• Posted in Grace, Holy Spirit, Life in the Church, Mission, Sermons, Service
Clay Shelor has written some excellent discussion questions based on last week's sermon. We looked at the topic of "every-member ministry," an idea that has gripped us as elders over the last year or so.
• Posted in Life in the Church, Mission, Service
A letter from "Brother Jeff" who thanked our youth group for the care boxes they sent recently.
• Posted in Discipleship, Evangelism, Gospel, Life in the Church, Mission, Service, Vision, Women’s Ministry
Julie Roe reposts on serving the needy at the Holly Springs Food Cupboard.
• Posted in Evangelism, Life in the Church, Mission, Service, Vision, Women’s Ministry
Glenda Arnold share about serving the needy and evangelizing the lost at With Love From Jesus.
• Posted in Fellowship, Life in the Church
SGC's first contradance was a great success! Many newbies left at the end of the night saying they had no idea how fun contra was, and all are looking forward to our next contra event in January.
• Posted in Life in the Church, Relationships
Here is some great common sense from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together.
• Posted in Life in the Church, Mission, Service
I spoke with Rick Beech, one of the directors at Habitat for Humanity recently, and he mentioned a new project they have going in Apex for 2013. It sounded like a great opportunity for our church. We would love to partner with them for this project, but we will need someone to act as a facilitator.
• Posted in Church Plant, Evangelism, Life in the Church, Vision
Over the last couple of weeks we've been looking at SGC's vision, answering the question, What is SGC to be about? I hope the answer to that question has been made a bit clearer through these blog posts. But there is one last piece of the puzzle to consider.
• Posted in Life in the Church, Mission, Service, Vision
Let's think about what it means that we serve the needy in our communities, helping God's love to be experienced and not merely heard, encountered and not merely preached.
• Posted in Discipleship, Evangelism, Life in the Church, Mission, Sanctification, Service, Vision
Everything the Bible records about Jesus—his birth, actions, teachings, miracles, cross, resurrection, etc.—is written with God's Holy Spirit highlighter that says, "Catch this! It is important!" The words about Jesus are not more inspired than the rest of Scripture, but there is a unique importance to them that has appropriately made them central to the church's reading and teaching for two thousand years.