Fusion – Chutes and Ladders Edition

Last night was a blast.  We were surprised to see so many college students and 20-somethings show up last night for a great time of worship.  I didn’t know where half of the people came from or who they were!  It was a fun night for sure. Highlights: Churches Working Together – Thanks to South …

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Storytellers: “Make Me Holy”

The song, “Make Me Holy,” is a song that I wrote probably a year and a half ago.  It was one of those songs that was birthed out of my personal quality times with God.  In my own desire for holiness, I felt like I kept coming up short. I wanted two specific things in …

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Fusion Tonight!

Don’t forget to come out to Fusion tonight at the Greenwood Community Theatre at 7:30.  All college students and 20-somethings (as well as people who like to minister to this group) are welcomed to come out for an awesome night of getting our praise on. Here’s the night’s specifics: Doors open at 7 Service starts …

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Your Own Front Yard

What a Sunday.  I am still thinking about things that God was teaching me yesterday.  It was truly an incredible day.  Highlights: Peak – Being led in worship by our Peak band is always a privilege.  They love Jesus and it shows. CD Release – I was so thrilled to hear that so many people …

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Storytellers: “Your Home”

As we were praying and planning months ago over the Now Campaign, we knew that our church was going to address aggressively a few issues, but one of those issues has a special burden on our staff’s heart right now: the family. As we began to look at what our staff addresses most weeks – …

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Book of the Week: Evaluating the Church Growth Movement

This week’s book of the week is entitled Evaluating the Church Growth Movement.  Edited by Gary McIntosh and Paul Engle, they gather five differing views on the Church Growth Movement.  Many churchgoers are probably unaware that great controversy exists on whether or not churches should try new things or incorporate new methods in order to …

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Storytellers: “All Things New”

The story behind the song “All Things New” is very different from many songs that I write.  In one way, this song idea has been developing for a long time, but in other ways, this song took a short time to actually finish. When I had a weeklong class up at Southern Seminary back in …

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Fusion Video Announcement

We are less than one week away from Fusion hitting the Greenwood Community Theatre.  It will be Tuesday, October 14th at 7:30.  Here’s the goods delivered by Trav and Obie:

Harvestfest 08

My family and I had a great time at the Harvestfest this Saturday night.  I heard there was something like 3500 people there.  Todd Agnew was great.  David Little and his crew did a fantastic job putting it all on.  Dave Wright and his crew did a marvelous job taking care the A to the …

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Sharing a Burden, Sharing a Plan

Yesterday was another incredible set of services at North Side.  2nd week of Now proved to be an impacting moment in the life of our church. Highlights from today’s services: Free Prisoner – Jerry Rentz has been going to the McCormick Correctional Institute for many years.  In the last few years, some other guys from …

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