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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!

MCE Lessons Learned

Originally posted on Learning and Launching a Missional Community:
I find GK Chesterton’s words to be very encouraging: “Anything worth doing is worth doing badly.”  Discipleship usually begins with stumbling attempts.  But we want to get better.  That means, we…

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Ready, Fire, Aim.

I heard something tonight at my daughter’s fifth grade graduation.  One of the speakers quoted a basketball coach who supposedly said, “Do what you need to do and do it right the first time.  Because you may never get the … Continue reading

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Suggested Scriptures for Be The Church by Kalinowsky and McBee

Be The Church by Ceasar Kalinowski and Seth McBee is a pretty helpful study.  You get a napkin scribble, a little dialogue driven story line, and some open ended questions.   It’s very simple and can spin out some helpful conversation. … Continue reading

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Prayer Ministry UP-IN-OUT

As we form groups at FCMC, we try to form them in a way that reflects the lifestyle patterns we see in Jesus.  I’m talking about Up, In, and Out.   But how will that work with a prayer group? … Continue reading

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Learning Easy Grace While Living Missionally

So I missed my chance on Saturday.  I’m trying to do this *BELLS strategy.  I lined up a group of people were praying for my “contact work” (aka relationship building) during my son’s soccer tournament.  I was looking for opportunities … Continue reading

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