Tonight at The Barn "Crossroads"

Tonight at The Barn, Part 5, "Crossroads"- A new operation is being planned, Operation Pegasus: Easy Company will rescue members of Britain's Red Devils group who were trapped behind enemy lines after the failure of Operation Market Garden. Come join us tonight at Lieutenant Winters begins to recount a battle which took place at an unidentified crossroads in Holland....After which He is promoted to captain and is no longer in command of Easy...

The Band of Brothers Series will continue every Tuesday night at The Barn from 7-9 p.m. through the month of January...and perhaps beyond!

Part 4 "Replacements"

Tuesday Night....Part 4 "Replacements"...reinforcements Join Easy Company as they Join the largest Allied invasion in history, "Operation Market Garden"...This historical jump takes place on September 17, 1944. Eindhoven Holland, is liberated...but is the reconnaissance that this mission depends on accurate? How do the men of "Easy" react to the "new guys"? Can the "new guys" become part of "Easy Company"...Come join us at 7:00 PM and find out!....By the way..."New Guys" are welcomed! We welcome reinforcements at The Barn!

Band of Brothers - The Journey Continues

Follow Easy Company through the HBO Series on the Big Barn Screen. Tuesday nights, December 15, 22, 29. 7-9 p.m. Pre-barn meal at Showmars - corner of 521 and 160. Join us. Bring a buddy.

Tonight at The Barn

Part Three....Band of Brothers "Carentan"

Muster up all that you have within you as we join the men of Easy Company as they attempt to take the town of Carentan


See you at 7:00

Tuesday December 1st...at The Barn

Tuesday Night at The Barn...Part 2, of Band of Brothers..."Day of Days"...Join us as we launch at 19:00 hours...with Dick Winters and the Men of Easy Company, 506th PIR

Bring a Brother!

See you There!

The Barn Brigade

Friends, Fellowship, Family, Fire & Food!...at The Barn!

THIS COMING SATURDAY EVENING, December 5th,at The Barn,…Family, Fellowship, Fire, and Food!
6:33 PM until the Fire burns out!

We will be providing Chili …and Hotdogs for the kids
Please RSVP to trueidentity77@gmail.com and/or Scarlett at 704-622-9933 by Thursday December 3rd, so that we can coordinate who is bringing what…

Other ideas for you to bring…·

• Your favorite cornbread·
• Salad·
• Buns/condiments·
• Chips·
• Drinks·
• Dessert…maybe material for some “smores”

If you don’t have time to prepare or bring anything we will have a basket for some monetary contributions.
If you don’t have a few dollars to contribute and want to come, we’d love to have you!

Please RSVP to me at trueidentity77@gmail.com by Thursday December 3rd!
Feel free to pass this along to anyone that you are in community with.

We hope to see you there!

The Barn Brigade

Kevin S. Casner
704-309-7075
trueidentity77@gmail.com

Mo Barn Stuff!

Saturday Night, Nov 7 ~ Date Night at the Barn! Yes, the women-folk have a chance to check out the barn. Dessert, fellowship, music....6:30-8:30 p.m.

REPORT....it was a blast...thanks to Otherwoods, the Official Barn Band, for sharing some great music and worship with us. Some serious dessert was consumed from awesome cobbler to HACs (Homemade Almond Cookies) to a variety of items that resulted from collaboration with Barn Men and Mr. Teeter.

Tuesday, October 13 ~ Starting series on Fathered by God...inspired by new John Eldredge book, Kyle Kirchhoff leads the way for us.

Tuesday, October 20 ~ Father and Kid Night...sons, daughters, men with or without kids....come play and fellowship. School night hours - 5 p.m. til 7 p.m. - bring something to eat...napkins not allowed.

Tuesday, October 27 - Tuesday Nov 3-10-17~ Continue on with Fathered by God....fasten your seatbelt for the next several Tuesdays.

Oct 2-3 Retreat Update...AWESOME!

Are we like the Sons of Issachar?
The Sons of Issachar (one of the twelve tribes of Israel), were known as Warriors who “understood the times and knew what to do.” 1 Chronicles 12:32

WOW....what a great weekend!

