Rich Wilkerson Jr.'s Blog

Love Is In The Air

By: DawnChere

Hey friends - Happy VALENTINES Day!

Here I sit at midnight on our couch listening to music with Rich. We thought we would share our Valentines card with ya :)

This was my 8th Valentines with Rich (time flies when you're having fun). I have decided that beyond the candy and random stuffed animals, Valentines is not a fake holiday (despite strong argument from lame  boyfriends). In this fast paced world we can all use the reminder that LOVE is the most important part of life. Today we went to work, enjoyed a romantic dinner and then finished our message for Part 2 of 'Like A Virgin" tomorrow night.(Side note: Don't miss it!!)The greatest moments of being with the one you love have nothing to do with how fabulous the scenery and everything to do with how fabulous the friendship. I can honestly say that I am more in love with Rich today than ever before in my life. We met at 17 and as we have both grown into adulthood together we allowed our friendship to continue growing as well. Day by day we have the amazing chance to celebrate the little & big moments in life together. I'll take any opportunity (or holiday) to celebrate the man I love.

Sooo...Rich Wilkerson Jr., I am absolutely crazy about you. Your smile, blue eyes, wierd dance moves, funny jokes, quirks and creativity...I love it all. You are my one and only Valentine ;) Always.

And to all the lonely hearts - God has way more than you can imagine for your future - celebrate His love and plan for you today :) "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…"
Ephesians 3:20

And buy some chocolates for goodness sake!

XOXO,

DC

A Few Good Men

Tomorrow night the young adult men of the Rendezvous are embarking upon new territory.While the past year and a half has been incredible we have had a hard time organizing and following through with our small groups. Tomorrow nights mission is to grab a large portion of our men and actually do small groups at the church. We've asked all our young adult men to meet at the church at 5 pm. We're going to do a short teaching and then break into small groups where we can discuss and go deeper in the Word.

Small groups are all about one word "discipleship." It really was the heart of Jesus. Before Christ ascended into heaven he didn't say go and plant really cool, relevant, edgy churches. He didn't tell us to write catchy worship songs, and have creative services. While I personally love all of these things, that wasn't the last thing Jesus said. Hence it probably isn't the most important thing to him. Jesus told us to do go and make disciples.

Honestly, this has been a real challenge for us at the Rendezvous. We've done a great job at getting people to come to the service, but we haven't done particularly well with creating disciples.The reason why is because disciples are true followers. They are people that not only believe the prinicples or the teachings, but actually assist in spreading the doctrine. As a pastor my number one passion is to see people get saved and become disciples of Christ. I believe that tomorrow night is going to be the beginning of something absolutely amazing. As we begin to pour into men that are hungry for God, we will soon see a radical transformation that is only possible from the grace of God.

I'm so proud of all the young adult men at the Rendezvous who have accepted this challenge. All we need is a few good men to really make a difference.

New Series @ the Rendezvous... SEx-Usual

This Tuesday  my wife and I are starting a new series called Sex-Usual. We're gonna be talking about SEX. What was God's plan? Is sex ok? What about dating? Do I have to get married? I'm having a hard time staying abstinent... These are the topics we're gonna be covering. It's going to be very interesting and a lot of fun. Hopefully you can make it out.