Staying Warm..

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Hey there everyone,

We are currently in a power outage! They say it could last up to seven days from now, so as of right now we are just hanging in there. We have no heat or water in our house, and most of the interns are staying at church-member's homes each night to keep warm.

So far we are sitting by the fire, eating hot soup, and playing in the snow...we built a ramp & jump out back to snowboard on...woohoo! I'll get pics up of that soon.

I'll try to keep you posted on all the stuff going on around here, but it might prove difficult due to loss of electricity :)

Until then!

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

Understanding Dreams and Visions

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This weekend we hosted the Streams 201 class, 'Understanding Dreams and Visions' taught by our very own Scott Evelyn.

The 201 is the introduction to all things dreamy, a course which will challenge your brain like it's never been challenged before. It gives the foundation for dreams found in the bible, and explains why and how God uses them to speak to us today.

Then it goes into symbols and color meanings and name meanings and focuses and subfocuses and dream categories and number relevance and...oh boy, my hand is cramping up all over again just thinking about it!

There were tons of notes being written, but it was all just too good to miss. We then got to practice interpreting some dreams and I am sure we will continue to practice interpreting our dreams within the intern group as they come up...or as the interns enter the kitchen for breakfast and all over their face reads "oh my goodness that dream was caaa-rayzee! who wants to interpret it??" Which, my friends, happens all the time.

I think we're all glad to have this amazing course under our belts for such a time as this.

Here are some photos from the weekend:

kyle and liz wore the same sweatshirts... "aww!" :)

Peace and rest,

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

The "I can't think of a title" Post

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This weekend we are hosting a Streams 201 "Understanding Dreams and Visions" course at the intern house!

Today will be full of cleaning and mopping and dusting and cooking for our meals in advance - preparing for the event...we love having people over!

To find out more about the 201 class, or any other course offered by Streams, visit their website here!

Here are some pictures from the last class we attended, The Seer Course, taught by Jim Driscoll. I wrote about this a few days ago, check it out here to get caught up.

at the mcdonalds for dinner (above) "i'm lovin it"

the book table and Streams School of Ministry table

artsy sanctuary picture

matthew and kyle being...well...matthew and kyle.

liz and lance are so photogenic!

jimmy

Jim Driscoll, teaching

Hopefully next post I can put up some awesome videos...ooo the suspense!


love and blessings,

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

Family Meeting No. 1

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Hey all,

A couple of weeks ago, Scott Evelyn gave the church a message about a new vision the Lord gave him about the Pinnacle and our body.  I've already talked to you guys about the new things going on with the mountain, and how we believe the Lord is preparing us for a move of God up on the Pinnacle. See here and here (under Pinnacle update).

So Scott shared this new vision with the church, and it was amazing...radical, but amazing.  This next year is definitely going to be an influential one for our body.

This last Sunday we decided to have a "family meeting". That way the congregation could have an opportunity to bring up questions or comments they had about the things Scott shared the previous week.

It went really well for being the first time!

People were able to voice their questions and/or concerns and it made for some pretty open communication between the body and Scott. It was definitely needed, and the majority of the congregation already had questions saved up from the previous Sunday.

Communication is key to a functioning relationship - I think we all know that. So it was really good to have it happen within the church because it put everything out on the table as opposed to keeping them to yourself without proper discussion.

Once we find out more about what will be happening within the church I can better inform you but for now, that is as much as I can share...

As for the interns, we are just going about things as per usual, with a lot more emphasis on the Pinnacle and all the things that are happening up there. So far we've been able to get on the mountain pretty regularly throughout the week, but it really depends on how much snow and ice we get on the access road.  We love going up and ministering to the heart of the Lord and watching Him transform our hearts in the process. We believe we are being prepared for a move of God that will completely change everyone involved. It's really quite exciting!

Here are some pictures from the Winter Carnival at Dartmouth! The interns went up to Hanover this last Saturday to just have a  laid back day  seeing the sights and enjoying the carnival...it was such a blast!

Many blessings,

Jourdan M.
1st year intern

Standing with our Abenaki Friends

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Over the past several years Scott Evelyn has formed relationships with Native Americans from all over North America. A few weeks ago the the school of ministry asked two natives from Nevada, Dan and Elmer, to minister to the students. During their stay a protocol ceremony was performed with Dan, Elmer, some other natives, and our church. New friendships were formed.

Last week were contacted by the local Native American leaders and asked to attend a hearing at the New Hampshire capital building. It was a great honor for us to be invited as non-Natives to be a part of a very historic event. The hearing was years in coming.

The day started with worship of the Creator in the tradition of the Abenaki. We gathered outside the capital building and a couple of the interns and Scott Evelyn were asked to join in on the drum.

The bitterly cold air began to wear on us and we soon headed to a local church for the second part of the day. We had hot, yummy beverages by the church, fellowship amongst the group of interns and Natives, then we finally viewed a short film about the preservation of language and culture of native people.