Fresh Video from Event! Jelu Jumps!
Men from numerous churches and foxholes spent some time together away from the rat race. Wrestling with who God has called us to be, what it means to walk in our true strength, our true identity.

THANKS to Tiffany, Kim, Nick, Clay and the others from Camp Canaan for serving us well.

Friday, October 2 – Saturday, October 3, 2009
Camp Canaan, Rock Hill, SC

Friday, October 2
3 p.m. Early check-in
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Rally the Troops -Light the Bonfire & a few Christian cigars

Saturday, October 3
8 a.m. til 9 p.m. Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner – Couple of Sessions/Small Group Breakouts- Free Time/Play Time-Break Camp at 9 p.m. Staying over Saturday night might be an option.

Includes Friday night accommodation, Friday dinner and three meals Saturday. Bunk House Option – 49.00 Bring-My-Own-Tent Option – 36.00 Hit hmax@carolina.rr.com with "Count Me In" if you want to reserve a spot. Specifiy Bunk or Tent. We'll squeeze you for the dough later. We appreciate any donations for the scholarship fund.



Check out Camp Canaan at http://www.campcanaan.org/

Women....at the Barn?

On rare occasion, brave women venture out to The Barn - the Ultimate Man Cave. One such occasion is Wednesday night, October 7th, hosted by the women of the Charlotte Christian Chamber. 5:30-ish til 7:30-ish. Casual or business attire (remember, it really is a barn). 8900 Collins Road, Indian Land, SC. About ten minutes south of Ballantyne down Johnston Road/Hwy 521. No agenda, just fellowship. Bring an appetizer dish if you wish. patbaldridge@hotmail.com with questions or comments.

Rock the Barn Night - Tuesday, Sept 15

The Challenge: "If you have an instrument, bring it!"

Certain to be memorable, we will have a great evening of hanging out, fellowship and worship from 7 p.m. til 9 p.m. As an encouragement to all, Hmax and R.D. Eckard have volunteered to lead off the worship portion of the evening in order to give courage to the musically-challenged. Join us. Note: Barn hymnals will be available.

Welcome Christian Chamber Guys!

This Wednesday, September 9th, men from the Charlotte Christian Chamber will have the opportunity to be BARN AGAIN! That's right, brethren, come check out what God's been doing in the second story of a barn for the past four years. Bring a friend. Starts at 7 p.m. and will finish by 9 p.m.

Young Warrior Night - Tuesday, August 18 - 6:30 p.m.

WE DID IT! Men brought sons, neighbors, nephews.... a great time was had by all...serious pizza consumption, some touch football (injury report: hamstring, achilles), and a variety of other manly activities. More pics and video on Facebook - "The Barn." Check out the Youtube video.

In Lord of the Rings, Sam asks Frodo, "I wonder what kind of tale we have fallen into?" A great question, don't you think? John Eldredge and Brent Curtis took a swing at it in, The Sacred Romance: Life on the road takes us into our heart, for only when we are present in the deep sentences can God speak to them. That’s why the Story is a journey; it has to be lived, it cannot simply be talked about. When we face trials, our most common reaction is to ask God, “Why won’t you relieve us?” And when he doesn’t, we resignedly ask, “What do you want me to do?” Now we have a new question: “Where is the Romance headed?”

There is another great “revealing” in our life on the road. We run our race, we travel our journey, in the words of Hebrews, before “a great cloud of witnesses” (12:1). When we face a decision to fall back or press on, the whole universe holds its breath— angels, demons, our friends and foes, and the Trinity itself— watching with bated breath to see what we will do. We are still in the drama of Act III and the heart of God is still on trial. The question that lingers from the fall of Satan and the fall of man remains: Will anyone trust the great heart of the Father, or will we shrink back in faithless fear? As we grow into the love of God and the freedom of our own hearts, we grow in our ability to cast our vote on behalf of God. Our acts of love and sacrifice, the little decisions to leave our false loves behind, and the great struggles of our heart reveal to the world our true identity: We really are the sons and daughters of God.

