Woods End Beginnings

Well, this post has been a long time coming for me. My ministry partner has posted, what? 3 or 4 times now? To my 0 posts? I just couldn’t stand for it anymore and decided it was time give you insight into my pretty little brain.

           

Anyway, I realized I had never quite put everything together and told the story of Woods End’s beginning in its entirety. The full story would take a very long time. So I am going to start last summer and go from there.

            Last summer I was traveling with Covenant, a worship band from NNU. We were at a camp and I was helping to lead a small group of jr. high guys. This small group was filled with young guys with short attention spans, but they were also eager to learn. During these small groups, I didn't always have the right words to say, but while they spoke, I would listen to them and flip through my Bible. By the time they were done with their question, God helped me find the right verses by what I lightheartedly call "magic fingers." This was crazy and it happened the whole week!

            During that week, I realized that I had a lot to learn about the Word. I felt like God was saying something like, “Chris, the the more you know about Scripture, the more you will be able to speak into people’s lives." I stuggled with this idea and how to start this journey on which God was leading me. God then lead me to an idea. The idea was a project I know call, “Scripture in my own Script.” I have started a project where I just read and copy down the Bible; not in my own words, but just in my own handwriting. This has helped me to internalize the Scriptures and to read everything diligently. One day I hope to finish the entire Bible. So far I have finished Romans, 1^st Corinthians, and am more than half way through Judges.

            After a few weeks of reading and writing, I was excited about what I had learned and felt that I needed to share my journey with others. I asked God if I was supposed to pursue speaking in addition to pursuing being a worship leader. I felt affirmed by God to pursue these ministry avenues, and journey with others with the same heart. God started forming an idea in my mind of a ministry collective of people who are ministry oriented and want to share the word, lead people in worship, do design work, and connect with churches in order to further the Kingdom. This ministry is Woods End. We are just getting started, but we are eager to see what the Lord may do with our ministry!

-Chris