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Reflections on a church move
Our church property is sold and we close on June 9. We will have temporary use of our building on Sundays and Wednesdays for 90 days. While the move is something we have sensed as the leading of the Lord, the sudden movement of cleaning things out has hit me. I am excited for the next thing. We are looking…
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Founding documents
We are getting ready to sell our church building and have had people doing some clean out projects. I am thankful some folks going through some old files recognized some buried treasure. In the old boxes were the first Constitution and ByLaws of our church and this announcement calling for the first official meeting of the church to set up…
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You are weary… come home
We want our church, Heights Church, to be that place where the weary find rest. We have our bad interactions with “the Church” in our lives. It could be that just about every American Christian has a story to tell. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The church can be a place of restoration. It is a place…
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Eat at Yafa
When we find ways as a church to connect well with our community, it charges me up. Last night was one of those times. Our community puts on a big parade every year to celebrate the city and it’s always well attended. Our church usually puts on some event to join in the celebration. Over the years we’ve tied to…
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Calling out the dream
This past weekend I called out the dreams of God in a way I’ve just never tried before. I declared completely irrational things that I can truly blame as “the anointing.” 😉 Besides that, I sensed a strong call from the Lord to speak out the dreams HE is giving me. It’s not my ability and when these things happen,…
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Why Truly Pastoring Is Vital, and Why You Need to Belong to MY Church
New statistics are out. We LOVE statistics. And our survey says… Fewer people are going to church and more people are not “affiliating” with a religion. Shocking. We can wring our hands and declare the loss of the culture or the backslidden state of the Church… OR, we could equip the people we have to live as light in the…