This week was the first week of the next ten months!

Our lead pastor, David and his family are officially on their way to Ireland to serve on mission till next summer. We're already missing him and his family and really looking forward to their return!

On top of this, Mario Benavides just moved with his family from Ecuador to join our staff and lead our Spanish-speaking expression of Living Streams! His family uprooted from a thriving ministry in their hometown because they felt the call of God to serve our church and our city. He's a seasoned leader and church planter and we are so excited that God has called him to come here to help us creatively expand God’s Kingdom!

The Church is always on the move and we are a people on mission.

This last weekend we dove into the heart God has for the nations and our call to go. What David and Mario just did may be unique in the context of contemporary church leadership, but when you look at the Bible it suddenly looks a lot more normal. God has always been in the business of sending his people to the nations. And when we go, we grow.

We grow in our trust in the Lord. We grow in our perspective of the vastness of the world. We grow in our appreciation for the diversity of cultures that God created. Above all else, we go because we believe in the saving power of Jesus. This is the fuel for our mission. This is the foundation for our lives. The Gospel is not just a nice story. It’s a true story. It’s the story.

If we're going to be a sent people, we have to be a believing people. Let’s believe together in the saving power of Jesus, and the great mission ahead of us to make disciples of all nations. Let’s ask in faith that God would multiply and send many of us out from our corner of Central and Glendale to the ends of the earth.

Let’s get ready Living Streams!

— Ryan