We are SO blessed by all of the wonderful work that people have poured into planting this, His church. From persistent prayer support to financial support to tireless commitment of time and talent, we have seen many wondrous moments over the past few years. The team has changed a bit… people do come and go. We have developed and grown closer together and we have sought answers to tough questions. We’ve grown eager at times and...

As seen in the weekly email starting on Monday, April 6th, we are moving to a new format in the body of the email. This will allow for more flexibility in creating new and different types of content as well as allowing the recipients to determine which items/articles/news they’d like to read in detail. Before doing this, the content was all included inside of the email body. This made for very long and detailed email messages that some...

Jesus promised His disciples three things — that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. — F. R. Maltby Jesus wants His followers to experience great joy. I am convinced of this. As late as His Last Supper discourse, He let them know they could find joy in part from their prayer life: Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. – John 16:24 I know...

Happy Resurrection Sunday! The Lord is RISEN! The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. – Matthew 28:5-6 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory...

  April 19, 2014 We have spent several months now exploring the church planting process. In fact, if we are really honest with ourselves, we’ve been looking into this for almost four years now. And yet… this is the first time I’ve created a blog post about this. I’m not sure that I expected the experience to be “blog worthy”, but now I believe that it is. Over the past few years, we had some fits and...