As I mentioned recently, I am excited to be helping out Two Rivers while they are without a pastor. We have made to make Two Rivers "our" church and joined this past week.

I am a volunteer there, to love on them and provide some leadership as their interim pastor. I will be preaching two out of three Sundays and working through the book of Philippians. In order to help out Two Rivers, I have rescheduled (with the gracious permission of several churches and pastors) several Sundays.

I am still doing some preaching at other places with the 1/3 of my non-Two Rivers time. The specific dates will be updated to my speaking page by Monday.

A while ago, the folks at Long Hollow asked me to be their regular "fill in" for the first half of the year. I will be preaching there tomorrow. Long Hollow is the 6th fastest growing church in the country (according to LifeWay Research) and is doing some great work with, among other things, their "Crazy Love Campaign").

I will also be preaching at these churches in the first six months of the year:

Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (Marietta, GA)

I will be preaching their Sunday morning services (and will wear a tie in two services!) and then lead their evening leadership training.

Christ Church (Plano, TX).

Christ Church is part of the new Anglican alignment, The Anglican Church in North America. It is the largest "continuing" Anglican church in North America. I will be preaching on Sunday and then staying over to speak at the launch of the Anglican 1000 initiative.

Fairhaven Ministries (near Grand Rapids)

Fairhaven is a church in the Reformed Church of America. I will be up in Grand Rapids speaking at a Classis (similar to a denominational district) and am staying over to preach the next day.

The Chapel (all around Chicago)

The Chapel is a non-denominational multi-site church in Chicago. I am preaching there right before my class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. That Chapel and their leadership team are doing some amazing and innovative things and I look forward to being with them.

Idlewild Baptist Church (near Tampa, FL)

Ken Whitten is the pastor of Idlewild. They actually call it "Exciting Idlewild" which seems funny to be "exciting," "idle," and "wild" all in the same title. But, it is a great church and Ken is a great guy. I will be doing their missions conference on Sunday morning and then staying a few days with the family on vacation.

Westminster Chapel (London)

I am looking forward to my time in London and will be preaching at two churches. The first is Westminster Chapel in London, the former pulpit of G. Campbell Morgan, Martin Lloyd Jones, R.T. Kendall, and (currently) Greg Haslam. I will be bringing a big leather Bible with lots of notes.

Jubliee Church (London)

On my second Sunday in London, I will be preaching at Jubilee Church in London (a part of the New Frontiers movement). I had the privileged to meet Tope Koleoso, Jubilee pastor, while with Tim Keller up in Manhattan. Tope and famous uber-blogger Adrian Warnock invited me and I am looking forward to it.

Cross Pointe Church (Duluth, GA)

My friend James Merritt asked me to come down and preach-- and I am always glad to go back and visit Atlanta! James is one of the innovators that has helped bring new thinking into my denomination.

I look forward to opening the Bible and sharing with these good people from diverse backgrounds. Please pray I make much of Jesus, the cross, and God's Kingdom mission.