Crowne Plaza is two weeks away and we’ve been discussing some questions about what we’re doing. What we’re doing is hosting a worship service for people in our North Baltimore community who grew up Catholic and no longer go to Church, mostly because they don’t like Church. Why are we doing it? Because there are alot […]
We’re getting pretty excited about the upcoming launch of our Crowne Plaza venue. But we’re still getting questions about why we’re doing this. The next few posts we’re going to field some of the questions we’ve been getting. First question, number one question: “What are we doing and why are we doing it?” The original impetus came […]
Most of my experience of church growing up was boring. I realize that some of that was due to my spiritual immaturity, but the experiences were still boring: not aggressively bad, but hardly good, hardly ever well done, rarely joyous or challenging, just boring. Unfortunately, my experience is in no way exceptional. Church should not […]
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit […]
This weekend we made a big announcement, at least we thought it was a big announcement. At prime time church time (9-12 Sunday mornings) we have no space, no seats, no overflow area, no standing room, nothing. We didn’t have a creche this year, or last year, because we don’t have any room to display […]
This weekend we are back to full stride and introducing a new message series called YOU. I am very excited about the series and even more excited about a great big announcement we are making. Actually, we’re making several announcements this weekend, and they’re all about “you.” What you can do working together as a […]
2009 was a great year full of blessings. Here are (just) a few of the highlights for me: Winter/Spring: spiritual warfare; the cool looking Ministry Fair; our high school students on Good Friday; Easter Sunday Praise Party; our Spring Staff Retreat; the people committed to strengthening our small group commitment Summer: trying out […]
Jesus said, “But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who […]
The angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you […]
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come […]
