Update 10/25/12

Some sweetness provided by the great
Lindsay Cheng for one of our
support raising events.

Since our last post the Lord has continued to allow me and Erin to have gospel-centered conversations with those friends whom God allowed to see the sermon on the Prodigal Sons I was allowed to preach at Christ Fellowship.  If you'd like to watch it, you can see it HERE.  Pray for the fruit of the gospel to be grown in the lives of those we meet with.

New Phase of Ministry
We have officially started the support raising process.  We are so grateful for and humbled by our friends, family, and the leadership of Woodcreek Church for how they have sacrificed to support us.  We are still a good ways away from our prayer and financial hopes and would love to let you know how we can partner with you in proclaiming Christ in McKinney and beyond!

Home Group Growth


Guys doing life together Tuesday mornings.
The girls meet together Tuesday evenings
for Bible Study and sharing life.

We have had some sweet and encouraging time with our home group family and core group.  It is exciting to see God moving in lives to connect them with His heart to do something big in the city.  It's amazing to see friends stepping out of comfort zones and trusting God as we take a step into the adventure of sharing the gospel with our city.  This week, including our normal Sunday home church hangout, we will be serving our city through a Habitat for Humanity Project on Saturday and some of us will be hanging out together as McKinney is hosting a free outdoor movie party!

Christ Fellowship Ministry
After preaching, my attention at Christ Fellowship has shifted to their can-food drive for the McKinney Food Pantry called Scare Away Hunger.  It is driven by an organization called 3e McKinney and involves many churches coming together to fight hunger.  It was even featured online in the Dallas Morning News (with a couple of quotes by yours truly!)

Returning to Serve at Home
We continue to serve from time to time back at our home church at Woodcreek.  Erin and I will be attending the Kids Karnival this Saturday, and in the next month I will be speaking at the men's Friday morning Bible study, Fastbreak, as well as at the Young Adults Sunday morning gathering.  Excited to stay in a relationship and ministry with our friends and family at Woodcreek.

Prayer Requests
Please let us know how we can be praying for you by emailing us at michaeltmc@gmail.com.

• Continue to pray that Jesus grows our home church closer to Him and to each other as we become a family on a mission for God
• Pray that the Lord would unify us and give us a clear vision on how He is building His Church through us in McKinney and beyond
• Pray for our personal and collective holiness - that we would put off sin and put on the grace and life of Jesus
• Pray for more people to meet Jesus through us and to grow those that have
• Pray thankfulness for how Jesus is continually meeting our needs
• Pray thankfulness for the supporters that are sacrificing to see the movement of our church plant go forward
• Pray for more "workers for the harvest."  We need more prayer support, financial support, and people who want to connect with us to join our family on a mission.
• Pray for energy for me and Erin as the efforts of our jobs, the ministry, and general life are impacting our physical, mental, and spiritual energy and health.  Pray for wisdom in making some decisions about our lives, time spent, and that God would give us supernatural strength.

Grateful to God for His Goodness
God is good all the time and we are grateful for the daily grace of Jesus in our lives.  Please join us in displaying and proclaiming that grace throughout our city.

Catching Up

God just keeps backing the dump truck of grace up to our lives and unloads.

Fun Cool Things
In an effort to be concise but also share with you guys a lot about what's been going on, here are some bullet points of fun things over the last few weeks.

- We had a 'family dinner' the other week where we cast vision and asked for commitment from our home church family.  The Lord met with us, and while some people are still seeking the Lord for His will in their connection with us, many of us already felt the confirmation to head forward on this adventure for Jesus in McKinney together.

- I had the opportunity to preach during the Sunday services at Christ Fellowship.  It was a blessing that my family came to hear.  And even some Woodcreek friends came all the way up to be a support.  I am blessed infinitely beyond what I deserve.  If you'd like to watch the sermon, click HERE.

- We had our home church over at our place for Pumpkin Carving.  It was so fun to see the kids and adults be silly and creative, and I must say that we ended up with some pretty good looking pumpkins!  Check below for some pics!

- The Lord has also blessed and humbled us with some financial supporters for our church plant adventure.  It is an inspiring thing when people believe in what God is doing through you and choose to sacrificially invest in what's happening up here!  Thank you!!

Some Harder Things
We've been dealing with some sickness around our house, specifically a stomach bug that Erin and I think actually came home with her from a trip to Nicaragua 2 years ago.  We have meds, but please keep her in your prayers.

Mark Your Calendars
We would love to see you guys and gals at our Vision and Support Raising Dessert at Woodcreek Church in Richardson on Monday, October 15th at 7:30pm.  Come and hear what God has been doing, what we hope He plans to do, and how you can partner with us.


Pumpkin Carving Pics