{"id":10782,"date":"2022-06-01T16:09:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T21:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=10782"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:57:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T13:57:01","slug":"church-planting-seminar-and-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2022\/church-planting-seminar-and-wedding.html","title":{"rendered":"Church Planting Seminar and Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10782\" data-postid=\"10782\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10782 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p>What a boring title. I was going to get creative &#8211; like, &#8220;Brides&#8221;, as in the bride of Christ and the bride at the wedding. But I opted for boring. Oh well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this past weekend I had the opportunity to give the charge to the couple (the devotional) at a wedding of some friends from the Santa B\u00e1rbara church. I spoke on Ecclesiastes, in case you&#8217;re wondering (although I did end on a more positive New Testament note!). You can certainly pray for this couple as they seek to be a testimony among many who do not know the Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/daniel-leslie.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie and Daniel with Shari and Jim\" class=\"wp-image-10783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/daniel-leslie.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/daniel-leslie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/daniel-leslie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t comment on the speaker, but otherwise it was a nice wedding. The couple really tried to make it glorifying to the Lord. It was fun to see the bride and groom lead a worship music time along with some others from the church!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wedding-spreaker.jpg\" alt=\"Jim speaks at the wedding\" class=\"wp-image-10785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wedding-spreaker.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/wedding-spreaker-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday we had a church planting seminar with some of the upcoming leaders in the church, along with Rod and Mayra Fry. It was a very encouraging time to talk about the church and think about areas we can work on in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of our old VTI cohorts will recognize the activity in the picture that I pulled out of moth balls. This is one of two groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/brokensquares-2022.jpg\" alt=\"Church planting seminar\" class=\"wp-image-10786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/brokensquares-2022.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/brokensquares-2022-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the right, hidden behind a vase or something, is David Gomez. 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