4 February 2008
Many Men Manned Up!
Say that three times fast!
Actually, it’s pretty easy, I just tried it. Certainly no, ‘Sally sold seashells by the seashore!’
But I digress. Look how many men showed up at 6:15 AM today to see how they can take their journey with Christ up 10 notches!
Exactly 100 men on day one of ‘Operation Man Up!’ Let me just reiterate why I am so pumped about this deal. I’ve seen enough studies now to be utterly convinced that the husband/father/man is key to getting the rest of the family connected with Christ and the local church.
Yes, it’s certainly true that if ‘Mamma ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.’ But when it comes to church and the family’s involvement, ‘If dad ain’t interested, ain’t nobody interested.’ At least not long term anyway. That’s why seeing this many men gets me fired up about what the Lord has in store for Southbrook Church!
Better strap in, men! It’s gonna be that kinda ride!
P.S. I heard men at just about every table talk about giving the table small groups a go. I never anticipated that kind of mass reaction—guess I should have had greater faith. Nevertheless, we weren’t prepared as we should have been but we can still fix it via this blog.
Here’s how…
If the men at your table decided to give this small group, once a week deal a try would you let us know who is the designated pointman of the group and the names of each person involved? We’ve done this long enough now to know what works and what doesn’t and we’d love to help but we can’t help if we have no idea who all is in what group.
So, click on this link —> jay foreman and shoot him an e-mail. He is taking care of rallying all the men who are really serious about this stuff and I’ve made sure he has many resources to pass on to you so that your group can move forward with the study or discussion topic, etc. that works best for you.
P.P.S. Also guys, check out yesterday’s blog regarding our series, “Friends with Benefits.” There is a contest I’m running to try and get more people involved. Not too many men have taken me up on it and I would love to see more. The details of how to enter are posted on yesterday’s blog (click here to go there immediately).
Thanks for stepping out, men! I promise you won’t regret it!
Here’s more shots from the morning…enjoy!
5 Comments currently posted.
Matt and Dee Langley says:
Matt Langley says:
Hey Rob and everyone out there in blog land. HUGE thank you to Rob, the staff, and volunteers that took the time Monday morning to talk with us about the importance of manning up. No not the football player(s) named manning but being “the man” of our households by focusing on and growing closer to “The Man”. If you are from the South you will probably think that statement sounds like something Ric Flair would say, can I get a big wooooo! Ok, ADD moment over, back to the post.
I was already pumped up before I came to the meeting because the past 5 weeks have been one of the most awesome I have experienced in my 35+/- years of my life so far. There have been attacks, but by praying with our hearts wide open, staying in His Word, and remaining faithful to the covenant we made with the church, we have experienced firsthand His grace and a peace that passes all understanding. I listened intently to what had been put on Rob’s heart, looked around the room, and was in awe of how many men actually showed up. In fact, and I shared this thought with my table; it seemed that if there were 6-8 men at a table, half were “young” men (between early 20’s to late 30’s) and half were “more seasoned” men. I later categorized them as either “pups” or “hounds”. What really amazed me more so was when Rob said that he thought maybe we were sitting at our tables for a reason. Here is what I came up with:
Now I do not know where everyone is in their “walk” but what I thought was that the “pups” could teach some “new tricks” to the “hounds” and the “hounds” could impart some wisdom to the “pups” to help us grow and mature. Hopefully that statement made sense to you all and I did not offend anyone by calling them either a “pup” or a “hound”. At any rate, I hope to get our table group and even other men that want to meet together. To spearhead that initiative; if you work in the South Park area and would like to meet for lunch, say every one day every other week, e-mail me – mattlangley@windstream.net -I was thinking Fairview Plaza Restaurant -
In closing I would like to leave you guys with another thought that came to me and some links to check out. You know how people say that “he is a man’s, man”? Well I have got one better. Wouldn’t it be an awesome legacy for people to say that you are “a Son of Man’s Man”? Oh, I have put a link to the haunting video that Rob mentioned of an interview with Tom Brady. If you have high speed it may take a few minutes to load, your results may vary. It is worth looking at as what he says could apply to anyone who does not know Him. Have a great week!
Great Bible verse for today and any day:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2010:1-13%20;&version=51;
Tom Brady Video:
http://www.ezauctionxperts.com/images/Brady%20Missing.wmv
Great daily / study Bible, we are going through this one this year:
Mark Cianciosa says:
Rob;
It was so great to pull into the parking lot yesterday morning at 6:30 (yes I was running late) and see so many guys … it was a blessing to be a part of such a great group of men … just so eveyone who reads this knows … on Friday my group will meet at ^:45am … at the IHOP at Woodlawn and 77. If anyone is interested please call me at 704-975-7098 or e-mail me at mcianciosa@southbrookchurch.com. Thankj you Rob for getting up with us and leading us the way you did …
In HIS Service,
Mark C
Dee Dee Sienkiewicz says:
TOTALLY BREATH TAKING GUYS!!!! How awesome it is to see God working in the lives of this church. Thank you Pastor Rob, we are so blessed to have such a “Real” man leading this family of believers. We will be praying for all of you. God is so faithful to us!! Let us be faithful to him.
Mark Cianciosa says:
That is my group will meet on Friday at 6:45am at Woodlawn and 77 at the IHOP.
In HIS Service,
Mark
As a wife let me tell you how thankful I am that you have decided to do this with the men. My husband is SO on fire for God and I couldn’t be happier! I am so thankful to the Lord for blessing me with Matt I can even express it. As a wife I know that there are A LOT of women who are praying daily for their husbands. But I posed a challenge to all the wives to pray daily for each of these ment whether they are your husband or not! If we pray for our men to join together and lead what a church family we will be!
I think that he fmaily can always be stronger!
Thanks again Rob for the sacrifice that yo uhave made. I know that my family has already benefitted!!
Dee