Wild Men in the Mountains!

Over 20 guys with Barn connections joined 280+ men in the mountains of Virginia for the 2009 Top Gun Advance. Held at Young Life's Camp Rockbridge from March 19-22, men came primarily from D.C., the Carolinas, and Virginia with representation from Texas, New Jersey, Arkansas and Califorina (we believe he found Jesus). Hosted by Zoweh Ministries, God stirred men in a profound way. Stay tuned for the soon-to-be-released-AWARD-WINNING YouTube video!

Crankin' on in FebRUary and March!

Tuesday, February 24th - 7 p.m. Guys getting together! We'll talk about our calling as God's men and what's coming up at the Barn. (There will be a group eating and hanging out at Showmars - SC 160 and 521 - in the "back room....5:30 p.m.-6:44 p.m. EVERY Tuesday)

Saturday February 28th…7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.…Work day at “The Barn” to clean up, straighten up, set up, pray over the property, and fellowship. 10:30 a.m.…Help a BRIT! Barn Bro Paul Gohl and his bride need some hands to help them move from the Steele Creek area. Contact paulgohl@yahoo.co.uk 704.576.5417

Tuesday, March 3 - Journey of Discovery - we're cranking up another 8-week series at The Barn. 7 p.m. til 8:59 p.m. What does it look like to walk in the strength God has called men to walk in...to find our hearts....to walk in our true calling and identity. film clip collection, words of wisdom from John Eldredge (Wild at Heart), Erwin McManus (The Barbarian Way), C.S. Lewis and friends, lots of small group breakout time (you'll surely learn more from each other than the wise, old Barn leaders). Note: This will be limited to first 24 guys who can commit to the series.

March 19-22 - Top Gun 2009 in the mountains of Virginia. Awesome weekend retreat featuring a large contingent of brothers from Charlotte/Rock Hill/Fort Mill and across the Carolinas. Check it out (http://www.zoweh.com/), check the calendar, check in with the social director, jump in. If you don't have the dough, the scholarship fund is growing.

NEWSFLASH

Summer of 2009 - A major studio MAY be announcing filming of a new project about the Barn starring Kevin Casner. Working titles under consideration are Dances with Wild Men and Beer: Helping White Men Dance since 1939.

What's REALLY going on at the Barn?

Many of us have spent years and even decades learning from the word of God. Where some of us have "missed it" is the connection between the head and the heart. Am I REALLY walking in strength and honor and freedom? Is there more for me than the "rules"? Who has the Father called me to be? Is it a heart issue? John Eldredge shares the following from the book "Desire"...
Dare we forget King David? Yes, his passions got him in a heap of trouble—and gave us our book of worship, the Psalms. Sure, Peter was a hotheaded disciple always quick with a reply. Remember in the Garden of Gethsemane—he’s the one who lopped off the ear of the high priest’s servant. But he was also the first to acknowledge that Jesus was the Messiah, and despite his Good Friday betrayals he became a key apostle, contributed important pieces to the Scripture, and followed Jesus all the way to his own crucifixion, asking to be nailed to the cross upside down because he was not worthy to die in the manner of his Lord. Surely we remember that Paul was once Saul, the fiery young Pharisee “advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and . . . extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers” (Gal. 1:14). His zeal made him the foremost persecutor of the church. When Christ knocked him off his donkey on the Damascus road, Paul was hunting down the church, “uttering threats with every breath” (Acts 9:1 NLT). Christ captured his zeal, and after Damascus it led him to “work harder than all the other apostles” (1 Cor. 15:10 NLT). Augustine was also a passionate young man, sexually licentious, enamored with the pleasures of Rome, “scratching the sore of lust,” as he would call it after Christ got hold of him. He went on to become one of the great pillars of the church, laying the foundation for the rise of Christendom after the fall of Rome. Desire, a burning passion for more, is at the heart of both saints and sinners. Those who would kill the passion altogether would murder the very essence that makes heroes of the faith.

