Mystery church guest
Ok, it might seem weird to some people, but I asked a young couple to show up at our church and give us an honest review of their experience.  I didn’t know when they were coming and I think the only other person who knew I was doing this was our associate pastor, Derek. I wanted to know what the average “churched”  couple would be looking for if they had just moved into the neighborhood and were looking for a church.  I know this will look different than what a non-churched or a de-churched person would be looking for, but you need to be relevant to both. This is a bit scary to do as a pastor.  However, I really want to know what people are

Kicked out?
Yesterday, one of the members of our A-Team asked me what I thought about the news article of the 13 year old autistic teen who was “kicked out of church!”  This event occurred over a year ago, but it is still within the court system. He asked me what I thought about how the media handled this situation, and what would we do as we have a somewhat similar situation within our own church.  Though our child is currently 10. I feel the church offered many options and they said the restraining order was a last resort.  What do you do when you have a child/teen/adult who is a threat to the other children/people who attend your church? Our A-team me

How Beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news
You might not think that looking at the 3 of their feet would be beautiful, but they are indeed. Yesterday Karen, Nate and Tina gave their mission report to our congregation.  As I was sitting in my seat watching these 3 young people; who stepped out of their comfort zone to go to Huaricola, Peru (which by the way is 2 miles up in the mountai