But For The Grace Of God

I think the series art is beautiful.I believe the lobby refresh and logo redesign will be exciting.But it's the message that I am most excited about.And not just the message in the Worship Center.Across all the different venues of Good Shepherd -- in that Worship...

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Movie Night At Good Shepherd

Since the Delivered series is all about the book of Exodus, we wanted to give the entire church family a way to experience Moses' story to a greater extent than is possible on Sunday mornings.So: movie night.My first idea was the Charlton Heston classic, The Ten...

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Forward To The Past

That's what we're doing on January 1.One service only at 10 a.m.It will help explain so much of why we do what we do here.

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5, 7, 9. Oh, and 10.

It's been building to this.Christmas Eve Services:5 p.m.: Children's Worship Experience, complete with worship leading by G-Force singers and pre-school bell ringers.7 p.m.: Candlelight Praise and Worship with a message called "Night Light."9 p.m.: Candlelight Praise...

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A Night At The Transportation Center

Last night I joined about 25 of our BigHouse students for an evening of impromptu ministry at the Transportation Center in the heart of uptown Charlotte.We set up tables, handed out gloves, socks, & scarves, gave out cups of hot chocolate and bags of cookies, and...

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The Value Of Values

It's good to know why you do certain things. It's true for both individuals and organizations.Which is why we put language to the values that support the mission of inviting all people into a living relationship with Jesus Christ.If you attend Good Shepherd already,...

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An Adventure In Not Preaching

So yesterday I didn't preach.You might think that odd, since the Sunday before Christmas Eve is historically one of the most well-attended of the year. Which is precisely why I didn't preach.I thought it was an extraordinarily important time for the church to hear...

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