Hey Church Family – Create a Ripple concludes on Sunday, November 18th. It is a three-year debt reduction campaign that will allow us to do two things: Spend less money on interest and more money on ministry and missions. Strategically put…
This weekend we start Create a Ripple in worship. The best ripples are created by praying. So, I’ll be talking about prayer. One of the best nuggets of advice I have received is: “Go where your best prayers lead you.”…
I had a colleague ask me late last week how I was going to address the events in Washington D.C. during Sunday morning worship. I told her I wasn’t. My sermon on kindness was done. Got a baptism scheduled. Going…
#BeKind starts this week at The Water’s Edge. Some equate kindness to being polite or nice. Like holding a door open for somebody or saying “thank you” or not confronting somebody over something trivial. Those are all pretty mundane virtues…
I remember the day. Eight of us lined up in the front of the old church. The boys wore ties. The girls wore dresses. We all wore white robes. Our grandparents were so proud. Our parents took pictures with their…
This is only going to happen once. We will consecrate our new structure. It happens Sunday afternoon, April 8th at 4:30. I encourage you to attend. Consecrate isn’t a word we use too much these days. It means to make holy…
Easter. A big bunny carrying around an endless supply of brightly colored eggs filled with candy has taken the day over. Kids canvas their house on Easter morning in the relentless pursuit of sugar. Not that I am adverse to…
I always wondered what last Sunday would be like. We started The Water’s Edge in 2006. I never thought it would take twelve years to move into a building. I woke up in doubt. I wondered if my sermon contained…