We led the Transitions Conference at North Side today. I think we are all extremely tired but extremely blessed. Jamie said to me at about 7:00 this morning that he thought we were going to experience what you normally experience on a mission trip. You go in order to bless, but you end up being more blessed yourself. And …
So Amanda and I read this about our baby going through week seven. Crazy stuff: Your Baby: This week your baby is undergoing some extraordinary changes and developments. The head, heart, spinal cord, and some of the larger blood vessels begin to form. As these blood vessels form, the heart begins to pump fluid through them, and your baby’s …
Just wanted to ask you readers out there to pray for our Transitions Conference. We will be having this conference at our church tomorrow (Thursday, September 27th.) This conference is designed for church leaders who desire to help transition their church to change and we pray that some stuff we have learned can help. We hope to share our successes, …
Wow! What a night we had at Fusion with our Dodgeball Tournament. Thanks for all of you who came out and enjoyed a night of fellowship. Next week, we start a new series entitled “Matchmaker” on dating and relationships. Last night, six teams battled it out in a double elimination bracket. There were many twists and turns along the way, …
I have watched this video in amazement of one of my favorite bands, and I am still in amazement. I have read the description and my brain still hurts. Mutemath played on Jimmy Kimmel last week, but they played backwards and they were recorded it. But they played it backwards, so what we see is not what we hear or …
Tomorrow night is our Dodgeball Tournament at Fusion. After four weeks studying on the attributes of God in a series called “Godipedia,” we thought it was time to pummel each other with some dodgeballs in the name of Christian love. Makes sense right? So for all you college students and 20-somethings in the Greenwood area on Tuesday night, come on …
What another great Sunday! Week two in the new worship center proved to see tons of people come out and hear the beauty of the gospel. Jeff’s message was so on. I was so amazed at hearing the gospel presented so clearly and so passionately. It was great to be able to pray and think about all those people coming …
Last week, I got the privilege to go with the band to lead three chapels at Greenwood Christian School (Wednesday-Friday). I always love going to GCS because there are a lot of the North Side crew that goes there and also some Submerge peeps, and just some outstanding teachers and students. I love playing with Cory, Jamie, and Wes. We …
Maybe you’ve seen the signs up around church about North Side University. We’ve a lot of questions, and I thought that I would give you a little heads up about this great upcoming option for our North Siders and their buds. If you have ever said, “I want to go a little deeper…I want to have a couple more tools …
That’s about all I can say – wow. We helped design the building so that people would say “wow.” We wanted people to be intrigued by the outside and come inside. We wanted people to walk in and feel at home and desire to stay a while and build community. And today we saw all of that happen. But we …
So, if you haven’t heard, Amanda and I are expecting a little one. I’m overwhelmed. I am beyond joyous. I have been an emotional basket case crying at every little kid I see. In the middle of finding out this wonderful news, we are trying to move into the worship center, and I am having the hardest time focusing cause …
The time of waiting is over! We are moving into the new worship center at North Side next Sunday, September 16! The new service times will be 8:15, 9:45, and 11:15. Please help us get the word out to all your friends, family, and neighbors. It will be an exciting next step in what God is doing at North Side. …
The following article is from the Index Journal on the Facts of Life event last night at North Side. It said our praise band got the crowd “pumped.” Thanks for the shout out Kenny. We actually got them soulful by starting out with Sister Sledge’s “We are Family.” We had all those people swaying and singing. Beforehand, I told Cory …
The signup for Fusion’s first Dodgeball Tournament has begun! Go to 20-something.org for more details and how to signup. Regulation Dodgeball rules are on the page. Teams must be co-ed groups of six with a ratio of either 4:2, 3:3, or 2:4. Tournament is Tuesday, September 25th but you must signup by September 18th.
