The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Notes from Fusion’s message tonight: 02 – The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Godipedia (01 of 04) If Jesus is to have all of you, you must desire all of Him. John 6 ME Brazil – Sal E Brasa – Churrascaria – all-you-can-eat buffet where they bring the food to you Green button – yes please; Red button …

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From Wows to Vows

What a great day of worship! It was so exciting being able to worship as a family together this morning. I had a lot of people come up and ask about different songs or the videos we used, so I thought I would just post them all. Enjoy! Worship songs: My Savior Lives – New …

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The Wow Factor

At North Side, we’re starting a new series in the morning entitled, “The Wow Factor.” With a lot of attention going into our new building about to open, we feel like at the start of school we are going to have a lot of occasional visitors to come back to church. They are the people …

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Handel’s Solomon

My wonderful wife, Amanda, has slaved so very hard as of late and is about to graduate with her Master’s from USC in Music Education this Saturday. We are so very excited now that we will have Monday evenings where one of us is not in school and every free moment is not dedicated to …

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Engage Testimonies

Here is a neat testimony that happenned the other night at Engage when we presented the gospel with those kids: Janel and I had the opportunity to talk with three girls, only one who was really old enough to comprehend the gospel. The other little girls just sat there on our laps and played with …

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Efficiency in Ministry

Jim Wideman recently shared 3 questions he often asks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of his ministry: What am I doing that someone else can do? What do I need to be doing that only I can do? Is there a better way to do what we are doing? Train yourself to regularly ask …

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Visitor at Church

Jamie Parler, our Community Pastor, sent me this article he found. It was written from the perspective of a nonreligious man attending church with what possibly he might want the church to know about him. Very interesting read: Hello there. My name is Nonreligious Guy and I’m going to attend your church tomorrow. Here are …

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No Turning Back

Reading in Galatians this morning, and I came across a fitting verse for this morning. It reads, “But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be …

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Drums are Made for Community

If you were at North Side yesterday, you were in for a treat with Jamie Parler giving the word on community. Jamie is our Community Pastor and showed that, like a drum set, individual parts just don’t sound good. They need community. I love Jamie for many reasons: 1) he is an awesome drummer, 2) …

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Prayer: Steering Wheel or Spare Tire?

How do we view prayer? Do we see it as our steering wheel – it steers everything we do or do we see it as a last resort spare tire when we’ve done everything we can possibly do? It is very interesting that Jesus’ disciples never asked for teaching how to exorcise demons, preach, heal, …

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