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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AsXs3SOYR0&hl=en_US&fs=1&] We partner with 4 other churches in our community to do VBS each year. Each church takes a turn leading VBS planning, and hosting the community for VBS week. This year we're
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Debbie is painting the backdrop and set for our community VBS. This year the theme is "Saddle Ridge Ranch," which is available at LifeWay stores. We partner with 4 other community churches -- a Presbyterian church, two United Methodist churches, and another Baptist church -- for VBS each
2 Timothy
I'm preaching the baccalaureate sermon tonight at Hargrave Military Academy here in our town of Chatham, Virginia. One hundred years ago, the pastor of our church became the founding president of Hargrave, so our ties go back to 1909-10, the first full school year. The Goal of a
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This week is National Police Week. All across the country, law enforcement officers and community residents are gathering to honor the memories of officers who have been killed in the line of duty. I was asked to speak at our local memorial service for fallen officers hosted by our church
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This is the meditation I am giving at the Community Prayer Breakfast sponsored by our local hospital, Danville Regional Medical Center. A Story of Prayer and Community We have gathered here this morning because we believe in two things -- the power of prayer and our responsibility to our community.
Christian history
Ecclesia Church in Houston, Texas, whose website describes the church as a "holistic missional Christian community," invited local artists to submit original artwork depicting each of the Stations of the Cross. Young 10-year old artist Jackson Potts II, who has been studying photography with his photographer father for
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"I'm the most unsuccessful pastor in Pacifica," Jonathan Markham observed four years ago. Markham's church in affluent San Mateo county southwest of San Francisco was growing spiritually he thought, but not numerically. Church attendance hovered around 15-20 each week with few visitors attending. Located
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This is the sermon I am going to preach on Sunday, February 21, 2010. It comes on the occasion of the death of one of our members tonight, Saturday, February 20. When Pope John XXIII lay dying, the Pope's physician is reported to have said, "Holy Father,
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This article first appeared in Outreach magazine in July/August 2009, in my Small Church, Big Idea column. A New Reputation For An Old Church by Chuck Warnock When the doorbell rang at Cradock Baptist Church not long ago, the staff buzzed in a man who announced, "I'
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Churches can care for their communities by providing resources to encourage and strengthen marriage. The Brookings Institute's Ron Haskins writes -- "Higher marriage rates among the poor would benefit poor adults themselves, their children, and the nation." Haskins believes that churches and other non-profits should encourage
bless the world
More world citizens and more Americans go hungry each day than ever before in the history of the world. One billion people out of the 6-billion who inhabit the earth, do not have enough to eat. Almost 17% of the world's population -- 1-in-6 people in other words