Ministry

Ministry

Jailhouse Religion

We had the privilege last night to lead worship at Leath Correctional Institute.  It’s one of the South Carolina women’s prisons that is stationed here in Greenwood.  For many of our band, this was the first experience like this. And it was one of the most memorable times of leading worship I have ever experienced. …

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Family, Theology

Stuck in the Orphanage

I was his father.  He was my son.  But at the time, we were just learning each other. I was in Ethiopia getting ready to bring my son home from the orphanage.  We had many obstacles in his life to combat, but we really had faith that God was going to do some special things …

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Theology

Sermon Risks

I’m preaching Sunday.  I sometimes have mini-sermonettes while I lead worship.  I feel like my part of my job is to be a pastor with a guitar.  Not the fella who picks out the songs. But this week, I get the honor of opening up the Word of Life for the North Side family. And …

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Ministry

We Can’t Hear THE Name Because All We Hear is YOUR Name

  We live in a very interesting time in American Christianity.  In some ways, so much incredible Kingdom stuff is happening.  In other ways, I feel like we can’t hear THE name because all we hear is YOUR name. Translation: many Christian leaders and Christian ministries are focused more on building their kingdoms than they …

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Ministry

The Vine

As we planned for today’s worship, we studied the passage of John 15 concerning our need to stay connected to Christ to accomplish anything.  So what we planned to highlight is to see the fruit of those who are accomplishing great things here in our church. We highlighted some children’s and student ministry leaders.  We …

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Ministry

Why Ministers Love Yard Work

It’s been a little hot lately.  Greenwood has been cooking.  With these early summer temperatures sky-rocketing for the area, most people are letting their yards go.  Deal with the yard when it cools down.  After all, it can’t grow that much in this type of heat! That’s the way some people feel. Not me.  I …

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Ministry

Ministerial Exhaustion

Years ago, our pastoral staff took a retreat.  I can remember we really didn’t talk a bunch on the van ride up.  We were all very tired, and honestly, we were very drained with our jobs. I remember spending a long time on our face before God.  These weren’t bold prayers concerning the health of …

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Ministry

When God Does the Most With the Least Expected

In my life, I’ve learned that God often does the most with the least expected. We often think we’ve got it all figured out.  In our estimation, we have enough knowledge to map out God’s plan for our lives. But that rarely happens.  Oftentimes, God uses things in our lives that we never ever saw …

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🧰 Resources, Ministry

The Manifold Wisdom of God

This project focuses upon the teaching ministry of North Side. These 10 tracks were taken from 10 pivotal messages preached to our congregation in 2011. Our worship team then trimmed the messages down, arranges, composed, and recorded some music to accompany these biblical truths in an attempt to further disciple those who would listen. As …

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