Church of Starbucks

Last night I went down to Starbucks to meet with Lauren, one of the people who is on board with our new church. (Usually I'm a Fire Tower Coffee kind of guy, but I make exceptions.) We were getting together to talk about ideas and possibilities for the new church.

When I walked in I saw Russ Danaher, who is also planting a church in Helena. He was leading a groups of people in a Bible study.

(Russ and I and Steve Bostrom, a Presbyterian (PCA) church planter, have been getting together for lunch a few times a month lately. It’s good to meet with other church planters for encouragement, to learn from each other, and to keep focused on the fact that even as we’re leading different efforts, we’re also working alongside each other.)

I ordered my drink from Samara, who is part of Steve's new Presbyterian church.

While I was waiting, Dan Green, who is a youth pastor with the Salvation Army here, walked in.

It was cool to see four churches—three of them new church plants— represented at the coffee house last night. God is certainly at work in Helena. Good things are happening. I can see lives being impacted. I can see people getting fired up about being a part of God’s mission here. I’m encouraged. Let’s see what happens and see how we can be a part of it.