Fee in Concert @ The Bridge

Mark your calendars for a grand opening celebration with FEE!

Thursday, March 26th @ 7 PM @ The Bridge!

Tickets are $10.

Visit their website here. http://www.myspace.com/stevefee

Christmas Pictures

Meet Ray.

This morning an old friend walked into The Bridge. I had not seen him for years. I didn't even recognize him until he was sitting in the altar area waiting for Coach Gray to pray with him after I finished the sermon.

I met Ray in High School. Ray was an athlete. Ray was ripped. He joined the basketball team and helped us to win many games and we share many good memories.

but...

Ray has had a rough life.
Ray came to my school to stay a few years with foster parents.
Ray has three bullet holes in his stomach (to my knowledge).
Ray told us that his mother recently got shot in the head.
Ray traveled down from St. Louis today because he felt God telling him to get around some people that could talk to Him about God.
Ray said that HE wanted to give his life to Jesus and that nobody was forcing Him too. He just had to.
Ray said that he had seen it all, done it all, and he knew it was time.


Today, Ray poured out his thoughts and heart to coach gray and to God.
AND Today, Ray repented and believed the gospel.

That is why tonight, I give glory to God. I give glory to God that calls the broken, the suffering, and the helpless and begins to heal their lives.

To God be all the glory.

Christmas Schedule @ The Bridge

It is the Christmas Season! Below are opportunities for you to worship Jesus more fully during this advent season at The Bridge.

All services at Elizabeth Hall
Dec. 7th -
"A Christmas Story: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out."
Services: 9:00 AM & 10:45 AM
Theme: The birth of Jesus was anything but safe.

Dec. 14th -
"A Christmas Story: I Triple Dog Dare You."
Services: 9:00 AM $ 10:45 AM
Theme: It is never too late to become who you might have been."

Dec. 21st -
"A Christmas Story: "A Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time."
Services: 9:00 AM & 10:45 AM
Theme: Everyone wants the perfect gift.

Dec. 24th -
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
11:00 PM
Communion and Celebration of the birth of Christ.

Everyone is welcome. Due to space limitations, we are kindly asking some of our members and regulars to consider attending the 9:00 AM services.

Christmas Schedule @ The Bridge

It is the Christmas Season! Below are opportunities for you to worship Jesus more fully during this advent season at The Bridge.

All services at Elizabeth Hall
Dec. 7th -
"A Christmas Story: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out."
Services: 9:00 AM & 10:45 AM
Theme: The birth of Jesus was anything but safe.

Dec. 14th -
"A Christmas Story: I Triple Dog Dare You."
Services: 9:00 AM $ 10:45 AM
Theme: It is never too late to become who you might have been."

Dec. 21st -
"A Christmas Story: "A Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time."
Services: 9:00 AM & 10:45 AM
Theme: Everyone wants the perfect gift.

Dec. 24th -
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
11:00 PM
Communion and Celebration of the birth of Christ.

Everyone is welcome.

It's never too late - rants and raves on Black Friday

This Sunday is the first Sunday of the Advent Season. As we move closer to Advent, our worship of Jesus is being challenged by an empire of materialism. Sadly, many of us have been taken captive. We shop till we drop, sit in traffic jams flaring up at one another, and even create massive to-do, or to-get lists that haunt our days.

Did you know that Americans spend 450 billion every year on Christmas? Did you know that many Americans rack up credit card debt that they won't pay off by the next Christmas? We apparently buy enough things on Black Friday to move retailers from operating in the red to turning a profit. Give thanks.

Do you realize that the holiday season is very lonely for many Americans? Do you know why? Consumerism does not equal meaning, happiness, or value. It just equals having more things.

Here's something I have been learning lately.

It's never too late to become who you might have been. Maybe I'm just hopeful. I desire something deeply valuable and beautiful this advent. I desire relationship not plastic. I desire a heart that is continually being transformed by the grace of God. I desire meaning, happiness, and value. I find it more every single day in my relationship with Jesus. I grasp it more and more as I begin to understand the sermon on the mount.

I desire rubbing shoulders and spending time with others who have a desire for something deeply valuable and beautiful this advent.

I desire to give. To love. To worship.

• It's not too late to worship Jesus more fully this advent season.
  
• It's not too late to spend less, and give more gifts of relationship and presence with family and friends.
  
• It's not too late to love like Jesus loved.

The Bible as We Know It

Join us on Sunday evening, November 23rd for a short study entitled The Bible As We Know IT! This three week course led by Yon Wibscov is for both seeking unbelievers and mature leaders and will explore:

* how the Bible was put together
* how the right manuscripts were chosen
* how to know what you read is true
* how to know it's really from God
* what the word 'inerrant' means

IT begins at 6:30 PM @ Elizabeth Hall.

