tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79295438616661434432024-03-13T11:23:20.266-07:00Rebuild The CityThese Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comBlogger801125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-65103037305661854092018-10-28T22:58:00.000-07:002018-10-28T23:18:30.687-07:00The Cost of Developing Christian Community - Part 1
"Many of our communities have been neglected and left to deteriorate for decades. Sadly, the church of Jesus Christ has at best sat back and watched this happen. In many areas, it has even contributed to the problem. A new generation of Christians are faced with a question about how they will respond to the troubles of the poor and under-resourced communities today. The desperate conditions These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-57498806564906529642018-09-16T11:20:00.000-07:002018-09-16T16:26:52.336-07:00Same Team
Over the last 3 months, I've been thinking about this whole idea of unity. What exactly did Jesus mean when he taught on it? Why was the apostle Paul so strong about it in his letters to the church?
And why is it when I look into my husbands eyes and listen to him talk about our community and the role we as a believers play, do I sense such a heavy concern for how the gospel is being portrayed?These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-71763492484179515022018-08-25T20:28:00.000-07:002018-08-26T19:10:09.656-07:00Allow Me To Reintroduce MyselfSo, does anyone even read these things anymore?! Ha Ha Ha.
Hello old and new friends!
Allow me to share a little about who I am for all those who don't know.
I'm Nicole. My husband and I of 16 years followed a call from the Lord to move our family into the Washington Park community in hopes of being apart what we believed God was doing. Which was, restoring hope, saving lives, and These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-60633539167915935502016-07-11T09:50:00.001-07:002018-09-16T11:47:42.026-07:00Business For The Glory Of God- The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business
Growing up and watching my mom in the salon business I was exposed early on how cut throat the industry was I currently work in. So much negative competition, (at least what I thought was negative), back bitting, people trying to "steal"each other clients, slandering of stylist,etc.. I mean it was a mess.
As a believer, I know ultimately everything I do is for the glory of These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-91701478704879570222016-06-30T09:12:00.000-07:002016-07-11T09:23:15.366-07:00Day 5 Reflections "You are not here to assimilate us to the American culture. Nor are you here to demonstrate your power or expand your Christian empire. You are here to contexualize the Gospel for the Navajo (or in my case Haitian people) people. You are here to experience the vastness of Gods character and the discomfort that comes from the diversity of his body. You are here to learn what it means that God These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-40573026845062921872016-06-25T09:10:00.000-07:002018-09-16T16:21:12.946-07:00The Arrival So, after a layover in Miami and waking up at 3am to catch our international flight to Jacmel, Haiti, we're FINALLY HERE!!
I can't believe I got out of the United States!!! This is a HUGE thing for me. I don't travel much and when I do it's not far. When I think over my life and all the things I've been through, I would have never thought the Lord would have this girl from the These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-8918946974730088032016-06-15T09:06:00.000-07:002016-07-11T09:24:07.668-07:00On MissionI can't believe that in almost a week, our team will be heading to Haiti. I'm both nervous and excited. I've been wondering; what part of God's character will I get to experience first hand while I serve over in Haiti? I really want to see the Lord and I want my experience to impact the work I do here in Washington Park, my marriage, parenting and the way I love others.
Our These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-60934617313913615062016-03-29T15:40:00.001-07:002016-03-29T15:40:38.665-07:00The Soil Project & Heart of ManA few months ago, our family had one of the most impactful weekends I think we've ever had in our life. We had the privilege of participating in The Equal Justice Initiative Soil Collection Project. EJI has documented more than 4,000 racial terror lynching in twelve Southern states between 1877 and 1950. In Alabama alone we've learned, more then 360 lynching victims were shot, hung, burned These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-75545763517075034412016-01-06T00:56:00.002-08:002016-01-06T15:26:58.578-08:00Looking BackIt's funny how you can read an old journal entry and see how the Lord was doing some pretty amazing things back then to notice He's still doing them today. The blog post I'm reposting below is a clear indication that when one enters into the roughness of inner city ministry you must remember a couple of things:
1.God is in control . My "ministry" here is so much more about my development and These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-75542615331606347202015-11-30T23:10:00.001-08:002015-11-30T23:14:30.830-08:00Tuesday's Truth- RARE - MLK, Jr. on How The Races Were Kept From
Unifying in Post-Civil War AmericaEvery other Tuesday I will post some truth that is relevant to things that are happening in the culture around us. It may be a video clip, quote, song, etc. Whatever it may be, it'll be something I think is very important to discuss as a body of believers. Healthy, loving, biblically sound conversations is the key to Tuesday's Truth. Selah."The main thing that stands in the way These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-78919378303883289842015-11-30T13:04:00.001-08:002015-11-30T13:13:15.664-08:00Hunger Games- Hood Edition
I just love when my family is able to get away and BREATHE from the normal hustle and bustle of life. My brain has time to think!! Ha! Here is something I've been pondering on throughout the night. As I sat down and watched (for the 15th time) the first Hunger Games movie I noticed something interesting President Snow said when he felt threatened by Katiness influence over the districts. He These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comMontgomery Montgomery32.365342 -86.316641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-21172888762471075972015-11-28T14:53:00.001-08:002015-11-28T15:57:31.088-08:00Pretenders Well hello blog land! It's been a while since I've been in this part of town and to be honest, I've missed it. I'd love to bring you up to date as to what's going on with me and my family. But for now, here's a blog post that was written some time last year that I never clicked "done" on until now. It's very much still relevant today. My prayer is that it would continue a These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-42975964375794086232014-04-22T22:54:00.001-07:002014-04-23T14:14:16.006-07:00Stereotypes, Truth and Retreats
" I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the TRUTH"
- 3John 1:4
God loves truth! It's apart of who He is, and what He speaks. I have such a strong hatred for deception. It's the opposite of Gods character and how He desires for His children to live. As I'm ministering to women or girls in my community, one of the things I often try to listen for in These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-44465346061507475872014-03-13T23:54:00.001-07:002014-03-13T23:54:47.337-07:00"Uncomfortable Grace"
“There are moments in our lives when we are crying out for grace, not recognizing that we are getting it. We are not getting the grace of relief or the grace of release, because that is not the grace that we really need.
