Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy...
I once read a tweet by a guy named Matt Merker that said:
If you want a church with “community,” get ready to:- Let people call you out on sin- Drive old ladies to church- Bring folks baby meals- Teach Sunday school- Pray for the body- Have long conversations with awkward people-...
How I missed my little friends in the day school over the summer months. The 2nd floor was quiet without our Achievers group. Bible studies, family dinners, and seminars all came to an end.
Then we began cleaning house.
When programming was quiet, the church facilities crew spent their summer...
And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
Matthew 18:5
Over the last two weeks, I have had the privilege of watching the day school come to life. The halls are filled with familiar faces, new faces and generations of families. The life that has filled the...
And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians 2:22
Friends,
Sunday morning was a great time of celebrating the Body of Christ as we all came together for a time of worship, hearing...
Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the...
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the...
"It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his...
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of...
“For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a[ mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 17:20
August is always an...