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All the right moves (again!)

Reposted What’s next for the almost 700 new believers in Christ?! We have a large church within a mega church, but the two have very different needs. If you are one of the individuals who have trusted in Christ as you Lord and Savior this year, your next move is clearly outlined in scripture. You […]

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All hands on deck!!

It’s time once again for S.A.L.T (Southbrook’s Advanced Leadership Time). What does this mean for you? Well, if you lead a ministry, Participate in a ministry, Help with children’s Church, Are a part of the 180 first impression folks, Signed up to help with the Monroe Campus, Work with the Encounters, serve at Southbrook in ANY […]

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Buzz Word # 3

Seeker Seeker (buzzz), or I guess this is really 2 buzz words with the term, ‘Seeker Sensitive’ (buzzz). This may be the one that gets me the most riled up of any of them — at least it will feel that way until I begin writing about the next one and the one after that! […]

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All the right moves

What’s next for the almost 700 new believers in Christ?! We have a large church within a mega church, but the two have very different needs. If you are one of the individuals who have trusted in Christ as you Lord and Savior this year, your next move is clearly outlined in scripture. You can […]

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Accountability — Continued…

Ok, it’s late, but I’m going to get this in under the wire. I would have posted this earlier, but my little boy and girl were holding me accountable (buzz) to family time. Everyone is asleep now except for me, the midnight blogger. So, I mentioned a better way. Here it is. WAIT! Let’s have […]

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Buzz Word Number 2

Accountability This one has to be the buzz word of the decade, maybe even the century! I know that ‘Promise Keepers’ rocketed the idea of accountability back to the forefront of every man (and woman’s) mind, but, this one was making a nice comeback even without that. And, like most, if not all, the buzz […]

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Busting at the seams with New Converts!

What an awesome weekend at Southbrook Church! We’ll save the best for last. First of all, we we’re busting at the seams this weekend with tons and tons of people and crowd control got a little but challenging! Who’s responsible for this! I said, who’s responsible for this?! Oh, ah, I guess the challenging part would […]

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Champions of the Summer

Summer Highlight For me, one of the definite Summer highlights had to be the absolute blast our Southbrook kids experienced at VBS’ “The Amazing Planet!” It was truly one of the most amazing (no pun intended) kids adventures I’ve ever seen any church do. Most amazing (sorry, last time) part? It was all in house! […]

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Buzz Words – Part 1

The first buzz word is, “Relevant.”   To tell you the truth, I don’t know how long this series will be. There seems to be an endless supply of ‘buzzzzzz words heading our way.   The reality is, it could last a year. There are at least that many buzzzz words out there in the […]

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It’s a Poor Trade Off

I’ve seen this before. Several times actually. Even been told to ‘expect it’ as a pastor of a thriving, growing church I’m still not used to it though. Recently I heard about a family that I really love moving back out into the church shopping arena. Southbrook wasn’t meeting their needs. They don’t know that […]

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