GwdToday.com is a fairly new website that has some info on what is happenning in the growing metropolis of Greenwood, SC. They had a great article on North Side that someone pointed me too. I have the article below or you can check it out here. Posted on 31.AUG.07 Northside Baptist Church is growing by leaps and bounds….and numbers are …
Some notes from tonight’s message at Fusion: 03 – The Cosmic Scorekeeper For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Rom. 3:23-24; Rom. 8:1; Jer. 31:31-34; Eph. 2:8-10 ME Tetherball in the dark – busted up finger before Wes’ wedding …
“Does God keep a record of my wrongs?” That’s the questions we’re going to attempt to answer tonight at Fusion. We are going through our Godipedia series right now. We’re trying to get back a clear, biblical understanding of who God truly is. Some people view God as this “Cosmic Scorekeeper” who is counting every good thing and every bad …
This was our second week in The Wow Factor and today’s service was all about “The Faith Factor.” John Thompson, a member at North Side, shared his story. It is a story of ups and downs, great moments, not-so-great moments, but they were all moments that pointed him closer to God. He shared an incredible story of a man who …
Here is a clip from the David Crowder* Band. Crowder’s drummer, B-Wack, is a computer genius. He rewired a Guitar Hero’s guitar through his Mac computer for each colored button to be a different chords. The 1 chord, 4 chord, 5 chord, and minor 6 chord (for all you music theory people out there) each have a different button. And …
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 – no thanks YOU We …
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 Life Worship Not to Us …
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 who live one “wow” to …
Fusion is having a Dodgeball Tournament on September 25th. Uniforms and headbands are strongly encouraged. If you want more details, go to 20-something.org.
So, in my last post, I talked about what I was preaching about tonight. But I didn’t do it. For some reason, I changed fifteen minutes before Fusion started. I just wasn’t feeling it. I prayed and prayed and just felt God leading me to Malachi 1. So I went there. Fusion was fun tonight getting back together. I got …
So I’m pretty exicted right now. I’m trying to finish my message for tonight and I’m only using one verse – Matthew 13:44. One verse? Short message, eh? Well maybe. Or maybe it’s so stinkin’ loaded and I’ve been struggling with this verse for so long now that I’m trying to deal with all the implications loaded within its 34 …
Fusion is starting back this Tuesday @ 7:30 in the Family Life Center. 7:00 if you want a free Chick-Fil-A meal. I wanted to tell you about a competition we are going to have starting this Tuesday that can get you two free tickets to the David Crowder* Band. It’s called the Pic-It for Ticket Contest. Details about the contest …
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 some book to be read …
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 the grass. However, one girl …
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 these questions. If you do, …
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 the things you need to …
I have been finding a lot of great resources on the web lately concerning church work. Sometimes I’ll find a site that gets me thinking about so many great possibilities and options for our church that I get overwhelmed at what to do first. One great site is churchrelevance.com. Kent Shaffer puts it together and he collects a lot of …
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 once more?” (Gal. 4:9). How …
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) he loves Jesus, 3) he …
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, divide food, walk on water …
After the message on Sunday on worship, Amanda and I had to jet to Columbia because she was singing in a concert. But I did get to steal away for a moment and do what I promised to do: I sought God and asked Him was He pleased in worship today? As I prayed and allowed the Holy Spirit to …
The thief comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy, but I have come to give life and give it abundantly. -Jesus (John 10:10) In class today, we are talking about Satan’s attacks against God’s church. Dr. Lawless is giving so many good stuff on this topic, I am keeping a running list here in class, so it may seem …
Only four more Sundays before we move into our new auditorium. The construction guys are working feverishly, the staff is making final preparation, and all we need is some people to fill it up three times. The new auditorium at North Side will be opening up on Sunday, July 29th. Official festivities, times, etc. will be posted later. We are …
Got some good stuff in class today from the Evangelism Director for the Illinois Baptist Convention, Randy Mullinax. He said that one of the things that he has noticed over his time in ministry is that ministers who are transforming lives are having lives that are being transformed themselves. I will repeat: Ministers who are transforming lives are having lives …
An interesting conversation developed today in class. The school at Southern Seminary at which I am getting my degree is called the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. The dean was asking us about what kind of connotations the term “Church Growth” gives. Some people, believe that the Church Growth Movement (labeling anything as creativity or different …
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