Ten days from now we will gather in Orlando to be changed by God’s Word and to sing of God’s glory. Sometimes when a conference like Transfer is almost here we have this vague sense of enthusiasm—we’re excited, but if someone asked us for our reasons we’d have to stop and think for a moment. If you are joining us for this conference, let me encourage you to pray specifically. Your list will have details unique to you, but it might look something like the following. 

1. Praying for illumination into God’s Word. 
2. Praying to be empowered by the Holy Spirit toward passionate worship. 
3. Praying for an opportunity to pray for or encourage at least one other person every day of the conference. 
4. Praying for God to highlight one or two primary ways that I can live more for his glory when I get home. 
5. Praying for a new friendship to begin. 

Looking forward to joining all of you in just ten days. 

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Less than two months from now we will gather to sing God’s praises, hear God’s Word, Transfer God’s truth, fellowship with God’s people.  Our time together will not be very long in days, but it will be rich in memories. It will not be entertainment, but rather transforming.  It will not be for spectators, but rather for those who hunger and thirst for God’s presence.  Singles from Sovereign Grace churches, and our guests who come to join us, will gather in one room to affirm our allegiance to our Lord and the eternal truths of His Word.  I can’t wait to add my voice to yours in Orlando.  See you there.

Jon has served as pastor for the last seven years at Sovereign Grace Church of Gilbert, serving in worship leadership, small group ministry, counseling, youth ministry (called G2), and preaching.  In May 2013, he will be relocating with his wife Lory, their 3 children, and a team of people to Round Rock, Texas, on the north side of Austin, to plant Redemption Hill Church.

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Sunday marks the end of the early bird registration price for Transfer.  If you are wanting to save money during your Transfer trip this is the easiest way to do it.  Signing up before the deadline  means you’ll automatically save $25.  

On another note, we’d also like to point out that families of four or more receive a 15% discount.  (Go to the registration page for info on getting the discount.)  Married couples who come together also save significantly from the individual price.  

We are looking forward to the conference!  Hope we’ll see you there!

Register Now to receive the early bird rate.

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When I was young, my dad read me the Chronicles of Narnia. I love the story about the Beavers and their answer to a question about Aslan. The child wanted to know if Aslan was “safe.” The answer?

“Of course He’s not safe. But He’s good.”

If you’re hoping that Transfer will be “safe” you’re missing the main part of our vision. Transfer is about God—about God in close proximity to people who want to know him and serve him. If you’re hoping for a purely mental exercise, sharing familiar songs, making a few friends, grabbing a coffee for a late night hang out—this is the wrong venue. Go have a coffee at Starbucks. Or send out an e-vite for a campfire.

But if you want to be up close and personal with a being more dangerous than a lion, more powerful than a ferocious beast, more all consuming than anything else on earth, then come to Transfer. He’s not safe, but he’s good, and that combination of ferocious love, of the God of consuming fire and welcoming grace, is the vision for the Transfer conference. We want to draw near to him, to know him, to fear him, to love him.  I can’t wait.

Jon has served as pastor for the last seven years at Sovereign Grace Church of Gilbert, serving in worship leadership, small group ministry, counseling, youth ministry (called G2), and preaching.  In May 2013, he will be relocating with his wife Lory, their 3 children, and a team of people to Round Rock, Texas, on the north side of Austin, to plant Redemption Hill Church.

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If all we pass on to the next generation of Christians is our techniques, methodologies, perspectives, practices, preferences, or opinions, we have failed them. Their hope must be in God, his Word, and the gospel, not in us. That’s why nothing is more important to pass on than a true knowledge of God and a passion for the glory of Jesus Christ. 

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What do you hope will become of your church in 40 years?  Do you hope it will love the glory of God, the gospel, the Bible, and other key values that you hold dear? Do you hope that young men and women will stand boldly for the vital doctrines of the faith?  Do you hope that every onslaught of the enemy against the church will be met by doctrinally seasoned and spiritually passionate church members who will gladly resist the powers of evil and prove the eternal nature of the undiminished gospel?  

If we hope for these things to be realized–and I am sure we all do–let us give action to our hope. Let us give ourselves to trumpeting the vision of the core doctrines that we hold dear.  Let us envision those who are coming after us to stand in the gap for the church both now and in the future.  Let us devote ourselves to training up those who will one day turn and raise up still others in the cause of Christ.  

Let us transfer a hope for the enduring gospel from one generation to the next. 

Jon has served as pastor for the last seven years at Sovereign Grace Church of Gilbert, serving in worship leadership, small group ministry, counseling, youth ministry (called G2), and preaching.  In May 2013, he will be relocating with his wife Lory, their 3 children, and a team of people to Round Rock, Texas, on the north side of Austin, to plant Redemption Hill Church.

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O Great God,

We look inside ourselves and find fears, weakness, and sinful desires that frighten us. We look outside in the world and see hardness, apathy and hostility toward you. Because of these stark realities, we often feel paralyzed in the face of your call to carry your Son’s name to others. We feel so incompetent for the task. So unworthy. So unclean.

Forgive us for seeing everything but the main thing—YOU. And give us eyes to see the greatness that overcomes our weakness, the power that overcomes our fears, the Holy Spirit that overcomes our uncleanness. We pray for a penetrating and dazzling sight of you as you really are, so that we may become the ambassadors of your name that you have called us to be.

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How far does your vision extend?  How much do you believe God has for you to do, during your time on this earth?  Most of us struggle to look beyond the end of the day, or the end of the week, or perhaps, the end of a few years’ time.  But God has intentions for us.  He has designed us to bear fruit for eternity, fruit beyond our lifetimes, fruit beyond our generation. A single seed may produce an orchard.  But the orchard will mature long after that seed has died. Does your vision extend to the transfer of gospel life well beyond your life here on earth?

Jon has served as pastor for the last seven years at Sovereign Grace Church of Gilbert, serving in worship leadership, small group ministry, counseling, youth ministry (called G2), and preaching.  In May 2013, he will be relocating with his wife Lory, their 3 children, and a team of people to Round Rock, Texas, on the north side of Austin, to plant Redemption Hill Church.

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Matthew is a Church Planting Resident at Crossway Community Church in Charlotte, NC (2012-2013). He attended The Bethlehem Institute in Minneapolis and received his MDiv at Southern Seminary in Louisville. Recently, Matthew successfully defended his dissertation (PhD) at Southern Seminary on the self-witness of Scripture. He plans to plant a church in the southeast United States that evangelizes, disciples, trains, and plants other churches. He is married to Ashley and has three daughters. You can read more from Matthew at his blog, Off the Wire.

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