Starting Early

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 …

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Impact Team List

Alrighty!  We had a great first week at Impact Teams, and we have new assignments for tonight (Wednesday).  Many of you have been asking what the needs are, well here is the list for tonight: Yard Work Team – Mowing, weed-eating, raking, cutting, and everything in between (for a bunch of houses)  Epworth Camp – …

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NSU – Night #1

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 …

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The Master Plan of Evangelism

The time spent Wednesday and Thursday in class was unforgettable. My cohort was taught by Dr. Robert Coleman. If you don’t know that name, you should. Dr. Coleman has been a mentor of mine from afar since 2000. This week, I got to thank him for that face to face. Dr. Coleman wrote a book …

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Intentional Relationships

We got to celebrate fathers today at North Side in a fun way.  At the 11:15 Obie, Cory, Cory’s son, Nate, and me started the festivities with some Father’s Day Superlatives.  We couldn’t select any winners for the “Loudest Snoring Dad” award because there were too many people pointing fingers at the fathers in the …

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Practical Service

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 …

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Shake-n-Shine Needs

Shake-n-Shine is coming around the corner!  Below is a message from our Project Love guru, Rick Hendricks.  Read to see how you can help out: Hello: Shake N Shine, our camp for children in Greenwood, will take place July 14-18, again this year at Erskine College, and we need your help. We’re asking C-groups, Sunday …

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Strategic Families

Our world needs some changing, and God intends to change it through the family. The most critical spiritual environment is the one in which you live. As we look at these up and coming generations, we must realize that trained church professionals are not the answer to our children’s spiritual needs. Our children need their …

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Perfect Timing

What a great Sunday. As our church continues to heal, it was great to come together today and sing words like, “You are my shield, my strength, my portion, deliverer, my shelter, strong tower, my very present help in times of need.” In times of need like we are going through, it is comforting to …

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Pancakes for Missions and so much more…

Here’s a quick rundown of what’s going on in life and in ministry: Pancake Breakfast – all you have to do is eat pancakes to support our summer missionaries. O’Charley’s on Saturday from 7-9 at $5/plate. I think what I am so excited about is that we have non-rush North Side time. We can eat …

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