The climax of our day was the presentation of the House Bill 1610. A local chief named Peter Newell and several other leaders spoke as well as representatives from the government. There will be a vote soon to decide whether or not the Abenaki will be recognized as a people and represented by a council of seven people mostly comprised of natives. Although there was opposition to the bill, we are waiting with hope until the vote in a week or so.

Here are some pictures from the event:

Chief Peter invites us to join in on the drum (above)

Worshiping the Creator in front of the New Hampshire capitol building

Scott Evelyn and Chief Peter Newell

A representative presents House Bill 1610

Chief Peter speaks his testimony on House Bill 1610

Here are a couple links to our other pages:

Streams School of Ministry Facebook Page

Streams School of Ministry Youtube Page

Matthew Ryan Keating, 2nd year leader

Pictures and Update

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Hey all!

The Seer Course was such a powerful learning experience. There were tons of exercises to make us step out of our boxes, and the teaching was thought provoking and valuable. Jim Driscoll is an amazing teacher, and we all learned so much just from spending those two days learning from him and all of his wisdom.

One of the things he said was,

"the more you use your gift, the less you'll be wrong."

-Jim Driscoll

So true! I think a lot of times we revelatory people get scared of using our gift for fear of messing up. When in reality, the more we use our gift the less we'll be wrong; it just takes practice.

Anyways, I will definitely post some pictures from the weekend but I still need to put up these overdue pics from our day of silence hike :)

the view from the top!

sledding in silence ended up being hilarious...especially when people fall.

Pinnacle Update!

The Lord is really starting to show up on the Pinnacle and within our church body. I thought I'd say a little bit about that just to keep everyone informed.

Last Tuesday the interns and a few others went up on the Pinnacle for a night of prayer, which we've been trying to do as often as we can during the week. Our prayer and intercession quickly turned into worship and adoration of the Lord. His presence got so thick that it was all we could do to just worship our Creator with words and song.

Many of the interns got words of knowledge, or visions and experiences that night and we think it's just the beginning of what's to come. We believe there is going to be an outpouring of his presence on the Pinnacle, and our job is to steward the mountain and worship the Lord with our time and praises as often as we can.

We are just looking forward to this move that God wants to bring and waiting on His timing. Waiting and watching...

I have a ton of awesome pictures from the weekend in Beverly at 'The Seer Course' with Jim Driscoll and I will make sure to put them up very soon...

Until then, friends!

-Jourdan

1st year intern

**if you have any questions regarding the Pinnacle or our intern program, feel free to contact us at ssomnh@live.com or leave a comment on this page. We'd love to answer any questions or comments you may have!

Road Trip!

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Tomorrow afternoon all of the interns will be leaving for 'The Seer Course' with Jim Driscoll at the North Shore Bridge Church in Beverly, Massachusetts.

We will be leaving tomorrow afternoon in the big intern van, driving to the North Shore Bridge, enjoying the evening session, and then staying the night at our respective host homes. Then Saturday has three more sessions - morning, afternoon, and night, and off we go back to the intern house in New London.

It's a quick one :)

Can't wait!

We'll be back on Monday or Tuesday to show you all our pictures from Monastic week and our day of silence hike...see you then.

Many blessings,
Jourdan

1st year intern

We Did It!

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Wow.



What a whirlwind of a week.

Monastic week officially ended on Friday evening, around 6pm, and let me tell you...if it was anything (besides being scary-wonderful) it was a bit of a bumpy ride. We all learned a ton and even though it was difficult to stick to all the rules at times, everybody really appreciated the simplicity of a monastic lifestyle.

At first monastic week seemed to be quite a daunting task to undertake. What with no sugars, refined flours, meats, words, and sometimes electricity, looking ahead towards monastic week was an intimidating sight to behold.

But a few days into it I think we all realized how peaceful and beautiful a monastic lifestyle could be. Not having as many words spewing out of our mouths, or even the shoveling of junk food into it, it forced us to think about the simpler things in life. Many of the things we used to rely on were no longer available to us, and it toppled down some of our life-perspectives to make room for some newer, simpler ones:

*many of the things we say aren't as significant or important as we previously thought.

*not using your laptop for 4 days won't kill you.

*silence is beautiful.

*the Lord loves to speak to us when we are in silence.

*top ramen is not a food group.

*uno in silence and candlelight is very interesting and should be done more often :)

*when we shut our mouths, the Lord opens His...and breathes life on things we thought we let die within us. New creativity then sprouts forth as an incredible fresh start.

*silence showed us how to put value on things we previously overlooked.

*Thus, we all realized how much we loved and appreciated each other, as family, as fellow interns, as leaders, and as friends...*

It was a great week.

ps. I'll be posting pictures from our monastic week soon, so be sure to stay tuned!

Many blessings,
-Jourdan M.
1st year intern