Liquid Church – Peter Gowesky

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Crossroads moments in life…

September 4, 2013 4 Comments

I recently wrote about what you do when you are waiting and asking why God is allowing something to happen. You can read that over here… Recently our church, Liquid Church has been doing a series called Crossroads. It is a series where we are taking a look back in order to know how we go forward. At some point in time we all face a crossroads moment in life. It’s one of those decision points that impact our future in a way that we can scarcely imagine when we are faced with that decision. Should we sell the house? Should you go back to grad school? Should you have a baby? Those are Crossroads decisions.

Jeremiah 6:16 says, “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”

Check out our series Crossroads.

~Peter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNd0qSxHVVw

(you may even recognize this guy right below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q77hyAJKphM

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We Love Outreach Highlights

May 31, 2012 No Comments

Last weekend Liquid Church’s Morristown Campus gathered together to partner with New Jersey Aids Services to totally ‘makeover’ their house. It was an incredible weekend. You can read more about it in a post I wrote last week.

We had well over 300 people serve more than a total of 1000+ man hours. I am completely amazed at what has been done in our community by Liquid Church Volunteers. In our staff meeting this past week someone mentioned that they were talking to one of the residents of the New Jersey Aids Services home and they said this:

I know that God loves me because of what you guys are doing.

WOW! That is incredible. I am proud of our Church. Liquid Church, thanks for taking seriously what Jesus said in John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.

It was good to see Christ on display for the community in Morristown, NJ. It doesn’t stop here either! Liquid New Brunswick and Liquid Nutley are each doing a weekend of serving this weekend too! I can’t wait to hear about the stories from their outreaches too.

Here is a Highlight Video from this past weekend here in Morristown. To check out some of the pictures taken that weekend click here.

~Peter

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Check out an article that the Daily Record wrote about what Liquid did last weekend.

Here is an article that the New Brunswick Patch has on what Liquid New Brunswick is doing.

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The Untouchables: Aids

May 24, 2012 2 Comments

Liquid Church Droplet Tomorrow something really exciting is going to take place. This weekend a crew of 215+ volunteers are going to descend upon the New Jersey Aids Service (aka the Eric Johnson House) and get cracking on an extreme makeover. Why you might ask?

That’s a great question. Pastor Tim Lucas, lead pastor at Liquid Church, explains that best. You can watch it here. Or you can download the audio version here.

In Luke 17:11-19 we see Jesus interacting with some people who were untouchable in His day and age. These were the lepers. They were the social outcasts who no one wanted around. No one even wanted to be near them. But Jesus did. In fact Jesus loved the untouchables. The question is, Do we?

The modern day lepers are those people with HIV Aids. This weekend we are going to break into our community with nothing but LOVE for a select group of people who most people think are outcasts and untouchable. Most people wouldn’t go near them with a ten foot pole.

IT’S TIME TO BREAK SOME POLES!

Check out the promo video below of what is going to go down in just a few short hours! There are still spaces available to sign up and join us. Sign up here.

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Remember, “It is not a sin to be sick.”

~Peter

UPDATE:

We now have 293 volunteers! INCREDIBLE!

Check out these articles written about the outreach over at

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Chapters, Journeys, and other such things…

March 13, 2012 2 Comments

For four and a half years I have served as the Student Ministries Pastor at First Baptist Church of Doylestown. There have been times when we have laughed so hard that I cried. There have been times when I have flat out just cried. There have been times when we stayed up all night. There have been times when we served our community and the communities around us. We have seen God break through in the lives of countless students and truly be their Lord and savior. I have been given the privilege to work alongside of some really gifted individuals that love God and love others. I have had an opportunity to train and mentor others. I have learned new things about leadership, students, volunteers, myself, and God. It has been an incredible journey.

God has blessed me abundantly more than I could have ever dreamed He would.

It is with a contemplative spirit that I write the ending to this chapter in our history. I am thankful for all that God has done in and through us here at First Baptist. We are truly excited for the future. We are excited to dream about what God is going to do in and through us as we follow Him. The future is filled with unknowns for us. But whose future isn’t? So we will walk by faith, knowing that God has never left us hanging, never let us go, or ever turned His back on us.

Some of you have been asking what I will be doing in the future. I am excited to share with you that I have the opportunity to continue to serve alongside of great men and women. I will be working at Liquid Church in New Jersey. I will be working at the Morristown Campus. For those of you into details, I will be working as an Associate Campus Pastor. I’m super excited to figure out what that exactly means. I know one thing, I will be able to continue to lead people to life and growth in Christ and partner with others as they explore their journey of faith. Stay posted to the blog for more info of what I’m doing in life and in ministry!

Now onto the good stuff:

This past Sunday was my last Sunday here at FBC. The church was incredibly generous in praying for us, thanking us and being a huge blessing to us. So to all of you from FBC, THANK YOU! We love you all dearly. I had the opportunity to preach, to laugh (thanks Bob Miller), and to pour my heart out. Then later that day was my last youth group. What a great night! There were some highlights for sure. I loved being able to share with students the one thing I want them to remember: To Love God, and To Love Others. We concluded the evening and my ministry here at FBC with a baptism service. I could not be more proud of these six students! Each of them had a story to tell about what brought them to this point and why they wanted to be baptized. We cheered, hollered, screamed, and whistled in celebration of our six friends who decided to make a public statement that they are following CHRIST!

The pictures tell it all!

To all of the students at FBC, thank you for giving me the opportunity to be your pastor. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for partnering in the kingdom mischief, I pray that you will keep it up. I’m super proud of all of you! God has great things in store for you.

~Peter

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