Church Stuff
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Many Churches, One Location
One of the trends in churches the past few years has been going multi-site. This means that one church would have several locations, usually video venues. What normally happens is that the preacher is recorded in one location in the Saturday night worship service, then that video is played during the sermon portion of the… Continue reading
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Living in God’s Will
At CrossWay yesterday I preached a message called “Living in God’s Will.” It was actually from the Real Life series we did last fall, but I missed sharing it then because I was sick. Whenever we’re faced with a tough decision, we often seek God’s will. We want to know what it is He wants… Continue reading
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Looking from Eternity
On Sunday at CrossWay Church we wrapped up the six-week series “Life On Loan” with a message called “Looking to Eternity.” The Big Idea was that our lives can have eternal significance when we invest in things that last forever. Rather than going into all the details here, let me just point you to the… Continue reading
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Principles & Principals
This afternoon I was part of a pretty exciting meeting. Several pastors and church leaders from our community met with the top education administrators in north Worcester County. It started out great because lunch was provided, but then it got even better. The churches’ agenda was simple: we wanted to find out how we can… Continue reading
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Delivering the Goods
God wants us to share the good news as we do good deeds. That’s delivering the goods, and that’s what we talked about yesterday at CrossWay Church as the fourth installment of the series Life On Loan. The Christian life is a lot like show-and-tell. You can tell people anything, but if you can show… Continue reading
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Minding the Intersections
Sunday at CrossWay was the third week of the series Life On Loan. This message was called “Minding the Intersections.” Whenever we’re driving somewhere, especially on a long road trip, intersections are very important. The final destination is important, of course, but so are the intersections along the way. It is at the intersections that the… Continue reading
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Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes
Yesterday was the second week of the series “Life On Loan” at CrossWay. The subject was “Merging Your Passions With God’s Purposes.” The “Big Idea” for the week is that God gives us what we need to partner with Him. Like a good fastball hit right on the sweet spot of the bat, God throws… Continue reading
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Writing God’s Story
On Sunday at CrossWay Church we launched a six-week series called Life On Loan. The series is about how our lives are not our own, but are instead on loan from God. He has a plan and purpose for investing in us by loaning us everything we’ve got, including our lives. This first message was… Continue reading
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Vision 2009
At CrossWay yesterday we launched the new year with a focus on our mission and vision. Our mission is to make lifelong followers of Jesus Christ throughout our community and around the world. The vision is a snapshot of what it would look like for that to happen, and that’s what we talked about. In… Continue reading
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Christmas KidsFest 2008
On Saturday at CrossWay we had our second annual Christmas KidsFest. It was awesome! It may have been smaller than last year, but everyone had a great time and I’ve heard lots of positive feedback from it. The event started at 11:00 and ran until 2:00. The kids started off singing songs and learning the… Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 