“Witnesses” Acts 1 8 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and [...]

Missional or Attractional? The Value of Embracing a Both/And Mentality In a recent article in Christianity Today, Eddie Cole, the Superintendent of the Easter District of the Evangelical Free Church [...]

BEING GOOD HOSTS FOR EASTER This coming Sunday is EASTER SUNDAY. This is a Sunday that for many churches sees a higher-than-usual number of GUESTS in attendance, along with what [...]

Listening Posts As we enter a formal, transitional phase of the Intentional Interim Ministry, we will begin to have series of “listening posts” where we will sit and reflect on [...]

THE MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NEW “Once we’ve thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it is only here that the new and good begins.”            - Leo [...]

missio Dei – “Mission of God”           As we recall St. John’s account of Resurrection Sunday, we are given a mission – not just any mission – but the missio [...]

Transitions Deuteronomy 34:7-8    “Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated. And the people of Israel wept for Moses in the [...]

Seven Things Church Members Should Say to Guests One of the most important aspects of churches growing is what happens on a Sunday morning. A lot of first impressions are [...]

A FORESHADOWING OF THINGS TO COME This first Sunday of March 2019 will be “Transfiguration Sunday.” It is the last Sunday before we begin the penitential season of Lent on [...]