The Gathering Blog

Announcing: Gathering Fall Retreat

John — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:18:57 +0000

Fall Retreat Registration Is Open from John McGowan on Vimeo.

Registration is open now: http://bit.ly/aHdhG2

Good Press

John — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:09:08 +0000

A friend showed me this from AU’s student paper today. We’ll take all the good press we can get!

Tabling at Georgetown

John — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:57:53 +0000

God is doing some amazing things on all of the campuses of DC this week. Students are tabling at each of our Gathering campuses and I could tell you story after story of God lining up conversations, connecting people and developing friendships. Definitely much to celebrate and much to be praying into. It’s especially cool for me to see what’s happening at Georgetown, the newest of our campuses. Our team there estimates they gave away over 1,000 sno-cones yesterday and nearly 500 popsicles so far today. That’s great – but what really matters is the conversations that go along with that! Wanted you to be encouraged by what God is doing there. Hope these photos capture a bit of the excitement building on that campus.

UMD Promo

John — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:46:47 +0000

Your turn, College Park. You know the deal – use this to let people know about Thursday night!

Mason Promo

John — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:46:53 +0000

Mason – here’s the fall promo campaign customized for your campus. Enjoy!

Not An Event. A Movement.

John — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:32:36 +0000

If there’s one thing I want you to know about The Gathering, it’s this – we don’t want to be just a worship event on your campus; we’re praying for a movement of college students here in DC. We believe in the potential of your generation. We believe even more in the power of God. We believe in the name of Jesus Christ. We believe He is the Son of the Living God. We believe He’s alive today. He’s offering hope, eternity and rescue to the world. This good news we call the Gospel is worth sharing. It is worth sacrificing for. It is worth suffering for. It’s worth everything.

Don’t get me wrong. We love worshipping on campuses! The phrase “just a worship event” makes me nervous because we were created by God to worship. Heaven will be one long worship event. So, I’m not taking anything away from that. We want to pack out venues on the campuses of DC. We want to celebrate. We want to sing. We want to lift high Christ and the Word of God. Absolutely!!

But let that worship spill out into the rest of your life. Invest in friends who don’t yet know Christ. Share the story of Jesus with them. Invite them to be a part of this movement with you. A movement doesn’t happen just because we do events on campus. A movement happens when those of us who believe in the vision of The Gathering live it out. It’s your life that makes a movement, not mine. Your voice, not mine.

Welcome week is the most significant outreach opportunity we get each year. Give your time, your hands, your voice and your heart to a movement. Not a movement focused on The Gathering itself; a movement focused on the Risen One who shouts life to the world today.

Great Start At AU

John — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:09:54 +0000

Hard to put into words how great it was to be back at AU on Tuesday night. So grateful to Brett Becker for these shots that capture some of the excitement that filled the Kay Center. Already looking forward to being back there next Tuesday!

Georgetown Promo

John — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:49:26 +0000

Alright, Hoyas…here’s your version of the fall promo campaign. Thinking it would make a lovely FB pic for all of you for the week.

Welcome To Life, Part 3

John — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:04:55 +0000

Welcome To Life – Week 3 (John McGowan) from Frontline on Vimeo.

AU Promo

John — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:47:18 +0000

Feel free to post this to your FB page, profile pic, dorm door or wherever else you want!