J17 Ministries
in collaboration with various
ministries in Tucson and beyond
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IN THIS ISSUE
New
News about J17 Ministries
Harmony Hub
Collaboration Corner
Upcoming Events
LAST CHANCE
Tucson Ministry Alliance
LAST CHANCE
International Kids Kamp Fundraiser
John 17 Weekends
Church of the Week
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Greetings!
Imagine cities large and small all across our country where congregations prayed for one another weekly, similar to Tucson’s Church of the Week. Imagine Tucson moving from ¼ of our congregations participating to only ¼ NOT participating.
Imagine visually displaying Tucson congregations where we have relational connections, so that every ministry could more successfully partner with other congregations, add networking could intentionally and strategically expand.
What if God wants to use J17 Ministries to help inspire and learn from other cities in their efforts to unify both the pastors and the whole body of Christ in their city? Imagine our new office space at the Center for Opportunity becoming a hub for unity and collaboration and training toward that end, within Tucson, but perhaps nationally as well.
What if the division and isolation in the body of Christ has directly contributed to the political wars waged in our country? Imagine unity in the body of Christ flavoring the culture so that voters demanded politicians who would work for solutions instead of scoring political points.
What if these ideas, and more like them, which we can already envision working toward in tangible ways, don’t even scratch the surface of what God wants to do?
Dave Drum, Founder
J17 Ministries
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New
News about
J17 MINISTRIES
We have officially reached the 50% mark in our current fundraising campaign, and can't thank you enough for getting us there!
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There is still some work to do, though, to get to our goal. And to help you get excited with us, the staff at J17 made a (low-budget) message, sharing where we have come from and where we are going! Check out the video below (and don't be afraid to LOL)!
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How will you invest in Jesus' John 17 prayer?
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Living in Harmony with One Other
Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all kinds of people (“ta ethna”) and do whatever he did (proclaim, manifest, demonstrate, and teach the kingdom of God). The kingdom is the rule of God— God having say over our hearts and relationships. Whenever all kinds of people are present in worship or doing Jesus’ ministry together I experience the manifest presence of the kingdom and feel God’s favor on us. In Romans 12 the Apostle Paul describes what kind of people we are as followers of Jesus and how it is like for us to act. We are the kind of people who…
- Love from our heart, hate what is evil, are glued to what is good.
- Tenderly love one another; outdo one another in showing honor.
- Do not lag in zeal, are aglow with Holy Spirit, serving the Lord.
- Are joyful in our hope, suffer well, persevere in prayer.
- Contribute to the needs of one another; extend hospitality to strangers.
- Return blessings for cursings.
- Celebrate with those who are celebrating and weep with those who are grieving.
- Live in harmony with one another; are not proud, but associate with the lowly; do not think we are more important than others.
- Do not repay anyone evil for evil; never hold a grudge; discover beauty in everyone.
- If it is possible, so far as it depends on us, live at peace with everyone.
- Never avenge ourselves, but leave it to whatever God decides,
- Help one another love our enemies.
- Are not defeated by evil, but defeat evil with good; are not conquered by the evil one, but conquer evil through union with the good One.
My mission statement is to spread joy to all kinds of people and increase attachment love (Hebrew:
hesed
) for one another including our enemies.
In the 90’s during the Promiser Keeper’s Conference for pastors in Atlanta Jack Hayford encouraged all of us to find a pastor from a different denomination and ask forgiveness for ways: we have not lived in harmony, or discovered the beauty in one another, or tenderly loved each other from the heart. The next week a pastor from another denomination visited me and asked me to forgive him for judging Lutherans. With joy (being glad to be with him) I forgave him and embraced him and asked him forgiveness for doing the same thing with his denomination.
I bless each one of you teammates in kingdom ministry with joy and increase in attachment love for all kinds of people.
Harmony Hub Contributor:
Papa Joe (Pastor Joe Johnson), Heart of the Father Ministries
*Editor’s note from Dave Drum: Pastor Joe ministered in Show Low for 25 years, and has the
biggest pastoral heart of anyone I’ve ever met.
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Co-laboring in prayer
As you read this, pastors from all around Tucson are together on Mt Lemmon for our 11th annual three-day pastor prayer summit. Would you take a moment right now and pray God's blessing on this time of prayer? Pray for deeper relational unity, strategic relational connections, and insight into what God wants to do next through our collaboration. Pray for the pastors themselves, their families, and their congregations, that God would protect them from health emergencies or anything else that might interrupt the time together.
Pray that Jesus would be honored and glorified, that we all would be protected from the enemy, and that every pastor present would be sanctified in the Truth through this time together (in other words, pray what Jesus prayed in John 17).
Thank you for writing this week's collaboration corner through your prayers.
Collaboration Corner Contributor:
Dave Drum, Founder J17 Ministries
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Team and Participant applications are currently being accepted!
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Men's weekend: July 18-21
Women's weekend: July 25-28
Submit your application now and be a part this year's Tucson area Christian discipleship weekend that emphasizes the essentials of the Christian life and walk.
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