This Sunday, we are starting a new series at North Side called, “Sticks and Stones.” History behind the idea: Jeff and I had planned all of 2008’s teaching last year, but due to the campaign and other church events, we decided to scratch some of our series and leave them in a goodie bag for future use. That meant that …
What another great Sunday at North Side. We kept moving along in our Now series, and yesterday was great. Highlights: Sonshine – Yesterday, JW and Tammy led us in worship. JW and Tammy are members of our Sonshien ministry, a worship service for adults with special needs and their caretakers. JW came and welcomed and prayed for the service and …
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 the church go on Monday …
Below is a great read from Ed Stetzer. He was talking about the need for ministers to have boundaries in ministry, and he highlighted Rick Warren’s Saddleback’s Ten Commandments for staff members. At the churches I planted, we always used something like Saddleback’s Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not go to lunch alone with the opposite sex. Thou shalt not have …
Sunday is the last NSU for the summer. We have one more Impact Teams Wednesday (unless you are doing a yardwork site at another time). This has been an incredible summer of going deeper and serving more! I thought last Wednesday of how gracious God has been to our congregation. You know, oftentimes, when a church parking lot is empty …
Here’s the remaining jobs for our impact teams: Wednesday, July 30 Ashley House – meet at Ashely House @ 6:30 for Bingo, activities, and just befriending the clients there Piedmont Agency for the Aging -meet at the agency @ 6:30 to help paint and clean up their facilities McCormick Children’s Home – meet at the home for recreational events for …
We had another great night with Impact Teams last night. I haven’t heard all the stories yet, but I know that my team had a great time. We had a bunch of new help last night (thanks so much), and I imagine that if you are like me, you feel more blessed by serving than you think the people you …
We had a great first night at NSU. A lot of people showed up for all of the six classes. I had a blast in our Hermeneutics class. Your attendance showed that all of you really want to understand the Bible better. That’s fantastic! You guys listened so great through the beginning foundational stuff and it was just a good …
As we are becoming engulfed in the summer months, our staff is also doing a whole lot of tweaking and long-term planning in the last two weeks. Someone asked me yesterday, “Is summer easier or harder on a church staff? Which is more busy?” I had to answer, “yes.” You see, they are two different animals. Both are extremely busy …
Continuing on in our series, Waiting on the World to Change, our church studied what it meant to do in the area of “Practical Service” today. When it comes to mission work, I think the church (universal) has always fallen on one of two ends of the spectrum (this is the case in almost everything Christian it seems). One one …