Greetings from Berwick (and Danville)!
We are now officially one eighth of the way through our residency program! The month of July was filled with some busy, pastoral-type of responsibilities. There were certainly some good learning opportunities.
The month began with helping a young professional from Danville move from his “bachelor pad” into a home as he is preparing to be married soon.
I had the opportunity to help prepare the roadmap for the upcoming series in 1 Peter.
Our lead pastor took a two-week vacation in July. During the first week, I hosted a campfire for the Iron Mill Students, lead our Vacation Bible School team (pictured!) each evening, and preached on Sunday. There were also a couple more activities that I was able to experience that I would prefer not to add to a public blog!
I am continuing to be involved with community group (small group) leadership, outreach team, Elder’s business meetings and prayer meetings, staff meetings, as well as meeting with individuals.
As part of the greenhouse program, I am required to do some reading. As part of this, I finished reading, “A Praying Life” by Paul Miller and “Between Two Worlds” by John Stott (my review/summary here). I am currently reading “7 Habbits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey. I am also reading “Allegiance Alone” by Matthew Bates with our lead pastor, discussing our thoughts one chapter at a time.
We are continuing to be involved in the Berwick community, showing up at community-type events and preparing for Fall sports. I’m planning to coach baseball and at the time of me writing this, there is a chance Samantha will be coaching soccer.
We are excited for the progress and excitement we are seeing about our coming church plant in Berwick! Iron Mill has multiplied their small groups over the past year (almost double!), and we are praying about the opportunity to be a part of the multiplication of a new small group in the fall! This would just be one more step closer to planting a church that plants other churches. Plant. Grow. Send!
We appreciate the prayer and financial support so far! We are still looking for partnerships. If you are interested in staying up to date with our needs, follow this blog! If you are interested in supporting us financially, you can send checks made out to Iron Mill Church with “Iron Mill Greenhouse” marked on the memo line. Their address is 2 Church Hill Rd, Danville PA 17821. You can also give online at https://ironmillchurch.com/give/ by choosing “Iron Mill Greenhouse” in the drop-down menu instead of “General.”
Thank you for your generosity! We look forward to keeping you up to date each month!
Serving Christ with You,
Brandon and Samantha Glenn
