{"id":9742,"date":"2023-02-16T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=9742"},"modified":"2023-02-15T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:11:34","slug":"ready-or-not-here-it-comes-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2023\/02\/16\/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready or Not Here it Comes – Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Don\u2019t get worried this will not be your typical New Year\u2019s article filled with all the challenges, resolutions, and expectations you should have for a New Year. To be honest, I don\u2019t do New Year\u2019s very well. I do enjoy the celebrations with friends and family, but that is about the extent of it. I don\u2019t make resolutions that I know I won\u2019t keep. In fact, the only resolution that I was successful at making was, don\u2019t make any more New Year\u2019s resolutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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When it comes to the New Year, I feel much like Charlie Brown in \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas.\u201d In the movie, Charlie Brown goes to the mailbox to see if he has received any Christmas cards. When he finds the mailbox empty, he says to himself, \u201cI know that nobody likes me, I just don\u2019t know why they have to make a holiday to remind me of it.\u201d For me, New Year\u2019s is like, \u201cI know I didn\u2019t get everything accomplished that I should have last year, I just don\u2019t know why they have to make a holiday to remind me\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Now before everyone starts sending me all these emails about positive thinking and how to be productive, please know that I understand all that. I am just having a little fun with this article. I do find that my New Year usually starts more like a herd of turtles than a bunch of rabbits.<\/div>\n
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There are, however, three things that I do want you to think about for 2023:<\/div>\n
1. Re-Imagine Conference: for Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Ministries Leaders \u2013 This event will be hosted again at the Capital Church, 1308 Highway 70, Garner, NC. The dates are April 21-22, and we are planning an exciting lineup of speakers on many topics facing leaders of boys and girls. We will also have some time for fellowship, building community, and great food. You will not want to miss this event.<\/div>\n
2. Bridging Our Ministries \u2013 Discipleship Conference for Leaders of Men and Boys. This year we will meet June 9-11 at the Life Springs Worship Center, 5630 Platt Springs Road, Lexington, SC. Our theme for this year\u2019s event will be Spiritual Fathering. There will be break-out sessions for both Men\u2019s and Boys\u2019 Ministries, including Royal Rangers.<\/div>\n
3. Camporama \u2013 This happens once every four years when Royal Ranger\u2019s outposts from across the nation gather for a time of fun, fellowship, and worship God. Royal Rangers would like to invite all IPHC boys to come and be a part of this great event. This year will be gathering July 11-15 at the Cornerstone Conference, 7545 US Highway 29, Browns Summit, NC.<\/div>\n
To find out more details about these events, contact David Moore at 706.498.3341 or dmoore@lifesprings.net<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just so you won\u2019t think I am beyond hope when it comes to trying to do some good in the New Year, there is one thing I am trying to do all year. It started with a devotion I was asked to give at the Southern Men\u2019s and Boys\u2019 Ministries Combined Fellowship Conference in Zambia, Africa on January 7. No, I was not able to go there in person, but it was a ZOOM call with hundreds of men and boys, and it was a great event. My devotion was titled \u201cMy Christmas Prayer for You.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The idea for the devotion came from a Christmas card I received from Bishop Tommy and Beth McGhee. The card read, \u201cMy prayer for you this Christmas, and the whole year through, is that God would shower you with His perfect gifts of hope, love, and peace. May you see His hand at work in all you do and know you are His beloved child\u201d. This verse from the Christmas card went along with the conference theme verse found in 2 Timothy 2:22; the second part of the verse reads, \u201cTry hard to live right and to have faith, love, and peace\u2026\u201d.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These three words, faith (hope), love, and peace, found in 2 Timothy 2:22 and the Christmas prayer, are three words that we all need this year. I told the men and boys of Africa that I would be praying this prayer for them every day this year, and this is a resolution that I plan to keep. I also pray this for you, \u201cThat God would shower you with His perfect gifts of hope, love, and peace. That you may see His hand at work in all you do and know you are His beloved child\u201d. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit \u2013 Amen!<\/p>\n
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David Moore has served as the National Commander of the Royal Rangers for the International Pentecostal Holiness Church since October 1998. Before coming to the national office in 1993, he worked in the Global Ministries Center accounting office. Commander Moore has been actively involved in a local outpost since 1985. He currently serves as the Senior Commander for his local church and works on a weekly basis with the Ranger Kids outpost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":9743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4,1],"tags":[1458,1404,1477,1514,1031,1476,1457],"class_list":{"0":"post-9742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boys-ministries","8":"category-discipleship-ministries","9":"category-general","10":"tag-1458","11":"tag-article","12":"tag-boys-ministry","13":"tag-disciple","14":"tag-discipleship-ministries","15":"tag-iphc-boys-ministry","16":"tag-q1","17":"entry"},"title_es":"","content_es":"","author_name":"David Moore","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/02\/Boys.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-2x8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}