Aaron is married to the beautiful Morgan Snow, whom the Lord destined to play a part in his sanctification. The Snow’s have a beautiful daughter named Eliza who was born on July 12th, 2009. Truly humbling. They live in Austin, Tx. where they moved in January of 2010 after spending 2 years in Las Vegas, NV. where they worked to extend a non-profit organization they started with some friends in Ft. Worth, Tx. (To learn more Click here) Their lives have been beautifully wrecked by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. HE has led the Snow’s to an appreciation of deep relationships, a simple lifestyle, and the spread of the Gospel through living in community with others. Aaron works full time for a daily deals promotion start-up company called Moolala.com, and is also the director of Intentional Gatherings, the non-profit mentioned above. He has a heart for the business world, and shattering the common misconception that in order to make a difference in the Kingdom you have to be in “full-time vocational ministry”. His number one priority is being the best husband to Morgan, father to his kid(s), & son of the Living God. Shortly after those pursuits you will find that deep relationships with friends & family are the most important thing to the Snow family.
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Aaron, I met you at Club Christ in Vegas and then a couple other times through RCF. I am Natalie, I did the Martin Luther King was a Peaceful Man thing with you and the kids. I had no idea you were doing this program and that you were the founder/director, etc. I read this and am very impressed and excited. I was once involved in a similar organization here in Boise, but it went sour. I am leaving Vegas and transferring to Boise State as of January but I hope we can keep in touch. I am hoping to get involved in campus Crusades at BSU and to see what else God has planned for me in this change. I feel there were more opportunities in Vegas so I am praying that God will show me his awesomeness here in Boise as well. Thanks for all you and Morgan are doing.
Hey Natalie! It was good to meet you at CC, and the other times as well. I hope things go well for you in Boise. What organization were you involved with there? There’s a couple of guys who were in Vegas over the summer who are from Boise. They were interested in what our organization does, so we had a brief meeting about them starting their own “Missional Community” there in Boise at their school. We’re all about helping to empower young people all over the country to start their own student led churches on campus, or in their neighborhoods. Let me know if you’re ever interested in anything like that! Take care.
Aaron, I’ve read your stuff on Shapevine and have really been encouraged and challenged. Thanks for your posts. I’ve also taken a peak at your Intentional Gatherings stuff and really liked that as well. I wanted to ask some questions because some friends and I are in the process of trying to plant organic churches in our city. A little background: We live in an old steel town on the Ohio River, just north of Pittsburgh. It’s a depressed community because all the jobs left in the 80s. Five years ago, my friend started a non-profit working with kids starting in the summer and now going throughout the year. A bunch of people who began as summer staff, myself included, felt called to come live in the city and help with the ministry. We have gained trust and made many relationships through the programs, and now we want to take the next step, making disciples and planting churches. We have seen fruit with kids choosing to follow Jesus, but it’s not quite there with adults yet. We are now looking for ways to further the relationships that have been made. Most church planting people are all about 3rd places these days, but we don’t really have adequate third places because our town’s depressed state. So our thinking was to kind of create those third places by having normal social gatherings (meals, cards, games, etc), combining those who are living here together to be the body of Christ and those who we have relationships with that don’t yet know Jesus. We hope that as people see the family of God living together and we grow these relationships that the Lord will draw people to Himself – I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from Tim Chester and Total Church. Of course, there’s more to it, but that’s a quick rundown of our context. I’ve seen your stuff in Ft. Worth and was wondering if you might have some insights on how you guys got things rolling, how you built relationships, and what you know to be important and effective in building missional church in a poor urban community. Thanks for your help.
Hey man! It’s good to hear from the East Coast! Man, I loved reading your story, and hearing what you and your friends are doing in your town. Sounds legit. I’d love to chat with you sometime on Skype on the phone or whatever so we can dive into some of this stuff at a bit deeper level. I’d also love to explore some different possibilities we may have to learn/teach/sharpen one another as we’re on mission for the kingdom in this world: you guys takin a trip to Ft. Worth to spend some time at the I.G. House in that inner city neighborhood. Or, coming to Vegas to visit us here. Or, us coming there to see what you guys have goin on, etc. Anyhow, please feel free to email me at aaron@intentionalgatherings.com and we can swap numbers or skype names and work out a time to chat. I look forward to connecting further with you man. Take care.
Oh, the Total Church guys are incredible. We went to the “Total Church” conference in San Diego back in August and learned a lot from them. Haven’t read the book yet, but i’m certain it’s great. Take care!
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Hi Aaron
My name is Charl and I am from Pretoria, South Africa; I love your site. Hope you don’t mind but I have add you to my Blogroll.
I love to read on what you are doing, I myself is on the organic community journey with Jesus, seeking a community where Jesus can be expressed.
Be blessed
Peace
Charl
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Hey Charl! Good to hear from you man! That’s great that you have me on your blogroll =)You live in S. Africa right? That’s awesome. Thanks for the encouragement man! It blesses me to know that you are blessed by our journey, and the stories produced by it. Keep in touch, and feel free to email me at anytime if you need ANYTHING. aaron@intentionalgatherings.com
Take care.
-Aaron Snow-
Aaron, I’ve read your stuff on Shapevine and have really been encouraged and challenged. Thanks for your posts. I’ve also taken a peak at your Intentional Gatherings stuff and really liked that as well. I wanted to ask some questions because some friends and I are in the process of trying to plant organic churches in our city. A little background: We live in an old steel town on the Ohio River, just north of Pittsburgh. It’s a depressed community because all the jobs left in the 80s. Five years ago, my friend started a non-profit working with kids starting in the summer and now going throughout the year. A bunch of people who began as summer staff, myself included, felt called to come live in the city and help with the ministry. We have gained trust and made many relationships through the programs, and now we want to take the next step, making disciples and planting churches. We have seen fruit with kids choosing to follow Jesus, but it’s not quite there with adults yet. We are now looking for ways to further the relationships that have been made. Most church planting people are all about 3rd places these days, but we don’t really have adequate third places because our town’s depressed state. So our thinking was to kind of create those third places by having normal social gatherings (meals, cards, games, etc), combining those who are living here together to be the body of Christ and those who we have relationships with that don’t yet know Jesus. We hope that as people see the family of God living together and we grow these relationships that the Lord will draw people to Himself – I’ve taken a lot of inspiration from Tim Chester and Total Church. Of course, there’s more to it, but that’s a quick rundown of our context. I’ve seen your stuff in Ft. Worth and was wondering if you might have some insights on how you guys got things rolling, how you built relationships, and what you know to be important and effective in building missional church in a poor urban community. Thanks for your help.
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Hey! Thanks for the comment! I think we might know some mutual friends…do you know John & Gao Foua Jordan? From your story it sounds like you work directly with them at the kids camp there in Aliquippa, right!? I could be wrong, but it sounds the same! =) I was just in Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago! It’s so crazy to get this comment from you because a little over a year ago I got almost the exact same message from John! He and I ended up chatting via skype, and have seen each other a few times in person since then! Him and Gao Foua stayed with us in Austin a few months ago when they were in town! Haha! That being said, I would LOVE to chat with you sometime about your questions. You can probably get some info from the Jordan’s, but either way I’d still love to chat. Shoot me an email at aaron@intentionalgatherings.com and we can set up a time to chat via phone or skype. Look forward to hearing from you!