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About Pastor Jesse

I am someone loved by Jesus - a disciple, husband, father, pastor, and engineer. God has a mission and invites us into it. I want to do my part to encourage and equip people for life on that mission!

Updated: The Lord’s Prayer Life Shape (The Hexagon)

Drawn from Building a Culture of Discipleship by Mike Breen and the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Key Scriptures: Matthew 6:9-15, Luke 11:1-4 In the Matthew 6 (part of “The Sermon on the Mount”), Jesus tells his disciples to “Pray this way.”   … Continue reading

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Worship This Saturday Night!

Second Saturday Celebration Tomorrow! 1) The First Coast Missional Communities worship gathering is this Saturday night at 6:30 at Faith Community Church. 2)  We are looking forward to Daren and Crystal Libby being with us.  God is doing something really cool through their … Continue reading

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What do you do with youth and kids in a missional community?

I remember typing that into a search engine back when we started our pilot missional community two years ago. I was intrigued about the idea of families, including kids, being together in community to follow Jesus. What I found on-line … Continue reading

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Missional Micro Post on Bi-Vocational Pastoring

I’ve been a bi-vocational pastor for about five weeks now.  I just thought I’d offer some very brief reflections. 1) Days are full.  So are evenings.  Being bi-vocational is a lot working two jobs.  I crash pretty hard most nights. 2) I don’t have as … Continue reading

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Heeding this could save your church, ministry, or group.

“Many well intentioned followers of Jesus think that forgiving comes in the form of ignoring. “Pretend it didn’t happen,” they’ll say.  Or, “They probably didn’t mean it.”  This is simply a cheap way of excusing someone’s bad behavior.  And while … Continue reading

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