I’m still working on my new design for the blog. In the meantime, check out this awesome video of my little boy Isaiah shooting hoops. Yes…he is only 16 months old but he’s already working on his jumper! Continue Reading…
Midweek Update from the Midstate….
We are settling in and still getting everything unpacked here in Columbia. We had some great help moving us so it was a really smooth trip. Thanks to everyone that came out!
Some quick thoughts on the move thus far:
- We’ve already met some incredible people in the area that are planting churches. I think that God is really up to some big things down here.
- Speaking of…we went to a culture building gathering for Awaken Church this past Sunday. It was great to take part in a service somewhere new and just soak it all in. I’ve been really impressed with their pastor, Jay Hardwick, and I think that they’re gonna have a major impact in the community here in Columbia.
- Lots of you have messaged me or asked me about the church that we’re planting and wanting to know details. Here’s what we know so far…God wants us to take part in a plan bigger than ours. We know we’re called here, we know God is up to something HUGE, and we know that He will fill in the details. We also know that we need His guidance and want to follow His plans and not our preconceived notions. Basically, we are praying that God will let us impact people far from Him and to love them like they’ve never seen before. The rest we’ll have to figure out. More on this to come.
- Speaking of figuring out…pray for us as we continue to search for funding and/or a job for planting a church and Patty starting a chiropractic office. If you want to help us out and make a donation for the church plant, just let us know. You can email me at josh@joshbrickey.com …OR… I hope will have a link here soon where you can donate. I know there’s a lot of churches represented on here, too, so maybe some of your churches would like to help partner with us to get this church off the ground. Get them in touch with us and we’d love to share about what God has placed on our hearts for this area! Every little bit will go a long way!
- On a brighter note, I gotta free White Chocolate Mocha and piece of lemon pound cake at Starbucks today. A local aparment complex bought it for random customers as a promotion. See…God provides. :-)
We will be out of town the rest of this week lining up some stuff for Patty’s chiropractic office so I might not be blogging much. BUT…I will be redesigning this blog and launching it sometime soon so stay tuned. With the new design I…mark my words…will be blogging a lot, so check back.
Today’s Moving Day
Well…today’s the day! It’s moving day! It’s time to close one amazing chapter in our lives and begin another amazing chapter… one that we don’t have any idea what to expect from it.
Some people have asked us how they can help us. Honestly, the two main things right now are prayer and funding. Pray that God will do an unbelievable work in Columbia through us. Pray that the church that we plant will see thousands of people come to know Christ and experince him personally. Pray that Patty’s practice will open with a bang and that tons of hurting people will find better physical health, and hopefully Christ.
As for funding, pray that God will provide funding soon for us to step out like this. We basically have two weeks of money to carry us for now, so hopefully I can get a job lined up quickly or find funding from various churches, organizations, or people. Heck…in the next couple of weeks there will be ways that you can donate here on the blog, so please consider partnering with us to start this new church. Every little bit will go a long way.
That’s all for now. To all our Greenville peeps…we love you all and will miss you.
Time to load the truck!
Sorry I haven’t updated much in the past few weeks. We have been out of town a good bit and this week is “moving week.” Next week I will be updating this site like crazy so make sure you stop by to check it out daily.
Keep us in your prayers as we step out on this adventure.
Blank Slate…
One of the things that I am committed to doing when we plant this new church is to look at things with a blank slate. Here’s what I mean:
Obviously, we are going to soak in as many ideas and strategies as we can from other people. However, I’m going into the whole planning process with pretty much all options open. Think about it…why do we do church the way that we do? We’ve been trained to believe that we have to have certain things. We have to pass the offering basket (or plate). We have to have a communication card/bulletin. We have to have small groups/Sunday school. We have to have a special song during the service. To be relevant, we have to serve coffee and doughnuts. And the list could go on and on.
Don’t get me wrong, all of these methods have had their time and place, and some may very well still be the best options for your context. But I want to look beyond those methods and look at the core concept behind them. What is the best way to experience true community? What is the best way for people to give? Let’s erase all the preconceived notions of how to do church and discover the best ways to be the church. More soon…
Huge News…
Well, I’ve been hinting on my twitter account that we had some big news to announce and the day has finally come. I’ll just cut to the chase. In January, we are going to be moving to Columbia, SC to plant a church! Not only that, Patty will be opening up her own chiropractic practice in Camden!
The past couple of years have been awesome here at SpringWell but we knew that it was time to pursue these dreams that God had placed in our hearts. Over the past couple of years, I have been feeling some rumblings from God about planting a church but I fought it. But…eventually God made it obvious through tons of things that He wanted us to do it and that the time is now.
I’m not going to lie, it’s a scary proposition. As of right now, we don’t know where we’re gonna live, how we’re gonna make any money until everything is fully up and running, and basically how we’ll survive. Especially with the state of the economy. But we know that God is faithful and we are certain that this is where God is leading! We’re confident that he will provide.
As for SpringWell, Scott and Bill have been supportive of me through this decision and are standing by me in support of this plant. We know that we’re really going to miss a lot of people at SpringWell. We can honestly say that we were embraced quicker here than we have ever been before and we have made some friendships that we are certain will last a lifetime. We’re going to especially miss the students and leaders that we worked with every week, but we know that God has even bigger things in store for them in the future! We love you all and we will definitely be in touch.
I’ll be talking about the church plant and more in the future. Keep us in your prayers as we seek God’s guidance in these endeavors. Pray that God will do a revolutionary work through us and that thousands will come to know Him.
As sort of a side note, what has God been speaking to you about doing? Whatever it is, just do it. Don’t let life pass you buy without surrendering to the things God wants you to do. More to come…
Now Playing on Isaiah’s iPod…
While I’m on this music kick today, I tought I’d share with you Isaiah’s three favorite songs right now. Everytime he hears these songs, he dances like no other. He even does the “la la la la…” with the first one: Here ya go:
1) Neverending by the David Crowder Band
2) Vida la Vida by Coldplay
3) Whatever You Like by T.I.
What did you expect? The Wiggles? Sorry…he only likes good music.
What does your 14 1/2 month old listen to?
Note: Isaiah does not really own an iPod. Heck…I don’t even have one anymore. Someone stole it out of our car. 
Who is Josh Brickey?
husband. father. leader of a community of Christians called Venue Church. creative. passionate about diversity. simply trying to be obedient in the little (and huge) things.
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