An Interesting Start to the Day

Today started with two meetings. One wasn't bad and one was great. The first meeting was with a pastor in an area that we often work who was looking to plant a church in the area. I say this wasn't the best meeting because he already pastors a church in an area about 25 minutes from where he lives and he's looking to plant another without really having anybody to take his place at his other church. He wants to pastor at both churches and he's already working full-time at a nearby hospital. He was very bold (condsidering this was the first time we had met him) in asking how we were going to help and get involved by providing resources. While we believe that his heart is in the right place, this just didn't feel like a good fit to Mike and I.
From there, we went to see Danny at Uniting Reformed Church and things went incredibly well. Since our last meeting, he had set up a meeting with 7 other churches in the area in order to discuss youth ministry. They have a date on the calendar for a youth event that will be run by all of these churches together. Then, he told us that they were going to work to set up a youth leadership team made up of young people from each church. Basically everything that he said today was in line with the vision of Vox Youth Initiatives. When we discussed the idea of an abstinence / HIV prevention rally coming about as a result of this partnership of churches, he was on board with that idea. It was a greatly encouraging meeting and it was definitely an answer to prayer. Then, for the rest of the afternoon, I worked on how to present the message at the rally.