So, as the title proclaims, we begin our first bible study tonight!! We are anticipating between 5-9 total attendance. For this first study, Carl will share our values and vision for what we are doing here in this community. He will also give an overview of the book of Ephesians. This will start a 5-7 [...]
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Bible Study Begins Tonight
Posted: February 13, 2011 by mematice in Church Planting, Spiritual Life, The Daily Post0
All Boxed In
Posted: February 10, 2011 by mematice in Church Planting, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeI have been told many times throughout my life that I think outside the box. I like that, for I am a creative person. And a dreamer. I like to figure out how to have my cake and eat it too. And usually I am successful But there is one area in which I completely [...]
Mentoring What does it mean for a church to be “mentoring”? We strive to achieve this goal through 3 means: counseling, discipleship, and leadership development. The goal of our mentoring is to develop a believer to their full potential. For those who are struggling with sin, doubts, painful life circumstances, abuse, or other difficulties, we [...]
One of our three distinctives is that we are a missional church. So what do we mean when we say “Missional.” There are two parts to the answer:our focus and our method. Missional Focus Having a missional focus means that we see our community and culture as a mission field. We have to take a [...]
Meet Laura. Her private information including her name is kept confidential. Laura is a beautiful, accomplished woman who has been in America for just about a year now. I met her at the beginning of fall. She was having some health complications and I have been thinking about her a lot. She lives close to me and I have [...]
The Myth of the Pastor’s Wife
Posted: October 17, 2010 by mematice in Church Planting, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeI am ungodly. I am unloving. I am fearful. I am stubborn. I am ungrateful. I am selfish. And I am okay with these things. This is the myth of the pastor’s wife, of the pastor’s family, and of life and Christianity in general – that we aren’t these things. That somehow with great faith, or [...]
Little bits of Everything
Posted: August 26, 2010 by mematice in Church Planting, Life in NY, Mary's Musings, Spiritual LifeCarl is working the midnight shift tonight and I am up late studying and getting assignments in. I always get the itch to write late at night as my thoughts are the most clear. So I thought I would just talk “out loud” a little. I feel like more has happened in the last week [...]
I’m still listening to a class video lecture but I just had to share this because it defines Carl and I: The 10-10-80 Principle states this: That given a pool of 100 people, 10 will change when given good pragmatic info, 10 will not change no matter what the information, 80 will change in the [...]
Well the last six months have gone quickly and we have had request after request to update on our progress. Its hard to imagine that we have been in NY for two months now! I was hoping that time would move a little slower after we move, but far from it! I still wonder where [...]
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