Our new rent situation

We shared last night at GG our new rent situation. As of last week, our apartment is under new ownership. The new owners have increased our rent by 18% and stipulated that there be no barbeques, bikes, and other large items on the balconies. We have a barbeque, three bikes, and an outdoor freezer on [...]

Praise for God’s Grace

Testing … 1,2,3 … testing … okay …
 Hi GG,
Just a quick praise report to say that by God’s grace we (Sofia, my mom and I) are doing well despite Sanjay being on a business trip this week to Germany and Annie’s (Sanjay’s mom) departure back to India on Tuesday. 
Please continue to keep us in your prayers … that [...]

Interview with Rick Warren

Here’s a great interview with Rick Warren, the pastor at Saddleback Church and author of A Purpose Driven Life. Includes fascinating comments on:

the growth of Saddleback (87% of the church had no religious background),
the importance of small groups in the world today,
his views on the evolution of the church and the next Great Awakening,
how he [...]

Unexpected praise

Hello all,
Last night I spoke on my dad on the phone…in the middle of the conversation he mentioned that my stepmom (Sue) is getting involved in her old church.  She is Lutheran and my  dad is Catholic, so they attend different churches.  My dad is a very faithful Sunday morning Catholic, but Sue stopped going [...]

Testimonies from the GG Leaders meeting

I just wanted to update you with some testimonies last Saturday at the quarterly GG servant leaders meeting.
 
1) One servant of the Lord decided she wanted to lead a GG in Oakland and so John Gorin (head of the GG ministry) had 10 sign ups ready to join. However, only 1 person showed up [...]

Thanks for the prayers for my sister Eva!

Just wanted to thank you all who were at GG last night and prayed for my sister Eva.
Amazing overlap between prayers uttered and stuff she has said–Praise God~! Here’s a picture of her just so you can, well, picture her.

Origin of our Website Name

“Exalted Manna” is a phrase taken from the following 17th century poem about prayer:
Prayer
by George Herbert
PRAYER the Churches banquet, Angels age,
Gods breath in man returning to his birth,
The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth ;
Engine against th’ Almightie, sinner’s towre,
Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear,
The six daies world-transposing in an houre,
A [...]

How To Post

Once you are signed up (i.e. you get your login going on wordpress, and Andy signs your login name up as an author), then:
-Go to the blog website (obviously):  http://exaltedmanna.wordpress.com/
-Check over on the right hand column to see if you are logged in–if it says LogOut you are good to go, otherwise click LogIn and do your username-password thing.
-Once [...]

Canonizing the GG Charter

Dear Growth Group,
I just want to say that last Friday’s meeting was excellent as we shared how we can work to make our GG better.  As I reflected about what the major points of emphasis were from the many suggestions and critiques I believe the main take home points were:
1) We are all encouraged by [...]

How to Join

To join you need to do the following:

Go to http://wordpress.com/signup
Make sure you select “Just a username, please”
Click “Next” and follow the instructions.
Finally – email your username and email address to Andy so that he can make you an author on the blog.

New GG Blog

Hey all – welcome to the new growth group blog. As you can see, the header still needs a lot of work. If you can’t see at least part of your face, please send me a high resolution photo of yourself so that I can add you.