Our hope is that you have enjoyed many hours of warm conversations, sharing of great meals, and much needed rest with family and friends during this season of the celebration of Jesus' birth! With the presents unwrapped and leftovers almost gone, many of us are turning our attention to 2012...new opportunities, celebrations, and challenges. I've been feeling that "pull" to just get 2011 over with and start over with the New Year. However, I've also been sensing a "different pull" if you will, to enjoy this day...and not rush it!
Before we know it, we will be seeing Christmas decorations going back up (in October!) to gather again. Time goes by too fast and we miss the "days in between" the events, celebrations, vacations etc. We need Trail Markers in life. Markers that help us understand where we've been, and guide us on the journey ahead.
The more trail markers we can identify in life, the more sense we can make out of life.(the good and not so good) What will you do with your "Days in Between" Christmas and New Years"? What will you do with all of the "Days in Between" in the coming year? Will we get caught up in "living for the weekends", "can't wait til vacation", Paydays, retirement, graduations etc.etc.? What will your Trail Markers and Days Between look like? Where will they lead you into...or out of?
We are thankful, that for many years, one of our "Days in Between" has included Tuesday nights, and Saturday mornings at The Barn. www.barnbrothers.org So much has happened this year! Trail Markers for many men and their families have been created, and I believe that their "Days in Between" have more significance than they ever have for those that have been willing to engage and take risks! It's not always easy...but we know that engaging, staying the course and taking risk is So Worth It!
If we put words to what has happened this year it would include many testimonies of many men that experienced an Awakening of their Hearts to More Life and More Freedom and More Intimacy in their walk and Calling with Jesus Christ. The wonderful outcome of this is men, marriages, families, and friendships on the adventurous journey of revelation, healing and restoration!
I'm thankful for the "Days in Between"!
Please do me a favor...please take a couple of minutes and watch the following video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfgS1bH3Txo&feature=youtu.be
After that please take a moment and read the attached Barn Newsletter.
Thank you for being a part of this!
We anticipate hearing about your Journey!
Enjoy your "Trailmarkers of Life and the Days in Between"!
Kevin S. Casner
What’s God up to in a Barn?
In March of 2005, eight
men began meeting to do a “Wild at
Heart” DVD series in the second story of a “Barn” ten minutes south of Charlotte near Indian Land, SC…since then hundreds of men’s lives, and their families have
been impacted! EVERY Tuesday night men gather from 15+ different churches, and some
have no church.
“My marriage was blowing apart when a friend-who didn’t know
about my marriage problems-invited me to come hang out with a bunch of men…in a
barn! The encouragement and direction I have received from the ‘Barn Brothers’
has been crucial in our miraculous marital turnaround.” -32 year-old husband and
father of two
Each week, we are humbled by these stories and testimonies of men
experiencing healing and restoration, as
well as more of the Freedom and Life that Jesus came to give us all. (Luke
4:18) The lasting good fruit is spreading into their marriages, families &
friendships!
We want men to quit taking the “Lone Ranger” approach to
life and open their hearts to three of the most important biblical principles
that Jesus intended for a man to
understand and live by:
· The importance of walking with other men. Even the disciples were sent
out in pairs to walk together.
· To realize they are not the only ones in the midst of their every-day
battles, great and small.
· To discover their true
identity as God’s beloved sons-sons called to fight-alongside of others, for their own hearts, marriages, families,
communities, and churches.
We’re reaching out to friends and asking for a couple of crucial
things:
1 – We need your prayers. We’re serious about this. This is a battle and
the enemy greatly opposes what we do. We
need “cover”- seriously. We want God to continue to direct us in all our
endeavors. We get calls every week asking
“How do you do this?” and we are looking to provide training for others that
want to offer this. We want to share
what we’ve learned over the years to others. We currently have opportunities to
start initiatives in Rock Hill and Huntersville. There are men driving 50+ miles ONE WAY to hang out with
a bunch of men in a barn. Amazing things are happening and we feel God is
calling us to expand but want to be sure we’re hearing Him clearly. Your prayers can help support all this.
2 - We need financial support. We are involved in a number of things that
require it…
·
Day-to-day ministry and
outreach to the men that God brings across our path. It is our desire to help
all men walk in the wholeness and freedom that we see happening within our
groups regularly.
·
Monthly Rent/Utilities/Supplies
at The Barn (the coolest meeting facility ever).
·
Providing scholarships
for men to regional and national men’s events.
·
Initiatives in 2012 to include
Father/Son & Daughter Outings and “Date Nights” and/or weekends with wives
·
We even have the ultimate
vision of buying The Barn!
Many “Year End giving”
request are being requested from many great ministries. We would ask you, our
friends and allies, that if your life or the life of someone that you know has
been impacted by what is taking place at The Barn, Please consider helping us
as we plan for 2012! The easiest way to
give is through PayPal at www.barnbrothers.org.
Or you may fill out the form on the back and
mail it into us. Thank You for coming alongside of us with your prayers, and monthly financial
support, or any one-time gift that you may feel led to provide. We are all
honored to be part of this, and sincerely thank you!
The Barn Brothers
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"The
Barn" is a 501c3 Participant member of Faith in the Family
International. Send
Donations by mail to “The Barn”, PO Box 49341, Charlotte, NC 28277
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