A new adventure!

Good evening,

I was sitting tonight listening to a sermon preached by a friend of mine, so while he is speaking about the Lord, let me update you on all the wonderful (and rapidly changing) things taking place in our lives.

Jennifer and I have been blessed to be a part of a church family at Pleasant Union General Baptist Church in Lewisburg, KY for almost seven years. On August 30, 2009, we will complete our time serving the Lord in that community and church as we follow the next step of God's calling for what we hope is the rest of our lives.

In February, 2009, we attended the General Baptist National Missions assessment center for church planting, and following our approval began the steps of transition into a new ministry for 2010. This required a move, and on Memorial Day weekend we bought a house in White House, TN, and moved closer to the place where both of us were raised in Sumner County.

We have also accepted the partnership with the newest association in the General Baptist family, Genesis Association, and will be planting a church in Tennessee that will launch (tentatively) Sept. 12, 2010. Praise the Lord! We are being connected with some great people who will be serving with us in this exciting venture as we reach people in a brand new world with the Jesus that is the same yesterday, today and forever! It's a Revolution of ministry (more to come about that later!)

Things have been very busy at church, however, as we transition our time at Pleasant Union. We are blessed to have felt the wonderful love and support of many of our church family and though it is sad to have to leave, we are so thankful for the friendships we have developed that can last forever. We are thankful for those who will pray for and support us in our new ministry.

In the meantime, we are taking a HUGE step on faith. I have been in full-time ministry for almost 10 years, and at the end of August, I will get the opportunity to have a different view of things for a change. I will be substitute teaching at White House High School in September through the end of the year thanks to my good friends Principal Jeff Cordell and head coach Jeff Porter. I will be training with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as a Character Coach and continue my work as a volunteer staff member of the Blue Devils football team. And I hope to help my buddy Drew in the local media and with his screen printing. So it's a mix and match, but we are trusting the Lord to open the doors for us to continue our ministry transition.

We will be training with General Baptist National Missions at the end of September in Tampa, FL, and we also will get the opportunity to continue to work with the great folks at Freedom Church in Gallatin, TN, where we have been attending on Saturday night since November.

Finally, I hope to get an opportunity to share our vision with you. If you are a church pastor, or part of a local church family, we'd love for the opportunity to share with you how you can partner with us in prayer and support as we prepare for a great adventure in the kingdom of God!

In January (tentatively) we plan to begin full-time ministry work with GB National Missions as a church planter for 2010 with director Stephen Gray and a partnership with many local churches and Genesis Association.

So there's a quick update. I have lots of folks to thank, and lots of time to be thankful and humble.

Most of all, I thank my Savior Jesus Christ for dying on the cross for me.

I'm excited, saddened, scared, fired up, impatient, patient, determined, dedicated, can't wait, slowing down, speeding up and unsure yet confident! How's that for an awesome emotion!

God's going to do a great work through His people! Let's start a Revolution in 2010 and I look forward to hearing from you how you can be a part of it.

Live, love, communicate and worship in the name of Jesus!

Pastor K

P.S. I have a new cell number, if you don't have it, send me a message through email, FB, Twitter, etc. and I'll get it to you.