July Update

Greetings Beloved,

We have some exciting news to share. God has provided us with a new house with less rent,  more space (including screened pool) to share with our Gospel Community and new neighbors. The house is in a neighborhood with a recreational area; pool, basketball, fitness. All great places to meet new people to share the gospel with. I admit when we first heard about this house up for rent from a couple that's part of the Round Lake Church family, I was already thinking that I didn't want to move, I like our current location and neighbors and didn't think for a moment what God might want. After finally looking at the house and talking with the owners we knew this was where God wanted us. We move July 28. Sunday July 29th we leave for Lake Aurora Christian Camp where we'll be the mission for the 5th-7th grade week. 

This past weekend we were in Jacksonville teaching an Empowered Parent Conference with 7 parents. We visited the "Farm," the location for the 30 day camp and boys home. That was my first time seeing some of the children of parents attending our conferences. After our visit there and after hearing testimonies of some "Empowered Parents" that dropped by this weekend it makes me realize even more the importance of getting the word out about how life changing "The Parent Project" is. There are so many parents that have been through the conference, the camp, and support groups that say they wish they attended this when their kids were younger. But now they have peace in their homes and have found hope. Our goal for the conferences is to give parents hope; there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Our prayer is that they may have hope in Jesus and hear the gospel spoken at Camp Consequence and the Sunday morning service we all attend after the conferences.

Thank you so much for your continued support and prayers. Please pray that doors will open for a support group to start in Central Florida and EPC's will grow to the greater Central Florida area so we can help parents. "Changed Parents will see changed kids."

Grace and Peace, 

Hope Kegg

Video of Gospel Communities

When we moved here in July 2011 we only knew a handful of people. It has been so great to partner with them and to be sent out to plant gospel communities.  A total of 11 adults and 10 kids are going with us, so that we can make disciples that can make disciples.

Planting Gospel Communities

A little over a year ago I attended a conference in Tacoma, Washington called Soma School. This was a week long training, both in knowledge and practice, on how to live out the mission of Jesus Christ in the every day stuff of life. Soma School was water to my soul. It put wheels on what Hope and I had been trying to do over the last 8 years. Our passion is to make disciples that can make disciples that can make disciples. 

Last September we attended the GCM Conference in Huntsville, Alabama. While Hope and I were there, one of the goals mentioned was to plant one gospel communities per every 1000 people where you live. God has laid this on our heart to help plant 50 GC's here in the Mount Dora area. We have already partnered with some friends at RLCC and have started that vision with four. As we start ours this week, we already have 2-3 couples going with us that feel called to plant GC's. We will help to equip and train them to do so.

Another area that we are looking into is becoming a hub for others to come and learn to plant GC's. In order to pursue these areas, we feel that we need to raise financial support to have more time to devote to this calling. I am working two jobs right now to bring in what we need (Empowered Parent Conferences and Serving Tables). Both of these have been wonderful opportunities to share the gospel, and I plan on continue in both. Over the next two years we are looking to raise $1500-$2000 per month. Right now we are at about $700 per month. Please pray about supporting us in this call to plant the gospel here in Central Florida.

For the Gospel, for Lake County

Eight months ago we  moved back to Lake County, Florida. We lived here for almost 10 years and are so excited that God sent us back. Over the past eight months we have been busy, helping families and planting Gospel Communities here in Lake County. Gospel Communities are simply the church, sharing their lives together on mission for the city. All of this centered around the gospel of Jesus Christ.

When Hope and I first got here we had a plan to get to know and serve the city in a big way. We have been doing that through a ministry called Empowered Parents (click to see the work we are doing). All the while we have been planting Gospel Communities in partnership with Round Lake Christian Church. Our intention has been to tent-make while planting GC's. We have done this through Empowered Parents and a part-time job at a local Pizza Shop. Our other source of income has been through donations to these ministries.

This month, our family is being sent out to start a GC in our neighborhood. We already have roughly 10 adults and 8 kids to start. As we have been praying, God is starting to reveal a much bigger vision of what we are going to be doing here in Lake County. I will share that in my next post.