ONE is the loneliest number...

She comes early to the events, stays late, lingers. She texts during our off hours. She asks about new plans we can make as a community.

Today, at lunch, after our event, the four ladies around the table talked about how sad they had been before finding the community. That loneliness was the prevailing issue in their lives. That they had no one outside of their homes that they could call friends. Loneliness is awful and it's everywhere.

The communities that you are building in your #missionworshipcommunity are so very important. There are people out there who desperately want to be a part of your mission.

The same is true for spiritual entrepreneurs. You surely know that the starters of things, the apostles, are also notoriously lonely. We are misfits. We don't fit in in most places. We see problems that others don't. And we tackle them. Usually, alone.

That's why we started the diffuse network. For you, the starter, the misfit. For us.

We gather in February in one big instant friend and community party in Charleston. People we've never met before become the people we text during the week.

We gather in the Fall for a regional gathering, to keep the friendships alive and the momentum going.

What happens in between?

You are on your phone as you read this - so close this email and the very next action you need to do is PHONE A FRIEND. Who in the network do you need to call to check in with, to laugh with, to commiserate with, to encourage? Not sure? Go to our map on the webpage and look and see who is near you geographically and send them an email so you can get together for a beverage.

We need each other. The very same way the people coming to your #churchoftomorrow need people.

Or feel free to text or call one of us for someone's phone number 470.295.6525, we're always happy to chat.

One IS the loneliest number. You don't have to be ONE.