Please Watch

Advent Conspiracy Video embedded below. Facebook viewers will have to check out www.benjamindurbin.com



We will take part in the Advent Conspiracy on Dec. 21st through our giving.

Lost

This week's message....


Invite, Invite, Invite.

Who?
Your "religious" friends
Your "sinful" friends

See ya Sunday morning.

Home: A peak into my brain

I made it home from Honduras and the Compassion International Vision trip. I was very privileged to be on this trip.

Three quick thoughts.



1) Compassion International is the real deal and makes being missional globally, while being church focused and gospel centered, possible for every believer. EVERY believer.

2) The people that are all over the Willow Creek Association and church need to listen to this. I spent all week with three key staff: Jim Mellado (president of the WCA), Steve Spoelhof (executive vp wca), and Chris Hurta (director of pastoral development wc church). They are the real deal. They may have faults, but mine are greater. I'm pretty sure most of the new testament characters have more faults. I witnessed their hearts, saw their tears, but most importantly was challenged by their faith. Why do I know this? A) The Holy Spirit's leading. B) They had absolutely NO reason to be fake with a nobody like me in Honduras.

3) Jim boldy proclaimed that the North American church is the richest church in world history. We have to submit to God. . We have to reach the least of these (matthew 25). We now have enough resources to spread the gospel and monumentally make an effect on global poverty. Here is my challenge. This is from me. Quit sitting on your assets and fulfill the great commission. Spread the gospel. Fight poverty. Live the gospel. Proclaim the gospel. We are Christ's ambassadors (2 Cor. 5). Follow Jesus.

Isaiah 1:17
learn to do right!
Seek justice,
encourage the oppressed. ^[a]
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.

Meet Sandra

Today, Becky and I sponsored our first child from Compassion International. Her name is Sandra. We were able to see the compassion project she attends. It is ran by a local assembly of God church. We spent time with her, visited her home, and met her family. Now we want to introduce you to her as well.

The video below is in Spanish. She tells us that her name is Sandra, she thanks us for being her God parents, and she asks for God to continue to bless. (think of this as the message remix translation haha).



Tonight, we had dinner with children who are in the Leadership Development Program for Compassion International projects in Honduras. We met two students who have grown up in the projects, live by the gospel, and have now finished shool and began University.

Today was quite a day! We got to see the work of Compassion and a local church. We visited homes for local hondurans living in a flood zone near a local river. We got to meet our child we are sponsoring. We saw children beginning the compassion projects, and we saw children who are now grown up and becoming successful because of it!

Tomorrow - the Global Leadership Summit in San Pedro Sula.

God bless,
Ben

CDI Sueno de Dios Photos

I'm in Honduras and on day one we actually visited Project CDI Sueno de Dios. Below are photos Becky and I took of the children and a few of the home visits. Compassion International is doing terrific work in Honduras to partner with local churches to change their community by the power of the Gospel. Until this trip, I did not know fully Compassion's focus on the local church. The third to last picture is a picture of the pastor who runs the project for 300 children that passion supports. They support this project through the Child Sponsorship program, Leadership Development Program, and Complementary intervention. The final picture is of Jim Mellado, president of the Willow Creek Association with the children.

Heading to Honduras

Becky and I are traveling to Honduras tomorrow courtesy the WCA and Compassion International. Several of you have asked what we are going to be doing, so I thought I would post a few things.

Wednesday - we will be visiting the El Vinedo Child Development Center. We will be making home visits with children from the project and then have dinner that evening with pastors.

Thursday - we will visit another project (CDI Sueno de Dios) and more children. Then we will have dinner with the children in the Leadership Development Program.

Friday - we will be at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.

We'll be doing other things as well, but here are some of the highlights to help satisfy curiosity. Keep us in your prayers!

Halloween Fun

The week of Halloween fun has come to an end. I thought I would share a couple of photos of our family. I've decided that Halloween is much more fun as a parent than I remember it being as a child. Brylee was so excited to be Dee Dee Doodle this year...and she was so cute too! This was the first year we took Brylee to a couple of houses to trick-or-treat. I asked her if she like going door to door or to her granparents better. She said her grandparents. Good answer :D

Questions

I have received a lot of questions in this past week about God. So many, that I wanted to share a resource that I believe is incredibly helpful. People are hungry. People are hurting.

