Wednesday afternoon I got a call from a friend in LaGrange who informed me that my friend Perry Keyt had passed away. Immediately my heart sank, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I was speechless!! Perry had moved from Powder Springs to be our Pastor at Callaway Park In LaGrange in September of 2007 and a few weeks after his move he was diagnosed with Lung Cancer. He fought and fought, and it was looking good at one point, and thats when Jessica and I and Pastor Perry decided that it was time for us to step out on faith and Plant Oasis Church in Augusta… Well, over the last few months he started to get worse, but he continued to fight, he fought right up until the last moment, because thats what Fighters do, they fight…
Perry (or who I like to refer to as BISHOP or PEPPY) was a man of unquestionable character and Integrity, a man of unending compassion, and a vibrant passionate worshipper of God… I am forever changed and impacted by my time serving this great man… I didn’t always agree, in fact there were lots of times we didn’t agree, but even then I loved him… I am forever grateful for all I learned under his leadership and thankful to him for all he invested into me. I will never forget my time with him and the memories I have because of that time.
I went to the viewing tonight at Trinity Chapel in Powder Springs, and saw the multitudes of people who came to visit with this family and pay their respects to this great man who had in some way impacted their life. And I thought to myself, I hope one day when i am no longer here that this many people will have been so impacted by my life that they will feel a need to come and tell me Goodbye… As I looked at my friend laying in that casket I thought about some of the conversations we have had over the last year… and I wished at that time that I had the chance to have one more conversation with him… If so I would probably say…
BISHOP, I’m sorry things have turned out like this, but you have inspired me, you have taught me so much about faith and fighting the good fight, I am proud to have known you, served you, and honored to be able to call you friend. Thank you for all the time you invested into me and I am very appreciative of all you have done for me. Thanks for believing in me. I truly love you.
I’m SAD tonight, but I know my friend is in a better place, I pray for Missy, and Matthew, and Tiffany… That God would wrap his loving arms around them and speak comfort over them and breathe peace into their hearts…
So I am definitely JACKED UP about our first vision gathering this Sunday Afternoon at 5:00, which is our first meeting that we are opening up to anybody and everybody. We are hoping for a few handfuls of people. We are just going to drink some coffee, and eat some snacks, and hang out and talk about the church. I will cast a little vision and talk about the kind of church we want to be and it will be a chance for My Team and I to connect with some folks that we can hopefully get plugged in to what we are doing.
We started two Impact Discipleship groups this week, 1 Mens Group with 5 of us and 1 Ladies Group with 5 Ladies. We are excited about Impact and what it’s going to do for us as individuals and also how it will help us Be & Build Disciples.
We are still trying to overcome the whole “nowhere to have service” challenge. We are looking at an old theatre and possibly a school so that is still an unresolved issue right now.
We are also trying to purchase, steal, and get donated some sound equipment. So if you have any ideas (Good Ones) please feel free to post a comment…
The money is still coming in slow, that definitely has not changed, but I am believing that God is gonna get it to us…
Matter of fact if your there reading this, and you want to plant a seed of $1000.00 then I will send you my book for free, OH WAIT I DIDN’T WRITE A BOOK, Oh Well, I guess no deal…
Hope all is well in your world, thanks for reading…
for being a sorry BLOGGER… Trying to find the balance in life, and have been unsuccessful so far… Just wanted to say I am sorry to all 5 of you who read my blog…
…we will be having our first of three preview services, we have a date, a time, a plan, but no location as of right now, BUT… WE WILL!! This week we are trying to nail it down, we may have to sacrifice the exact location we want to be in for the best situation but we know God has it under control. It’s a little overwhelming and very scary but it’s definitely exciting. We have some plans for promotion… We are going to go up town for “First Friday” and hand out promos, we’re going to go through some neighborhoods and do some door to door stuff, we are going to go to the college and pass out some promos, possibly something in the paper, and a lot of word of mouth. We have set a goal for our first preview service… we would like to see more than 50 adults in attendance. We had a leadership meeting tonight where we really laid out some plans for the service and how we won’t things to feel and flow. We have a lot of needs as far as equipment, if you know of anyone or any church that might have some stuff they would donate, please let me know… Please be in prayer for us that we will see the funds start coming in so that we can purchase the things we need to get started. Pray for our team that we will have the passion and determination to step up and pay the price that has to be paid for us to succeed. It’s getting closer and closer. If you have prayed for us, Thank You, if you are one of our financial partners, Thank You, if you haven’t prayed for us please start, if you aren’t one of our financial partners, please consider what God might have you do… Thanks…
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