Jerry Herships

Last Call (eBook, ePUB)

From Serving Drinks to Serving Jesus

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

âEURoeI had a vision of a faith community where people could have a wider understanding of God and our relationship to him/her. I wanted to create a place where people could state what they believe and what they struggle withâEUR"freely. I wanted a community of people who know we don't all have to agree on everything.âEUR¿

Jerry Herships, former altar boy who had dreamed of making it big in show biz, tended bar to make ends meet as he worked gigs in comedy and game shows, looking for his big break. After giving up the dream and leaving Los Angeles, he found his way back to the church and discovered God calling him to ministryâEUR"but not just any ministry. Now he leads AfterHours Denver, a bar church where people worship with a whiskey in their hand and make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to serve Denver's homeless. Last Call is a story of having and giving up on dreams, finding yourself, and finding how God can use you in unexpected ways.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611646290
• Artikelnr.: 63312983

Autorenporträt

Jerry Herships is the founding pastor of After Hours Denver, a faith community of rebels and misfits that meets in dives and pubs to talk God and the Holy over drinks while making PB&Js to pass out to the hungry and homeless of downtown Denver. A former bartender turned comedian, Herships was drawn into ministry after realizing that the connections and conversations he had with his customers were deeper and more real than anything hed ever experienced in church. He is the author of Last Call: From Serving Drinks to Serving Jesus.