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 picked up a CD yesterday …

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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 the church go on Monday …

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Broken Walls, Broken Hearts

We kicked off a new series this week, entitled, Now.  Our staff has prayed and planned more for these next few weeks than any other emphasis I can remember.  I don’t think that my mind can wrap around all the work that went into this day and leading up to this day.  North Side is blessed to have a talented …

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Prayer Service

I know you get tired of me saying this, but I am sorry: wow, what a Sunday. I must say it again, because it just seems like week after week, our congregation is getting together to show Jesus how much we love him and it is overwhelming just to be in the room with it all.  Jeff warned that yesterday …

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The Harvest

Today we started a new emphasis at North Side.  The next few months are going to be pretty critical times – we really feel that God is leading us to do some pretty big stuff, and the only way it can happen is if a sovereign God steps in and shows up! Jeff’s message was on “The Harvest.”  We have …

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Making Major Adjustments

Yesterday, we finished our 12-week Experiencing God series at North Side.  It was a great finish to a great series, even if I haven’t heard the message yet (I was working on getting power for our bluegrass band at the YMCA). Yesterday, our church was truly offering sincere worship to Jesus in all morning long.  The songs that you sang …

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Crisis of Belief

Another great Sunday today.  We have one more week of Experiencing God after today, and this series has been huge in the life of our church.  Each week, I hear more and more of all that God has been doing in the lives of people at North Side.  People are truly living with their eyes wide open and God is …

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The Unified Church

For those of you who “came to church” today, I hope that God changed your mind. Hopefully, after today, we will stop coming to church and we will start being the church. As we have continued in this Experiencing God series, I thought today was so helpful to remember that we are the “called out ones.” I loved Jeff’s illustration …

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The Living Word

Another great Sunday at North Side.  We talked about the Living Word today in the series, Experiencing God. Today, we worshiped to the following songs: Forever – Chris Tomlin Holy is the Lord – Chris Tomlin Magnificent – Hillsong There is None Like You – Don Moen We Fall Down – Chris Tomlin We were supposed to talk about experiencing …

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God’s Show and Tell

Yesterday was another great Sunday at North Side. As Jeff continues to lead us through this Experiencing God study, I am constantly amazed at what God is teaching me and what He is doing in the lives of the people in our church. I am hearing daily what God is doing Jeff’s challenge to be still and listen to God …

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