We showed this before the sermon yesterday:We had two purposes:1) To emphasize the theme of the series: God designed marriage more to make us holy than to make us happy.2) To put a face on at least part of my family. Because we have three services and because Julie,...
It's provocative but it's true.God designed marriage more to make us holy than to make us happy.That's what Sacred Marriage teaches us.And it has been so rewarding to hear the response of the people of Good Shepherd. A lot more "a-ha" than "no way!"So we're calling...
As we walk together at Good Shepherd, we list "growing" as one of our milestones.Meaning, we invite and expect the people of the church to grow in their knowledge and application of biblical truths.One of the best ways we've found of accomplishing that goal is...
So last night we had our launch of the Sacred Marriage Pathfinders group ministry. It was another reminder of why I like this approach to group life so much.Here goes . . . the top five things I like about Pathfinders.1. More people show up than sign up. Going into...
Urgent.Excited.Passionate.Determined.That's how I feel about our new series, Sacred Marriage.We're throwing all our best resources at this effort to cast new light on an ancient institution: sermons, music, visuals, and, perhaps most importantly, Pathfinders groups.We...
No, not the Led Zeppelin song of the same name.Instead, a way of reminding ourselves of the fact that Servolution has everything to do with our closest of relationships.And that servolutionaries need to know and remember when the servolution begins.I think you'll like...
Servolution isn't even complete yet, but we are already talking about the next series: Sacred Marriage.Here's a glimpse of how important the series is to me:I love it when the Sunday messages and Pathfinders groups are so tightly connected. For this particular...
Yesterday was notable for a couple of reasons:1. We received new members into the church at both the 8:30 and 10:00 services. That's not unusual -- it happens every six weeks or so. What IS unusual is the fact that one of those new members is a 92 year old man. I had...
Here's what we showed yesterday just before the message:As I Corinthians 12:5 says it, "there are different kinds of service, but the same Lord."
We're so glad that Marcy Smith has started working at Good Shepherd as our Director of Children's Ministries.She brings a wealth of experience from two churches up north: one in Connecticut and one in Huntersville.Well, Huntersville is north of I-485.Anyway, we love...