From our time in Little Rock, AR on 2/24/08
(this entry is being written today from the InxPot Coffee Shop at the base of Keystone Mountain in Keystone, CO)

Last Sunday we traveled from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX and stopped in Little Rock to spend a few minutes with Pastor Tim Lundy from Fellowship Bible Church. We didn't know how much time we would be able to spend with Pastor Tim but he ended up letting us hang out with him in the parking lot for over an hour; guess it was a good thing he wasn't preaching that morning :). It's fun to be able to share the story of the Catalyst Road Trip and all that has been happening... the Polaroid pictures from different people we meet with are starting to take over the inside of the vanagon - it's awesome!

We began to film Pastor Tim's response to a question about leadership when we had some unexpected visitors come by the van. They told us that they wanted to see what was going wtih the "hippy van" in the parking lot! Let it be known - the only smoke that you will find coming from the vanagon will be smoke from a busted engine! (video)

Our unexpected visitors ended up including another pastor from Fellowship Bible Church, Russell Rainey. We were blessed to be able to talk with both Tim and Russell about the story of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock... the video below highlights some of our time together revealing more about their hope to be a "starfish" church as well as how they are connecting the older generation with the younger generation... AND you will even get a chance to meet Lloyd, an unsung hero for their church who came be the van to make sure everything was alright - it's pretty funny.

"Starfish Church" - referenced from the ideas found in the book, "The Starfish and the Spider." Napster cripples the global musis industry... Wikepedia turns Encyclopedia Briticana obsolete overnight... Craigslist stands toe to toe with newspaper giants... example after example about how decentralization stregthens the life of a movement. The video below highlights more of what we learned from Pastors Tim and Russell.

• How do you influence your community? Learn how Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, AR engages their community with "Irrestible Influence" through what they call Sharefest - www.sharefest.com