We want to help people learn easy ways to share the hope and love of Christ with their neighbors in the midst of this crisis. People are searching for hope right now, and as Christians, we have an opportunity to share the one true source of hope with them. This series is meant to do just that — to share the hope of Jesus through looking at specific stories in the Bible.
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” — 1 Peter 3:15
The Content:
The Bible Stories of Hope series is a discovery Bible study on Jesus’ authority over all. Each week we’ll go through a story from the book of Luke highlighting Jesus, His love, His power, and ultimately the hope He gives us. We’ll discuss what the story teaches us, and how we should apply the lesson to our lives.
The Format:
Each session starts with a time of care, allowing each person to briefly share how they are doing. Then we move into a time of accountability where we follow up on the actions we challenged ourselves to do at the end of the previous week’s session (e.g. share the Bible story with someone else).
From there, we move into a time of studying — reading through a new Bible story and discussing the meaning and importance of the story. We answer questions from the text and then practice retelling the story so that we can build confidence in sharing it with others. Lastly, we close by thinking of someone in our sphere of influence we can share the story with in the coming days, and then we pray together.
The Series Leader:
e3 Partners’ own Troy Cooper will be leading us through the Bible Stories of Hope series.
Troy is the VP of Global City Strategy for e3. He and his family have a passion for spreading the gospel and equipping local believers to make disciples and plant churches. They live on mission among the 93% unchurched communities in southern California and serve in various other parts all over the world as well.
Recordings from Previous Weeks
Clint Harrill's Staff Support Fundraiser
Since September of 2011, God has really been moving in my life. He has taken me from a Christian who was on a roller coaster ride through life and transformed me into a true follower of Christ. He has brought a new perspective to my understanding of what He has put me in this world to do. His word has come alive and I realize what “The Great Commission” really means. I also know what it means, now, to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I just want to take a few moments to tell you some of the things God has done.
In my home town of Forest City, North Carolina, God pulled me out of a life where I was aimlessly searching for anything to fill that void in my life to an understanding that He is all I need. He showed me that my purpose for being here was to love Him with all my heart, to love my neighbor as myself and to GO and make disciples. As I began to understand this, I also started digging deeper into His word and falling more in love with Him. As my love for Him grew, so did my love for people (my neighbors). As my love for people grew, so did my desire to make disciples. You see, it all goes hand in hand.
God has allowed me the privilege to personally lead over 30 people to Christ since December of 2012 and over 60 people have received Christ as a result of this. This has happened because someone took the time to train and disciple me in a very simple, reproducing process. I have been busy over the past 3 years sharing with and training people to do this same process. This has happened through prayer walking, disciple making groups in homes and doing trainings in different states throughout the US. As a result of God’s call on my life, I have joined a Church Planting organization known as e3 Partners and I am Second. Joining this mission organization classifies me as a United States Missionary.
In February of 2014, God’s call on my life has brought me to Austin, Texas for 12 months. I am continuing to make reproducing disciples here in Austin as a part of a ministry team in this area. My efforts here also include prayer walking, looking for people and houses of peace, disciple making groups in homes, and doing reproducing discipleship trainings.
I would love to invite you to join my ministry team. God has no doubt called me into this field and it would be a great privilege to have you join me. Please pray for me as I follow God’s call on my life, join me in the harvest field as we go out and search for these people in whom God is already at work, and be a part of my financial support team as I continue to serve God as a full time US Missionary. I will include the information needed for you to join the ministry team.
You can continue to see updates from me in the form of a newsletter monthly(If you want to receive my newsletter, send me your email or physical address). Please continue to pray for me and how you can be a part of this ministry!!!
For more information on me and how you
can be involved, please visit: www.e3partners.org/ClintHarrill, email me at clint.harrill@e3partners.org or call/text at (828)748-1172
Contributions can be made directly on my fundraiser page or mailed to:
e3PARTNERS 2001 W. Plano Parkway Suite 2600 Plano, TX
75075 with Clint Harrill #637 in the memo line
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Running Around like crazy, but back in NC since November 15, 2014.
Posted a week ago
Shortly after returning to North Carolina, God blessed me with a "tent making" opportunity, but I had to go to Canada to do it!! I spent almost 2 months there working construction in a hospital. It was hard work but definitely a blessing.
From February 17-23 I had the opportunity to go to Stuart, Florida for an e3USA retreat and that was refreshing. We rolled out a Level 1 training for some of the newer folks on the team and we got to spend time out in the harvest sharing the gospel and loving on people.....my favorite!!
As I'm trying to get settled back in, God has shown me many things and is giving me clarity on His purpose for my life here in North Carolina and beyond. I had a chance to go to San Antonio to the George Strait team roping.....It was a lot of fun and I was blessed to be able to do that, but I doubled it as an opportunity to connect with a couple who are awesome mentors in my life and learned so much from them. I also had a chance to reconnect with a lot of the folks that I worked with in Austin in the form of a gathering at one of their homes on that Saturday evening. It was a very productive trip and it was so exciting to see how God is still using those folks in Austin. Praise God!!
Since getting back, I've been continuing to do some "tent making" as well as continuing to work towards getting to 100% support. I'm scheduling appointments and trying to be efficient with my time. We have a training planned here in Forest City on March 27-28. It will be an L1 training on Friday and then prayer walking on Saturday. God is also beginning to give me more opportunities to travel to other areas to co-labor and train. Please be in prayer as I travel to Nashville for 3-4 weeks, leaving Mach 31 and then I fly to Sacramento, CA on May 4th to spend 2 weeks in the harvest and training there.
I am so thankful for God's divine appointments and giving me these opportunities to train here in my home town and the blessing to go to other places. As these opportunities come up more often, please pray about how God wants you to be involved. I covet your prayers, encourage you to reach out to people in your own communities and pray about partnering with me financially so that I can continue to go wherever the Lord calls me.
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