by Nathan Chapman | Oct 10, 2013 | Blog, Community, Worship
Prepare with us as we move towards our gathering on Sunday. You can read these things, Listen to the songs, and be ready to sing along. Call to Worship – Creation Jesus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9VEqAaaG9A Confession of Sin – Fall...
by Nathan Chapman | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Community, Mission, News, Worship
Our names are Heather and John McEntire. We began to pursue becoming foster parents in November 2007 after a recent miscarriage. When God began burdening our hearts toward foster care, we thought it was crazy. We wondered with our grief so fresh why God wanted us...
by Brian Lowe | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Community, Mission
The biblical value of community sometimes feels like eating Jello with a fork. I think I get bits of what it tastes like, but I leave a lot on the plate. Relationally, people try to do community and get it wrong. We try to encourage and it sounds canned. We try to...
by Brian Lowe | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog, Community, Mission, Theology
There has been a trend in the past couple of decades to steer away from theological terms in the public gatherings of the church. The idea is to not use terms that people are unfamiliar with because they will feel distanced and unwelcome. I understand the idea behind...
by Nathan Chapman | Oct 1, 2013 | Blog, Community, Mission, News, Redemption, Worship
Our names are Aaron and Jennifer Wilson. Our two year old twins, Abel and Belle, were adopted as frozen embryos. Embryo adoption, while unheard of by most, is becoming a very needed type of adoption. Sometimes it is referred to as “snowflake adoption.” When...
by Brian Lowe | Sep 10, 2013 | Blog, Community, Mission
A guest post by Jeremy LeFevers… Mine is a story of two “I do’s.” This second time is vastly different than the first. Can a guy with a failed marriage behind him and re-marriage now have anything valuable to say to other married friends? Larry...