No, what we are getting is something we desperately need, the uncomfortable grace of personal growth and change. With the love of a Father, your Lord is prying open your hands These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-44100518543470539212014-03-12T09:46:00.001-07:002014-03-12T09:48:55.127-07:00Wednesday's WordA friend of mine asked the question on facebook- "what is your favorite worship song dealing with God, justice, mercy and compassion." I answered and decided I would share it here also.
This is my prayer for the week, may The Lord use it to richly challenge you , encourage and empower you as you live to work towards His kingdom.
Matt Papa- Open Hands
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Verse 1:To give These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-5844563626729999692014-03-10T14:32:00.001-07:002014-03-10T14:45:19.230-07:00City AliveBut all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you." (Ephesians 5:13,14 )
The verse above is what God gave me as my husband and I began to dream about what it would look like to host a block party in our community. A block party These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-34281942764340541612014-02-24T11:05:00.001-08:002014-02-24T11:05:57.742-08:00The HandsGod has blessed us to be apart of a really unique, amazing, God loving and fearing community of believers. All of our friends really do live what they preach. I would like you to meet my friends Jeff and Jennifer Hand. They live in our community and have plans to adopt from China. It would take forever for me to share how much they have impacted our faith, family and mission in Washintgom Park. IThese Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-46087309172509273352014-02-22T12:49:00.000-08:002014-02-23T20:15:55.875-08:00Going Home-Sabbatical Meditations
We're down to a week left of our sabbatical and I have to be honest, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK! Now, if you had of asked me that question a little over a month ago, I'm sure I would've given you a different answer. God is good. I really believe the Lord helped us to use this time to accomplish exactly what He wanted to accomplish in us. To help us to refresh so that we These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-14111029816998829592014-02-14T11:00:00.000-08:002014-02-14T11:00:18.457-08:00CCDA National Conference 2014
“Seek (inquire for, require, care for, demand) the peace and welfare of the city to which I have caused you to be carried away captive; and pray to the Lord for it, for in the welfare (completeness, wholeness, contentment, well-being) of the city in which you live you will have welfare.” - Jeremiah 29:7
CCDA National Conference plans are underway. Not sure what CCDA is? Visit These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-91306981834821401982014-02-12T09:13:00.001-08:002014-02-12T09:13:18.640-08:00Wednesdays WordFollow my blog with Bloglovin
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-60430926779180795252014-02-11T10:05:00.000-08:002014-02-11T10:05:17.409-08:00CGM-SRM 2014 RecruitmentIt's that time of the year again where we're recruiting for our summer camp.
The CGM Summer Resident Mission (SRM) is a nine-week experience on the West Side of Montgomery, Alabama. Participants live, serve, learn, and grow with other college age or older folks, and neighborhood friends in a neighborhood that is under-resourced and stressed in many ways.Participants help run an 8-week These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-49073251036720959072014-02-11T09:36:00.000-08:002014-02-11T09:36:01.178-08:00Perfect Endings - Sabbatical MeditationsI love a good chick flick! The kind of movies that are predictable from the beginning to the end. Movies that you know will end with the good guys coming out on top. Movies that we like to call, "perfect". We love those movies because they tend to help us to forget (at least for a little while) the reality of whats really going on around us and even in our very own hearts. Movies thatThese Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-90116117493793201322014-02-09T22:26:00.000-08:002014-02-09T22:26:02.660-08:00Just Grace"If a person has grasped the meaning of God’s grace in his heart, he will do justice. If he doesn’t live justly, then he may say with his lips that he is grateful for God’s grace, but in his heart he is far from him. If he doesn’t care about the poor, it reveals that at best he doesn’t understand the grace he has experienced, and at worst he has not really encountered the saving mercy of God. These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-89057082755215309622014-01-20T23:18:00.001-08:002014-02-22T12:50:37.072-08:00Breathing-Sabbatical Meditations
God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction.-Psalm 23:1-3 (Mesaage)
I'm not a huge fan of The Message bible and this may be the ONLY blog post you may find me quoting from out of it. Ha!
The verse above is exactly how I would These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929543861666143443.post-48221908415534047272013-12-01T01:16:00.000-08:002013-12-02T13:10:51.752-08:00Checking My Gauge Pt 2
“We will experience fatigue in the midst of a demanding ministry unless time is set aside to rest and realign ourselves back to God and his original design"― Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
We're down to month to go before our family take our first sabbatical ever after 7 yrs in ministry. (I def don't recommend waiting that long) We're These Three Kingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145708956293037220noreply@blogger.com