Wild Man Stuff in 2009

Brothers...lot's going on!

Starting Tuesday, January 13th. LIVE at the Barn. 7 p.m. Two sessions....one on each side of Barndom....take your pick.....three weeks...we'll probably run them again after we're done so you can catch them both. One session will revolve around What's going on with Men and Women (Help us, Lord!) and the other will focus on our Identity in Christ as men....the challenges, the wounds, the calling, the battles. Pray in advance and bring a Bible. The usual hungry suspects will be hanging out at Showmars (HWY 160 and 521) around 5:30ish.

February 13-14th. Valentines' Weekend! Friday night/Saturday~ Love and Respect - Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, author of the excellent marriage book, Love and Respect, and his wife, Sarah, will be conducting an event for couples hosted by Calvary Church in Charlotte. This should be a super conference! (Click here for Cool Video) Dan Tims, a Steele Creeker, and his bride are on the point in Charlotte for this event. dan@loveandrespect.com for more info. http://www.loveandrespect.com/

March 19-22. Top Gun 2009. Awesome men's weekend in the mountains of Virginia. We hope EVERY man we know will be able to attend this. Front page of http://www.zoweh.com/oweh.com/ will feature the retreat video and give additional info. Bunch of Barn bros will be attending and we hope you will be able to join us.

Fwd: Segal Prayer and Praise Report - Update from the Front

Please pray fervently.
Kind Regards,
Daniel K. "Dan" King

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matt Lorence <>
Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Subject: Segal Prayer and Praise Report - Update from the Front

Here is the latest update....when he is speaking of the picture in the Israeli newspaper the soldiers have their faces covered usually to disguise their identity....you will see what I mean when you read the update below....

Subject: Segal Prayer and Praise Report - Update from the Front

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Dear All,

Finally, Batya and I slept through the night undisturbed without waking up 2-4 times in the night. I feel rested after a long day yesterday in which I went to the border of the Gaza Strip where the other journalists from all over the world were doing their reports in many languages.

You may wonder why I was there? I was preparing a video report for Christian television in the UK and for our internet news site at: www.jnnnews.com. It should be up and loaded soon, keep watching. As I was taping with my cameraman and good friend Jan, a plume of white smoke went off from the heart of Gaza City and then an alarm went off in Sderot behind us with only a maximum of 15 seconds to take cover from the incoming Qassam rocket which missed the small town and struck about 200 meters from where we stood. We got most of it on tape while running for cover. Only minutes later another Qassam rocket came our way but only about 300 meters away.

You would think that the foreign TV crews would get the message but obviously not. What will it take for them to understand the nature of Islamic terrorism?

While we were there I had a real burden just to pray for Ariel who was probably somewhere within 5-10 miles of where I stood, maybe even much less. Fierce fighting was taking place and some report we received told us that a few paratroopers from our son's regiment were wounded. Thank the Lord, Ariel was not on the list of wounded, however we do care for all of them and continue to pray for all their safety. They have to have great discernment due to suicide bombers, several of whom have been shot in trying to reach the soldiers. This we need to focus more on in prayer, to expose the suicide bombers before they can reach their targets amongst us.
One encouraging piece of news came yesterday in the daily major Israeli newspaper; we are convinced that Ariel is in one of the photos. Seven of us who have seen the photo all agree its him from a side view. It is as if Ariel was sending us a message that everything is gonna be alright.
Just a little while ago our plumber Yossi walked in to fix the heating system and although not religious in character he looked at us and said, "Ariel is going to be alright, he belongs first to the Lord and then to you his parents. He's in God's hands." This is coming from a Jewish unbeliever, maybe not so far off in reality. Keep him in prayer.

In closing for today, I have had to cancel a two week ministry and fund raising tour for the most obvious reasons. Please pray that the ministry work of Vision for Israel & The Joseph Storehouse will not lack in any way and will be able to meet its financial obligations and ongoing aid and media projects to reach the nation of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:3
The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.

We appreciate all your ongoing prayers,

In His Service,

Barry for the Segal Family