[vimeo width="480" height="270"]http://vimeo.com/6587703[/vimeo] Thoughts on our vision for a church of extravagant worshipers. ...

It is a faith-building blast to find myself in very serious discussions about opening our church in Washington Square Mall.  Our trustees gathered last night to discuss it again.  The consensus has been that the idea makes sense.  Beginning years ago, I remember asking God to do a work in our church where something like Washington Square Mall made sense.  That’s what I am still praying.   And, honestly, my prayer has been that we, as a church ...

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/4967852[/vimeo] The community surveys helps us fulfil the great comission by being missional in getting to know our own community. ...

I think it’s important to keep the Mall in perspective especially since it’s been run on local news twice. A couple of years ago an architect who does a lot of work with churches looked at the Mall  and made the case that seemed logical all along. . . nearly unlimited space AND parking.   Hard to beat. Over ten years of prayer seemed confirmed. When my job shifted over to Lead Pastor I felt a new sense of responsibility for the future and ...

Maybe a few BTer’s saw it. . . You never can tell if being on the news is a blessing or a curse. I hate talking on camera. There’s a near paralyzing fear you’re going to say something that comes off wrong. Then, there’s the old effect that hearing your own voice recorded always has: “do I really sound like that?”. In this case – “do I really look AND sound like that?” To me I looked grim and overweight. Not sure if the ...

I’m still on the after-burn of Vision Day. It is always SO life and faith affirming when God does that special “thing’ He does. It’s made me wonder about a lot of things: one is – why did we have about 200 - 300 more people than average that day? Was it because of Palm Sunday? Was it the meal at the mall? Was it the idea of a “vision day”? It also has me wondering what God is up to. On one hand, I often have a confidence that ...

Vision Sunday Follow-up from 1LifeDigital on Vimeo. Can't see the video? Click here. Some thoughts on our vision for Washington Square Mall and some explanation on the Community Surveys. ...