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Excited for Ignite: Engage

April 19, 2013 — Leave a comment

I’m really excited about Ignite:Engage. If you don’t know what Ignite is, it is basically some of my pastor friends and I trying to get as many churches, as many Next Generation groups (jr. high through college) to get together a few nights a year to tear down the barrier walls and come together worship and learn together. It is really exciting as more and more churches are coming out for this completely free event to be encouraged as believers to go out and love God and love people. 

You can check out Ignite by clicking here and I would love if you “liked” our Facebook page. The next event is May 3rd, at Christ’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas, CA. 

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If you live any where near SoCal, you are invited to come and hang out with your entire group. It’s going to be an incredible light and God is going to move.

Little about the May 3rd’s Ignite teachers and bands:

Brian Holland: Along with being part of the founding duo of Ignite, Brian Holland has been in ministry for 19 years in Southern California. While 17 of those years were spent serving in high school ministry, he is currently the young adult’s pastor at Pomona First Baptist Church. He is an outstanding speaker; he’s captivating, funny, but most importantly passionate to see people come to know Jesus. He is asked to speak at many camps, chapels, and special events all over the country throughout the year. He has an amazing wife, Kelley, who passionately loves Jesus, and two boys, Tyler (8) and Dylan (6). Brian’s purpose for ministry is to exalt Jesus as the greatest – one life at a time.

Ronny Roa: He has been a driving force among Next-Gen leaders for the past 5 years. Having been lead pastor at “Generate” in Corona, CA, he has inspired literally thousands with a desire to see the world changed for Jesus Christ. Ronny is passionate about the local church and training up the next generation. Ronny now works at Mariners Church in Irvine, CA.

Valley Worship:They are a community of songwriters from Christ’s Church of the Valley dedicated to using the medium of song and lyric to equip and empower others into a life of fully devoted worship. They are a movement birthed by a community whose prayer is to be the voice of truth, hope, and inspiration in their community and beyond; to bring forth the Gospel through music that is from the church, for the church. Each of the songs from Valley Worship are rooted out of the desire to worship by the Word, worship daily, and worship unashamedly. Their most recent projects are their self-entitled album, Valley Worship, and their newest released sing, “Alive.”

Ryan Hall: Along with being the second part of the founding duo that started IGNITE, RYAN HALL is active in leading worship and Next Gen ministries at Living Waters Church in Pasadena. He has been leading worship for over 10 years, and in 2009, he released a debut album of original songs. Last year, three of Ryan’s songs were featured on the Pasadena International House of Prayer’s (PIHOP) first worship album “Worthy of it All.” Ryan has been blessed with a number of opportunities to lead worship at Mexico Outreach with Azusa Pacific University, at PIHOP and at several churches and events in Southern California and around the world. Last year, he and his wife Karen welcomed with joy their first baby girl, Lily. Their heart is to see this next generation not only catch the transformational power of worship but to see them lead lives fully surrendered to Jesus.

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Ignite Conference- Break Through

January 7, 2013 — 1 Comment

One of my biggest passions in ministry is getting the body of believers together. More specifically is getting as many youth ministries together under one roof for a few nights a year simply for them to learn, be encouraged, and worship as one body to our God. We started this thing called Ignite Worship (you can check it out by clicking HERE, you should also “Like” it), and it is rolling.

We have some awesome teachers:

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Jarrid Wilson: He is a young guy, but his passion for Jesus is inspiring. He is a speaker and author here in the So Cal area. He has an amazing following on his blog (click HERE to check it out) and his book, 30 Words, is on Amazon and you can check that out by clicking HERE.

 

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Phillip Allen Jr: Pastor of The Vine of Shepherd of the Hills Church. One of the most engaging speakers I have personally ever heard. He brings it. You can check out his ministry The Vine by clicking HERE.

This is a team of pastors of a few local churches in the area who want to break the mold of “independent” groups by UNITING students and IGNITING the passion of Jesus inside.

This is not a ONE church thing. It just happens to be at ONE church, joining our groups together in worship is the first step in uniting our next generation of leaders from many churches in one place to first IGNITE their relationship with Jesus so they can unashamedly claim Him as Savior to the world. IGNITE exists to ignite a generation with a passion for Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit to live transformed lives, to accomplish the will of the Father.

It’s a FREE session on January 26th, 2013, to start this journey of breaking down youth group barriers and start to join and work together. I would hope you would want to jump in. Here is a recap of last year:

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Called To Join Forces

August 21, 2012 — Leave a comment

I would consider myself a bridge builder. I absolutely love connecting with other people and forming brand new relationships from people I just met. Especially when it comes to other people in ministry. I love to talk and learn from other people because I feel like it can watch and learn from other pastor’s and ministries. I understand that this is some people’s personalities and it is not some people’s natural instincts to go out and talk to people they do not know and start a relationship with a complete stranger. But this is something we all need to learn to do because it is vital to ministry.

To many of us are so stand-offish towards other ministries. They are them, we are us and that is where it is going to stay. But how effective is that really? We may be doing great ministry in our area, but someone else could be doing it “better” and together you would be unstoppable. Imagine the damage to the enemy if pastors from different churches joined forces every once in a while to put on huge outreach or discipleship nights where we raise up the next generation to show them that the ministry that they are involved in is not the only one in the area doing what they are doing!

It might not be everyone’s niche to be bridge builders of other ministries, but it is something that needs to be learned. I believe Jesus did not intend for a ministry to be an “island”, doing it’s own thing and that’s it. In Mark 6, Jesus sends out the disciples two by two, he sent them out together to do ministry in His name.

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Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.

8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

This is something that a few great friends and pastors are trying to do with this conference for all the local churches in the area. Trying to get as many high school and young adults together from many ministries for one night under one roof to be encouraged and learn about God to ignite their passion for Jesus.

Really think about it. Think about what could happen if churches combined on some events. We need to partner up just like Jesus partnered up the disciples before sending them out. Join us?

What events have you combined with other churches? 

*Click HERE to check out the IGNITE page.

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Ignite Conference: Eclipse

May 15, 2012 — Leave a comment

I am pretty excited to announce that I will be teaming up with some of my favorite people from a few different churches, from a few different student ministries, for a great night of worship here in September. Like I posted yesterday, there are no “others” in ministry. It is US, united. I have always wanted to partner up with other pastors and create a night where many groups, from all over, can come to one place and be encouraged that they are not alone, that other churches are doing great things as well, and groups can come together and worship.

In comes IGNITE. This is a team of pastors of a few local churches in the area who want to break the mold of “independent” groups by UNITING students and IGNITING the passion of Jesus inside.

This is not a ONE church thing. It happens to be at ONE church. But joining our groups together in worship is the first step in uniting our next generation of leaders from many churches in one place to first IGNITE their relationship with Jesus so they can unashamedly claim Him as Savior to the world. IGNITE exists to ignite a generation with a passion for Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit to live transformed lives, to accomplish the will of the Father.

It’s a FREE session on September 8th, 2012, to start this journey of breaking down youth group barriers and start to join and work together. I would hope you would want to jump in. Here is a recap of last year:

For more information please go to http://www.igniteusnow.com

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