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Second Mile Ministry

A Vision for Change: Where the American Tobacco Trail meets Fayetteville Street near Pilot Street.

Priority # 1 is that this three phase project keep in mind Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). What and who are the resources in the neighborhood and how can they be mobilized?

ACCESS

I. An open parking lot for trail access along the Southern side of the American Tobacco Trail near the 2 mile marker and behind the Discount Mart (3011 Fayetteville Rd, Durham, NC 27707).

SHARING FOOD

II. A Chick-Fil-A restaurant on the Southern side of the American Tobacco Trail at the intersection with Fayetteville Street. Next to the current bus stop. 

GATHERING

III. An Outdoor Amphitheater on the Northern side of the American Tobacco Trail near the 2 mile marker and the Blind Boy Fuller monument. There is a large grassy field that touches on the Fayetteville Street Elementary School property, facing the American Tobacco Trail where it forks with the Rocky Creek Trail. Elmira Park is nearby. 

Any or all of these projects would add value to the neighborhood and would be welcomed by many of the residents, local citizens, and those who utilize the American Tobacco Trail.

The current sense or mood of this block is one described as harried and hurried and I observe fast travel to and fro. Drivers fly by on Fayetteville Street. Walkers, runners, cyclists zoom by on the trail in a hurry to be North or South of this block. Folks are tight and tense. More so than they should be. This block is not as dangerous as the rest of the town thinks it is, yet in the questions that I receive on a daily basis it is among the most frequent.

"When is that part of the trail going to be safe?" is fielded second only to, "What do you (the Tobacco Trail Church), do when it rains?" I welcome the conversations that come with both these questions and yet they both leave me feeling weary. I cannot sit quietly and have no answer to either question. Let's change the questions and the mood.

What if we heard in 10 years, "Hey are you going down to mile two? Yeah, me too!"

What will it take to draw the Bull City back into the neighborhood, slow them down, invite them to stay a while?

This question should matter to city officials, NCCU, residents, interested non-profits, and future business owners. This is a highly traveled area of town and one with great social and economic importance.

I am prepared to dedicate the next decade to this project in South Durham.

Sincerely,

Rev. George E. Linney, III

3312 Denada Path

Durham, NC 27707

Chick-Fil-A would be directly to the right or West of this photo.

Parking Lot down and to the right or West, 100 yards.

Outdoor Amphitheater down and to the left or East, 150-200 yards.

It Was a Hot August Night -- Join the Party

It Was a Hot August Night

Nobody brings it like The Diamond (A Beautiful Noise, I Am I Said, and who can forget Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show)? Diamond seems irrelevant to young people and then they get older and find his genius. Sounds like the church sometimes.

"It Was a Hot August Night" is the opening to Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Song--a gospel influenced nod to Church Revivals. When Neil Diamond performs this song best, he becomes the very preacher, “Brother Love.” We will become the participants in a revival in our own unique way by riding, running, and walking to a special place of prayer on Sunday afternoon, August 30^th. You really should try this special opportunity for recreation and faithfulness.

Once when Neil Diamond gathered at L.A.'s Greek Theater he wondered if his career might be over and if this gathering would be his farewell performance. Doesn't the life of a church plant always follow such a similar identity crisis? Diamond has gone on for another half century of performing and writing meaningful music. And so too, the church will go on--be it the Tobacco Trail Church or other church plants and other long-standing and historic churches.  But these ministries will look different than the ones that came before them.

Are you afraid? Or are you excited? Or, are you both?

Let's raise some money to help the Tobacco Trail Church meet ministry goals this fall. You can give before the event at the website – tobaccotrailchurch.com. Let’s continue to ask the necessary questions to follow.

Read Victor's latest post -- GOING NOWHERE AT 160KM PER HOUR

https://vagreene44.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/going-nowhere-at-160km-per-hour/

Telling the Story

How many times have you shared it?
Tweaked it?
Changed your inflection?
Re-ordered the emphasis?

People are getting excited about the story you have to tell.
And it might be a new story.
Along the way, the vision is changing, growing, and that's okay.
It's no lie that it is not the same as what you first shared.

God is in the changes.
Don't fear. It needs a thread that runs through it all and that bit of string might be nothing more than you.

Your story, YOU, are not small to God.
In your humility and your courage, you are EVERYTHING to Jesus.

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#olderandfaster -- The Cover of Runner's World

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