Global MoMENtum Tour - key dates

APRIL - Speaking at the Synergize Conference in Kiev, Ukraine with Sunday Adelaja (Europe's largest church - 35,000strong) April 1-3, then doing weekend services (5 total) at the Hillsong Church in Kiev - great pastors Zhenya and Vera - Washington DC men's event April 11,12 - PointMan camp April 18 San Antonio - April 19 - men's meeting Dallas - April 22 Synergize event Kansas City - Thur.April 24 Portland Maine mens' event - Apr 25/26 Portsmouth, NH Iron Sharpens Iron - Apr. 26/27 Plymouth, Ma. men/weekend services.

Juarez, Mexico Mens Event May 8-10
Indonesia June 2- 14
Latvia, Germany, Uganda, Ghana July 1-18
----New Guinea, Australia, England fit in here somewhere...
Nigeria, Kenya - Oct. 1-11
Ecuador, Peru jungle October 18-28

Lions Roar - Dallas May 4-6, 2009

Damascus, Jerusalem, Rome - Men's events May 18-29, 2009

more dates on calendar - will publish on the new website - which is looking good for publication end of March/first of April - please go with me to any event on the calendar...just call us...

grace/peace
paul

Houston Conference Rocks!

The Synergize Houston event was tremendous!  Leonard Sweet, Bishop Hawkins from Atlanta, Doug Stringer, Sunday Adelaja, James Davis, Ben Lerner, JoAnn Webster - high impact day with over 300 key Houston leaders!  

The CMN session was anointed...over 30 churches will participate in a Houston Men's event June 20/21 at the Worship Center - pastored by good friend Rusty Greer -  

  Doug Stringer had led off after lunch with powerful word on prayer and compassion - I followed and we just had to stop and pray - took part of my time - had all leaders hold each other's hands...prayer for each other - it was explosive...then, I just told stories of Uganda - stories of how one man's worldview can change history...Doug had really opened the hearts of all of us - made it a wonderful time to minister... (maybe I'll just show a video of Doug before I minister anywhere in the future)

Dozens of key churches took materials and leadership kits to kickstart their own men's movement... many pastors excited about the ministry - Houston is growing a great men's movement - from over in Katy with good friend GF Watkins - across the area...it's awesome.

long drive home - a 'good' tired - daughter Lindsay went with me - she was tremendous helping team setup event, didnt sleep Monday night - warrior spirit - awesome woman of God.
dates for more cities set...will send email to friends...

grace/peace
paul

Hope Website Honored Globally

The Hope Christian City Church website was given a very special honor in the secular press this past month...  the website - www.hopechurch.tv - created by Assoc. Pastor Brandon Cole was honored by the major web designer site 'cssmania.com' as one of the top designs on the entire global internet!

Very cool to be mentioned alongside Microsoft, Apple, Slate and other giants of the internet...

congrats Brandon and the team at Hope!

The internet is a tool for the Kingdom - let's use it - boldly.

grace/peace

paul

Outreach to SingleMoms-AWESOME!

Past Monday night over 40 single moms, 70 of their kids and over 80 community and church volunteers packed out the Hope Church facilities for the Fifth Annual "Hair by Hope" event for single moms - in the midst of a freak Dallas snowstorm!  It was a spectacular success!
                 The entire building was converted into a fabulous spa look, with the top hair stylists in the area giving free haircuts to single moms, makeovers for all, massages and gift-bags full of goodies - along with an amazing plush pink bathrobe - There were few dry eyes in the place -
One mom said 'for the first time, in a long time. she felt like a lady' - wow - another just stood with her gift bag of stuff and cried, overwhelmed with love - another hugged everyone...it was beautiful -
and... the men that walked the ladies with their children to and from their cars - in the driving snow - that was impressive!
                My wife Judi had this idea a few years ago as a way to express the love of God to single moms - and now it is a highly anticipated community event in this area every year!

This is what church is all about! Let's take Jesus to the culture!
grace/peace
paul

A Hero Died

Larry Norman left this earth on Sunday morning - you may not know who he is, but he was one of my heroes...
One of the early pioneers of Christian rock music in the 60's, he was a revolutionary - wrote great songs, but more than that deeply impacted a generation of writers and leaders with his life and music...

See more on Larry at www.larrynorman.com

I hope that someday, when I leave this planet, someone will write something close to what people from around the world are writing on his page... that's a worthy goal... it's not about fame, it's about footprints.

He never really fit into any easily defined box - he never quit being a rebel for God - through huge ups and downs of life, he finished fully engulfed in the flames of passionate love for Christ - and that others would know Him. Hebrews 11.

They don't need to know your name, they just need to meet your Jesus.

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HugeWin!

Robert Barriger said the events just completed in Trujillo were an "unexpected and spectacular success" - it was awesome! Eddy Leo, Ed Preston, Robert and myself...over 100 pastors at Monday gathering - then 3 nights of 'standing room only' events(1500), and 2 days of teaching - it is the second most important city in Peru - and many universities - this was a huge win... They will do larger 'Corazon' event next year - (Barriger's are doing amazing work in creating models for Latin churches, and it's getting traction!)
Now, strategic followup - Marcos, Pedro, Jorge and other key men are doing Sr. Pastors training next month, then followup with their key leaders...all to implement the Majoring in Men curriculum - BECAUSE IT WORKS!
- got sick wed. in trujillo-food poisoning -tough trip home - total 10 hrs. of delays - took 23 hrs. to get home...feeling better now - but tough way to lose weight -
Many connections made in Peru - Ed Preston met top pastor from Ecuador - Eddy Leo is ministering now in Brazil...Colombia opens up strong in November...so-
Strategic Plan to saturate South America by 2010 is still on track - but, need more guys going more places... business guys, pastors, men's leaders... let me know - place for you.
grace/peace
paul

Peru - 'Synergize'

Amazing event last week in Lima with Robert Barriger - leaders from all over South America, over 7,000 attendees, many salvations and talked to hundreds of leaders about the men's movement - Eddy Leo from jakarta was also there, and now we're up the coast in Trujillo, Peru - over 100 pastors in meeting yesterday - Eddy Leo, Ed Preston (leading businessman from Portland) with Barriger - awesome... then after pastor's meeting filled large auditorium in downtown - tremendous new breakthrough for ministry! Barriger is amazing... networking men's movement all over western hemisphere... Pastor Pronesti from Buena Aires, was in Lima - as was Jimmy Cornejo from Ecuador, Pastor Sergio from Chile, Guy Henry from Honduras, and many other great leaders... it's happening!
SYNERGIZE! conference in Atlanta with Sunday Adelaja and James Davis was Jan 29-31 - tremendous favor with leaders from all over world - they want us to bring CMN and Ed Cole teaching to their nations... Alex Mitala from Uganda was there, Suliasi from Fiji - we received invitations from India, Malaysia, Philippines, and more... also - many leaders from U.S. denominations - inviting us to bring the men's movement to their regions!! That's huge breakthrough - some were places that never received Dad, but now seeing the wisdom...

so tired last night, I got back from event, put computer on my lap, still dressed from service, started to type email to my wife Judi, woke up this morning at 6:30am still sitting in that position...hands on the keyboard, head tilted forward...must have fallen asleep in 10 seconds, slept like that for 8 hours... happy about the sleep, but the sore neck is a bummer...
Hey... it's happening all over the world...I'm pumped!
more soon... stay hot!
grace/peace
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