As we asked pastors across Orange County to share about their experience during Seek Week, OneTables, and the importance of investing in unity and prayer in this time, here’s what they had to say…
“One of the great things about sitting around one table with a bunch of pastors is they just get it. And you not only feel comfortable, but you also feel that you can be vulnerable with somebody who understands, and somebody who will actually for you and walk with you.”
Matthew Cork, Senior Pastor Friends Church, Yorba Linda
“I am so thankful for Floodways and Todd’s leadership ability to rally the Church at a time we have desperately needed each other. We have been able to look at each other through screens and yet be reminded that the Church is meaningful, the Church is powerful – and we are not alone.”
Chad Halliburton, Campus Pastor Rock Harbor, Mission Viejo
“This year I had the wonderful honor of being a part of Floodways’ Seek Week and One Table gatherings. Both gatherings were refreshing and fulfilling, as many pastors from different backgrounds, stories, and ethnicities represented the unity and bond that Jesus prayed his disciples would have! It is an honor to be a part of this wonderful kingdom expression of love into every tribe, every tongue, every people, and every nation!“
Torrian Scott, Lead Pastor Harvest International Church
"In a time when so many different dynamics in our world and culture are serving to pull the church apart, Floodways' vision and efforts to bring leaders and churches together...around the table, around prayer and in the bond of Christ has been a beautiful and positively subversive movement of faith in these troubling times. I'm so grateful to have been blessed by such a life-giving ministry."
Mark Page, Lead Pastor Grace Fellowship Church
“A united church has always been Jesus’ prayer. Floodways is partnering with the Holy Spirit to be part of the answer here in Orange County. Thanks for your leadership!”
Todd Rodarmel, Lead Pastor Mountain View Church
“In what many would call the most painful and challenging year, there was a bright light shining through the darkness. That bright light came through the ministry of Floodways.
Floodways gave me hope and purpose as I was able to experience unity among pastors of different races while our country was facing massive division. The SeekWeek gatherings injected life in our church and awakened our hearts to authentic and powerful prayer.
Pastors, if you are feeling isolated and without hope, Floodways is here to give you relationships and purpose for your journey.”
Sheridan McDaniel, Lead Pastor A Place For Worship
“I truly believe that what I see God doing in our Seek Week events and the relationships being formed among OC church leaders is a part of something fresh God is doing in our region. In a region rich with revival history, I’m expectant to see what God does through this work!”
Mark Speeter, Lead Pastor Antioch Church, Fullerton
“The encouragement, care, and love that I have felt during OneTables, and after OneTables, has really meant a lot to me…I specifically remember a OneTable when we all shared about the difficulty that comes when people leave your church, and then we went into a time of prayer…having another pastor come and lay his hands on me, and pray over me for God to bless me and minister to my heart in the midst of that painful moment encouraged me deeply as a pastor…I always look forward to the next OneTables.”
Eric Wakeling, Lead Pastor Calvary Church of Santa Ana
“Thank you so much for your generous hospitality through OneTable over the last couple of years. We’ve been really enriched by the connections made over great food and the fantastic setting. I have forged relationships that are having a ripple effect of unity in the churches across Orange County. I’ve been so encouraged by other pastors stories, and to worship and pray together. It’s encouraging to know we’re fighting for one another, and not against one another…Thank you to all who have given and served us so generously in that time.”
Alan Frow, Lead Pastor Southlands Church, Brea
Our Floodways Team is grateful for the
excitement and support towards the work we’re doing to
bring OC churches together in friendship, prayer and shared expectancy.