sessions during the length of the course.

Registration opens today, January 9th and ends at 5 p.m. MT on Friday, January 20th or once the class has 15 participants, whichever comes first.

You can register for this course at http://familyblessing.eventbrite.com

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me: timpynes@gmail.com