While there is no requirement to do so, many of our community groups take a break from weekly meetings during the summer or, roughly, from Memorial Day to Labor Day. We think that shifting the focus from a weekly study to other gatherings creates some great opportunities to increase a group’s effectiveness. Your group may want to consider some of these ideas.
Hello, I’m Brian and I spoke at the annual meeting about the Pastoral Search Team (PST) process. Since that was a fairly comprehensive update, I am adapting my talk as a blog post for any in the church to speak directly to those that weren’t able to attend. As a Pastoral Search Team (PST) we want to commit to a high level of transparency and communication with the church body.
Good afternoon, and welcome to our long-awaited annual meeting. We have been on a transition journey for the last almost 2 years and though most of us have been on the ride together and have experienced the different terrain that we have covered, Joe and I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the faithfulness of God to lead us in measurable ways into being a transformed community that loves God and loves others by being fully engaged in the life and mission of Jesus.
Recently I was able to provide the gift of surrogacy for a dear friend of mine. It was an amazing journey, but it was never something I intended to share online with a large audience. My mind was instantly changed after an elder at the church, Bob Spotts, did a teaching on the subject of being a servant…
This Sunday is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, which marks the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The National Sanctity of Human Life Day is (usually) the third Sunday of the New Year (last weekend we celebrated the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) The date was chosen to coincide with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision in 1984.
