Mike Tremblay's Weblog

Just a quick entry to note that AGF YouTube videos will be returning this week! Yeah! Check out yesterday's Worship Team "Whom Shall I Fear" at www.youtube.com/agfnh (sorry for the low quality ... our team is learning the new camera).

Sorry about Monday Morning Blog ... THIS IS FRIDAY! Nevertheless, I've been thinking a lot about the Kingdom of God lately. I read the gospels, some exciting verses in the epistles and I see "the Kingdom" mentioned. I mean it hits me right square between the eyes. In reflection, these readings strike me as different than I saw them in the past. I really thought the "church" was the highlight of the New Testament writings but I see Jesus' statements about the kingdom and the epistle writers statements to be far different than that. This is not minimizing the importance of ecclesia ... within Kingdom thinking and teaching it is enhanced toward God's actual design. I've pastored the ecclesia for 30 years and for the majority of them, Kingdom and the King of the Kingdom was rarely referred to (unless it just happened to show up in the passage for the sermon that Sunday). A few years back, though, that began to change. I began reading the Scriptur...

I cannot help but think of Jesus among the crowds this morning as I sit at my local Monday morning eatery and seeing the people sitting in here. The heart of the Savior was broken as he saw the crowds of needy people ... some who knew and the others who didn't. I am reminded of my own life "B.C." (before knowing Christ!) - there was a void there. Even though I was a 14 year old, I knew something was missing. I tried, as many do, to fill it with "things" that I thought were the answer to filling the void. For me, at that time, it was music. Playing in a rock and roll band and making it big was my attempt to fill that void. Later that year, I found Jesus to be the answer to my search. I still enjoyed doing music, but I had a great new reality in my life that revised my focus. THANK YOU, JESUS! Now here I am, many years later, sitting in this cafe seeing folk who's lives are out-of-focus. There's a young couple across from me with a little bald-headed b...

I am always anxious to go beyond the limits of Bristol, NH to share in opportunities to speak. So far, I have two scheduled events: Sunday, May 19th 2pm I will be speaking a Dr. Dave Maleham's Installation Ceremony at Union Congregational Church in Middleton, NH. Sunday, September 8th 11am AGF will have it's Sunday Worship Gathering at Rumney (NH) Bible Conference. I will be speaking on a special topic as it is an open event sponsored by the New England Fellowship. It would be a great joy for me to get to know you so feel free to get connected with me at theses events. Want a text message about my schedule? Send an email with your cell number to: mike@agfnh.net !

My heart has been forever changed when I began to view the Mission of Jesus as our Mission. No longer was church a place you attend ... it was a life you lead! A very vital verse in Isaiah was the Scripture God used to transform my thinking toward the mission: Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV) "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." In the weeks and months ahead I want to share right here what Kat and I see God is doing in and through us and the mission God has us in. In 2005, the Missional Network concept was born in my heart. I shared it with Kathy and it began to develop in her, too. In 2006, Sunday Night Connection gatherings began in Rumney. The Home Church idea began to strengthen us toward a Network of like groups. The concepts are being presented in our 2 other blogs which are to become one and fully revamped exp...

Just a quick note to all ... I am coming back with new posts, just days away so stand by! Thanks! Check my TWEETS ==> @mtis4gvn or @agfnh Check my PHOTOS ==> Instagram @mtis4gvn C U SOON!