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Halloween, Fall Festivals and Loving People
0 Comments Published by Chuck Gschwend October 18th, 2008 in General.Regardless of what season it is and regardless of your views of how the world celebrates each season, God’s people should always be thinking hard about how God wants them to be reach out to their world in love in each and every season. With that in mind, take a moment and ask God how [...]
Our Church Distinctives: Simple, Deep and Missional
In order to foster greater unity among ourselves as well as to relate to our guests what we are passionate about, we have chosen three words to describe ourselves.
Our focus is Simple: We love Jesus. Jesus died for us and we want to love Him back by loving all [...]
Men’s Retreat - February 1-2
2 Comments Published by Chuck Gschwend November 21st, 2007 in Announcements, Mens.Join us for our annual Men’s Retreat at TimberRidge Lodge, February 1-2, 2008.
Josh Rang will be our speaker this year. Josh and I (Chuck) are great friends and used to work together at a church in Mobile. Josh is a gifted teacher and a fun guy. He currently serves as an associate pastor at BlackHawk [...]
Tell Us Why You Are Thankful
2 Comments Published by Chuck Gschwend November 1st, 2007 in General, Interact.Surf the internet and you will find countless articles on the benefits of gratitude. Even “science” argues for the benefits of being a thankful person? Our Bible is certainly full of admonitions, such as Colossians 4:2, that encourage and command us to have an attitude of thanksgiving. As Christians we have more reason than anyone [...]
Got your Luke 16 envelope yet?
2 Comments Published by Chuck Gschwend October 3rd, 2007 in Current Series.Sunday morning I challenged you from Luke 16:1-11 to set aside some cash this week in an envelope marked Luke 16. Once the cash is in the envelope pray God will give you some wildly creative ways to use the money to “win friends” for eternity. If you weren’t here, please read Luke 16:9 or [...]
God has been so good in bringing us thirteen new adult members. I know He has great plans to unite our hearts with theirs as we seek together to pursue intimacy with God, community with believers, and influence with unbelievers. Please make a point to introduce yourself to all of these folks and welcome them [...]
Missions Party … Sunday night
2 Comments Published by Chuck Gschwend August 22nd, 2007 in Announcements, Events.This Sunday Miguel Castillo and Chuck Gschwend will update us on their recent trip to Xalapa, Mexico. They will show their slides and tell their stories on working with I.B.U.C., an evangelical church in Xalapa.