Please visit ...

http://www.reasonforgod.com/

Time Change this Sunday

Hey all, don't forget to turn the clocks back Saturday night for daylight savings time. Actually, it would be pretty sweet to see our second service show up an hour early! This would make them on time! Love you all!

Work on the building continues. I am so proud of all of our volunteers. Keep it up. Look at their progress over 13 days.



I look forward to studying 2 Corinthians 5:11 through the end of the chapter on Sunday morning and then going out TOGETHER to serve some folks. See you all there.

Instead of a Show

Please read Isaiah 1:11-17 right now.

I recently saw Jon Foreman sing this song live in Atlanta... I have not been able to get it out of my mind since that day. I'm not sure why Jon wrote it. He mentioned it was straight out of Isaiah. I have no clue if it was motivated by a personal experience..... but I can say that it resonates with me because of a few personal experiences.`I constantly am afraid of being a "show." I fear that church growth, musical growth, and etc.... will make it too easy for us to go through motions rather than truly being cut at the heart for God.

This song may come off as offensive, but is Isaiah 1:11-17 any less straightforward?

Watch the video, pick either one below. (facebookers check my blog)





Check out the lyrics...

I hate all your show and pretense
The hypocrisy of your praise
The hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
Away with your noisy worship
Away with your noisy hymns
I stomp on my ears when you’re singing ‘em
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show

Your eyes are closed when you’re praying
You sing right along with the band
You shine up your shoes for services
There’s blood on your hands
You turned your back on the homeless
And the ones that don’t fit in your plan
Quit playing religion games
There’s blood on your hands

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

Let’s argue this out
If your sins are blood red
Let’s argue this out
You’ll be one of the clouds
Let’s argue this out
Quit fooling around
Give love to the ones who can’t love at all
Give hope to the ones who got no hope at all
Stand up for the ones who can’t stand at all, all
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show

Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show

Before He Speaks

Finally a music video I can relate to! :D

Building a Church Building.

Hey all, I have not been posting much. I have literally been building a Church location. You can view pictures over at www.rogerdurbin.com . It is a good thing that church is not a building, because we have chosen to spend less money and invest in the community. It is a part of our DNA to engage the culture with the gospel, not our pride or ego.

So it has been a while since I have last posted. What's been going on? A lot.

1. My daughter Halle is getting her first tooth.. that is so much cooler than any ministry
2. Brylee will not stop talking about her halloween costume. Trunk 'n Treat next wednesday at Bridge Kids!
3. Last weekend I missed the sermon on parenting because I was at Windemere. I led 300 jr. high students in worship. I also wrote a new song straight out of 2 Corinthians... We are recording it ... you can hear it sometime.. Sometime... maybe
4. In 8 days we have done a lot of work on the Sprung
5. Becky and I are going to Honduras in Nov. We got our iternary Fedexed today. It looks terrific.
   
6. I started a new seminary course on The theology and practice of Worship. I have been reading a lot about the Doctrine of God and have picked up a new book entitled: Worship Old and New.. I am also ordering....
7. I am ordering.. "The mortification of sin." ...
   
8. Conquering Addictions based on "Recovery at the Village" begins Nov. 4th.. Take it
9. "How to Study the Bible" will run on three Sunday nights when Crown Financial ends.. All cell family leaders NEEED/MUST take it if at all possible.

I have not had time to blog much. I'll try to get back in the swing. Keep praying for God to be glorified through all of our efforts at The Bridge!

Updates and Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

Hello all, we are back from Catalyst and I have officially caught up on seminary. Is that a miracle or what? Catalyst was terrific. The worship was terrific, the speakers were terrific, but most of all God was terrific. He was glorified and He spoke very loudly to me last week.

What did he say?

1) Well he told me not to go with Tim this week. Tim, our senior leader is speaking tomorrow at Willow for the Reveal Conference. It is an amazing honor for our church and Tim, but God said sit at home with your family. Andy Stanley was speaking and proclaimed, "Some pastors were sacrificing their family on the altar of ministry." I knew God was speaking to me. I spent last week at Catalyst, this coming weekend I am leading teens in worship at Windemere.. I am heading to honduras the first weekend of November. I argued a bit with God that this was like a once in a lifetime thing for our community and Tim... but he said spend time with your family. So right now I am watching a Halloween spooktacular cartoon featuring Barney and Thomas the train.

2) God changed yesterday's message. He laid 2 Timothy 2:14 through the end of the chapter on my heart and wouldn't let the fire burn out. I preached it pretty hard. And I shared some very serious things God had laid on my heart. Things dealing with "moralistic therapeutic deism." You can read more about it: here ... Moralistic therapeutic deism is the dominant american religion and I believe forms of it has penetrated the church and is not limited to youth or young adults. Actually, if you will read this study you will see that many of the deists are active in local churches and many adults follow this religion...

