• St. Luke's, Oviedo (Orlando), January 8-9, beginning the training of staff and key lay leaders for missional living through missional communities
• Family of Faith, Houston, January 12, Training #2 "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
• Teaming with Dr. Scott Rische for a gathering of Missional Community Church Planters, San Diego, January 14-16
• Bethany, Slidell (New Orleans), January 26-27, Training #1 "Missional Living and Missional Communities"
• Concordia University, Austin, TX, January 27-28, working with Pat Fick and spiritual life leaders of the student body in order to further the practices of missional living
• Minnesota South District, January 31-February 1, Taster Event for congregations in the Twin Cities area, EIIT training, and Church Planter training

February

• Minnesota North District, Sauk Rapids, MN, February 2, Taster Event for congregational leaders interested in Dwelling 1:14 missional living training
• Ohio District, February 5-6, Missional Living and Missional Communities training
• Best Practices Conference, Phoenix, February 7-9, conference speaker on the "Theology of the Kingdom of God for Mission" and "Discipling through Missional Communities"
• Lord of Life, Sioux Falls, SD, February 15-17, Training #2 "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
  Sanctuary, Manhattan, IL, March 22, leading a strategy retreat for taking their missional communities to the next step
  Taster Event, St. John, Lombard, IL (suburban Chicago) for area congregations, March 23

March

• Southern District, St. Paul, New Orleans, March 2, "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
• Ebenezer Discipleship Training Center, Benefit Dinner, keynote speaker, Midland, MI, March 9
• Christ the Shepherd, Alpharetta, Georgia (northern Atlanta), March 15-17, Training #1, "Missional Living and Missional Communities"

April

• Ascension, Wichita, KS, April 6, Training #2 "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
• PLI Annual Conference, Omaha, NE, April 9-14, presenting "A Simple Strategy for Connecting Your Congregation for Missional Living"
  Unveil Mission Plant, Houston, TX, April 13, consulting with leaders about missional living and missional communities
• Beautiful Savior, Omaha, NE, April 18, consulting with staff
• Southern District, Trinity, Meridian, MS, April 20, "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
• St. Matthew, Gulfport, MS, April 26-28, Training for missional living through missional communities
  St. John, Lombard, IL (suburban Chicago), April 29, Training #1 "Missional Living and Missional Communities"

May

• Southern District, Jehovah, Pensacola, FL, May 4, "Discipling and Multiplying Missional Communities"
• Haiti, May 9-17, teaming with Ebenezer Discipleship Training Center to train leaders in Haiti for discipling people to join Jesus' mission

2012

• Consulted with the pastoral staff and their wives at St. Luke's, Oviedo (Orlando), Florida, January 4.
• Provided a training process on missional living and establishing missional communities for the Church for All Nations in midtown Manhattan and the Neighborhood Church in Greenwich Village January 20-21. (see the "Leave Behind/Take Away" page to see their responses)
• Presented to the Southern District Missional Summit, New Orleans, January 27-28
• Gatherered with pastors and leaders in the Minnesota South District for a Taster Event presenting the Dwelling 1:14 process for discipling and missional living, January 31.  Pastors from Minnesota North will also be attending. Also met with pastors and leaders from Carver County that evening.
• Consulted with pastors and leaders of Holy Cross, Jenison, Michigan, February 2.  Met with other pastors in the Grand Rapids area interested in Dwelling 1:14, also on Feb 2.  Interest is growing in starting a Dwelling 1:14 Learning Community there.
• Consulted with the pastor and leaders of Shepherd of the Valley, Corvallis, Oregon in February 3-5.
• Spoke at the Best Practices for Ministry Conference on February 16-18, 2012 in Pheonix. More than 470 people attended the conference. Also, preached at Cross of Christ, Anthem, AZ (http://www.anthemcross.org/) where Kevin Kosber is Senior Pastor on Sunday, February 19.
• Meeting with pastors and leaders of Christ the Shepherd, Alpharetta, GA (near Atlanta) http://www.cts.org/, March 2-4 and preaching at their services
• Presenting the Dwelling 1:14 process to leaders at Epiphany Lutheran in Pearland, TX on March 4.
• Consulting with Lutheran Hour Ministries' Mission U regarding their 2013 course content, March 9.
• Presenting the Dwelling 1:14 process to leaders at Christ in the City Church and Crave Coffee House in St. Louis, March 10.
• Preaching at Family of Faith in Houston and presenting to leaders regarding the Dwelling 1:14 discipling process, March 11
• Training Experience #1 with the Learning Community in Minneapolis, March 16-17
• Leading a training experience at Lord of Life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, April 13-15
• Presenting at the Pastoral Leadership Institute's annual conference, April 19-24, Redeemer, Ft. Collins, CO.
• Training Experience #1 with Immanuel in Glenview, IL (Chicagoland area), April 27-29
• Consulting with the pastors and leaders of Ascension in Wichita, KS, May 1-2
• Meeting with Dr. Scott Rische and other missional community pioneers in San Diego, May 8-10
• Training Experience #1, Holy Cross, Jenison (Grand Rapids), MI, May 11-13
• Presenting at The Springs Church in League City, TX, May 20
• Training Eperience #1, Trinity Lutheran, Baton Rouge, LA, May 29-30
• Training Experience #1, Shepherd of the Valley, Corvallis, OR, June 1-3
• Susan and I are speaking to the Southern District's Convention, June 14-16
• Partnering with the Center for U.S. Missions on a training for Missouri District Church Planters, July 24
• Training students, faculty and staff of Concordia College, Selma, AL in missional living, August 12-14
• Leading an All-Staff retreat at St. Mark in Houston, August 16
• Training Experience #2, Shepherd of the Valley, Corvallis, OR, August 17-19
• Susan and I, Regional Summit, Southern District, August 25, Good Shepherd, Shalimar, FL
• Susan and I, Regional Summit, Southern District, September 8, Prince of Peace, Pineville, LA
• Taster Event introducing Dwelling 1:14 to the leaders of the Minnesota North District, St. Cloud, September 14
• Training Experience #2, with the Learning Community in Minneapolis, September 15
• Training Experience #1, Ascension Lutheran, September 17-18
• Training Experience #1, Family of Faith, Houston, September 19-20
• Training Experience #2, with Grand Rapids Learning Community, Holy Cross, Jenison, MI, September 22
• I have been asked to be the Missional Communities track leader for the FiveTwo Conference at CrossPoint, Katy, TX, September 24-26.  I am organizing the topics and speakers for this track as well as presenting.
• Susan and I, Regional Summit, Southern District, September 29, Our Redeemer, Jackson, MS
• Susan and I, Regional Summit, Southern District, October 6, Trinity, Mobile, AL
• Training Experience #2, Church for All Nations and Neighborhood Church, NYC, October 13-14
• Susan and I, Regional Summit, Southern District, October 27, Good Shepherd, Birmingham, AL
• I am the plenary speaker for the Northwest District's Missional Communities Advance Conference in Portland, OR, November 9-11
• Meeting with Seattle/Tacoma leaders for additional training in discipling and missional living/communities, Our Savior, Tacoma, November 8