Would we know?

I read an interesting, well at least challenging and though provoking, blog by a worship leader I have a lot of respect for (Tim Hughes, we actually do a lot of song he has written) and he posed an idea, would churches today know it if the Holy Spirit wasn’t present during the service?  Wow [...]

Flow

 

With the beautiful weather we’ve been having lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the river. We are so blessed in the Northwest to have several awesome rivers really close, and when it’s hot I am happy to enjoy them all I can.

Viva La Revolution!

The name of the Blog has changed and hopefully with it we can embrace a renewed fire to see Gresham revolutionized for Christ. I looked up the word Revolution and came up with some good definitions (and some that may not totally fit… I’ll leave it to you to sort it out)
1. An overthrow or [...]

Bring your Bible to church week

This week is the start of our 52 week celebration of Bring Your Bible to Church Week.  Remember when you are leaving the house to grab that old book and bring it with you.

Time Away

This week has the makings of being fairly quiet around to old office.  Pastor Joe is off on vacation from today until next Monday(so don’t call him), this is a very important time for him.  The Life Group I am a part of has just recently started going through the book of Hebrews and we [...]

The Bible Challenge wk1

Ok, for those of you that took the challenge and made sure to bring your Bibles to church and open them during the service, what did you think?  Was it beneficial?  Did it feel weird? Good? Bad? Indifferent?
I need some reactions. Remember to take it to your Life Groups this week as well.
Personally I really [...]

The Bible Challenge

Ok here it is, and I need a lot of participation and feedback for this to work. 
Challenge:  Bring your Bible to Sunday service and your Life Group without fail, for the next 4 weeks.  That will finish out June, and then we can come back together and evaluate the process. 
(please comment to let me know [...]

Easter’s Foundation

Well, Easter is now passed.  Whew!  Now don’t think that we can all sit back and relax until Christmas. 

Less than 4 Days

There are fewer than 4 days of inviting that can be done prior to Easter.  Make the most of each encounter with friends, co-workers and family.  People are just more willing to come to a church on Easter, but people often need an invite to make that actually happen.
I was talking with a pastor yesterday [...]

The Horizon

On the horizon is a big time opportunity.