Sailors, Saints, & Sinners

This is Carla Bray, Matt’s assistant, and I’ve hijacked his blog
The reason for my bold move is to announce a “Drop In Shower” hosted by friends of the family to celebrate Matt & Beth’s adoption of their two precious boys, Eyasu and Abreham. Anyone is welcome to come so spread the word!
Monday, March [...]

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It snowed … again!! Twice in the same month!!
Had a great Elders meeting to kick-off the new year! Excited to have elders in place in Calhoun.
Rock Bridge Chatsworth is getting rolling with “practice” services … and we actually had some 1st time guests!! The unofficial launch date is February 28th.
Beth and I had an amazing [...]

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The news is filled with the disaster of a major earthquake literally destroying a large portion of Haiti.  The death and devastation are heartbreaking.
We have been talking “in theory” about increasing our missions efforts with three avenues: local impact, Great Commission partnerships, and Global Poverty (see “Rock Bridge and the World” blog post).  Interestingly enough [...]

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This Thursday we begin an unorthodox experiment.  We have prayed & prepared but I know ultimately the outcome is up to God (Proverbs 19:21).
We are being faithful to what God has called us as a church to do which is to connect people from all walks of life to life in Christ. And “all walks [...]

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Something I constantly thank God for and ask Him to protect is the incredible unity that has marked our church.  When movements are marked by unity there is tremendous focus, teamwork, and momentum.
One example of unity we see in Scripture is unified giving.  Whether it was the giving to build the Tent of Meeting and [...]

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After much prayer, lots of discussion, and a church survey we’ve decided to start a 3rd service at our Dalton campus … on Thursday evening! Our goals are the same as they have been for 7+ years … to expose more people to Christ, to reach more people for Christ, and see more people changed [...]

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Ephesians 5:16- “Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.”
Once Christ invades our life to become our life, giving us a new identity with new desires for Him and a new power (Holy Spirit) from Him, the rest of our lives are a giant opportunity.  We don’t enter into a holding pattern waiting [...]

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In an attempt to learn about our culture so we can better minister to our culture, I will stay on the Twilight bandwagon for one more post (first post is here).  This time let’s see how we in the church might learn from this series.
1)  People like a good story and the Bible is full [...]

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{Forgive me for this momentary lapse in my blogging to comment heavily on pop culture, of which I try to study or at least be somewhat aware …}
The #’s are in and they are shocking: Twilight New Moon took in $140.7 million dollars on its opening weekend (#3 all-time)!!  It was the biggest Fall opening [...]

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Sometimes I think our Christianity is too small.

We define Christianity solely in terms of our personal relationship with God, instead of community with others where radical love is experienced and sacrificial service is given.
We think only in terms of our church instead of His Church which is both local and global.

Consider how God described the [...]

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