I can’t believe it’s been one month since we left Philadelphia and moved to Boston! It took a week or so for us to get accustomed to the new surroundings, but we’ve settled in well and are excited to become full-fledged Bostonians!
To summarize the first few weeks, I can only say, God has been gracious! We have slowly but surely been getting in contact with different brothers and sisters who are expressing interest in being part of the church plant. We spent the first two weeks looking for potential places of worship, and God has been good to provide! We prayed for a place near Boston University, that could seat 100 people, and was affordable. We also prayed that this place would have storage and parking, but that would have been a bonus. But God brought us to a place that has all of the above! We are still working out the contract, but it looks like we will be worshiping at the Match Charter School (1001 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA), which is right on Boston University’s campus, surrounded by BU residential apartments.
In addition, Symphony Church will soon be joined by its first seminary intern. Cami King will be attending Gordon Conwell seminary beginning in the Fall, and serving at Symphony.
It’s been a busy and exciting month. In the last few weeks, we also:
• Started Experiencing God as a team
• Got Symphony Church incorporated with the State of Massachusetts
• Opened a Symphony Church bank account
• Began surveying at Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, MIT and Harvard
• Purchased our worship equipment
• Began Sunday Services at my house.
Our first preview worship service begins July 18th , and we have a great deal to get ready! Please pray for us! We are going to spend next week evangelizing, flyering and surveying, and trying to get as many personal contacts as possible before the July 18th preview service.
I am so thankful for your prayers and financial support. We can’t do this without you! We are looking forward to seing the teams from GCC soon, and hope that you will count down to our September 5th Launch with us!