I'm ashamed to say, that I think some churches unknowingly lead people to this belief through their teachings. They teach moralism rather than grace. They teach therapeutic sermons rather than truth. And they teach about God and sin in a generic way.

We will not be a church like this.

I'll post some pics and more catalyst moments later.. Matt Chandler's message from 1 Timothy 4:6-16 was very challenging for every pastor/elder at the conference. They should have let him preach longer.

Busy few weeks

Hello all, I thought I would drop a note to say I will blog on and off as I travel. The family and I had a great time at a cabin Monday and this morning. Tomorrow, Becky and I leave with 8 leaders from our church 30 and under to attend the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta. I'll blog some of our experience.

Other cool happenings:

1) Concrete is being poured tomorrow at the new church site for the Sprung. Men we'll begin work next week.
2) This coming Sunday's message is on dealing with crummy co-workers and how we can "be the church" at work reflecting God's light.
3) Next week Tim is speaking at Reveal. I'll be traveling with him and a crew from our church.
4) The weekend of the 17th I am leading worship at Windemere.

Not so cool happenings:
1) I am behind on my seminary.


I just wanted to keep you updated. More to come.
2)

Discussions from "I am Church" series

We kicked off a new series at The Bridge last week. Our primary focus was on 1 Peter 2:1-12. Below is the beginning of a discussion we are having between now and November 2. Please feel free to join in. These questions are developed as a guide for our cell families to use with last week's sermon and notes. If you missed the teaching, you can pick up a DVD. If you are not in a cell, please consider joining one today.

Starter questions:

What was your first experience with “church” like?

What comes to mind when you hear the word “church?”

What do you think Jesus intended His church to be?

Popular misconceptions:

• Church = services

• Church = clergy

• Church = a particular denomination

• Church = a building/place I go to

What does the Bible say about church?

Background:

In the New Testament, the word church is the Greek word ekklesia, which means assembly. The word ekklesia was primarily used to describe the followers of Jesus, however at times it was used for a nonreligious gathering (cf. Acts 19:32, Acts 19:41).

In a primary gathering aspect however, ekklesia is most used to describe groups of followers of Jesus as they met in homes (Romans 16:5, 1 Cor. 16:19). The church “gathered” on mission (Acts 14:27), but never do we see that people met at church.

The following discussion really centers around, "Is church a building or a people?"

Scriptures to Study:

Ephesians 1:22-23

Ephesians 2:19-22

1 Peter 2:4-12

Question 1: If the church is a place, how can it fill everything thing and be everywhere? (Ephesians passages)

Question 2: What does 1 Peter 2:5 and Ephesians 2:22 tell about what God’s house/temple actually is?

Question 3: Who does 1 Peter 2:5 say God’s priests are?

Dialog: Is church a place for people, or is church the people of God all over the place? Is it theologically correct to say that you are going to church? Why or why not?

Question 4: What is the difference between going to church, and being the church? 1 Peter 2:9-12

I go to church vs.	I am the church
Services/Church is seen as a dispenser of religious goods and services. People come to a building to be fed, to have their needs met through quality programs, and to have the professionals teach their children about God.	Church is seen as a body of people sent on a mission who gather in community for worship, encouragement, and teaching from the Word that supplements what they are feeding themselves throughout the week. This gathering (ekklesia) equips the people of God to be the church and shine the marvelous light (Christ in You) in culture.

Question 5: What are the implications of being the church rather than going to church? 1 Peter 2:12

Question 6: Where does Acts 1:8 tell spirit-filled followers to be God’s witnesses?

Question 7: Sunday, Nov. 2^nd we are concluding this series with a sermon called “We are Church.” We are challenging the people of God to “leave the building” and to be the church in our community in the surrounding days. What ideas do you have for your cell family to be able to do this? What ideas can you share for The Bridge Community as a whole to consider?

P.S. Yes, we still have celebration services at 9:00 and 10:45 at E-Hall. These teachings/discussions are challenging our people to "leave the building" and to be the church in their world beyond walls.

Fire proof....and now Bullet proof?

Player-Coach: Economics

I view my role at The Bridge Community to mainly be that of a player-coach. My main function is to "equip the saints for the work of ministry." I do this by giving instruction while being in the heat of the battle myself. I am not standing on the sidelines shouting out, I'm literally bleeding in the same battle every other minister/missionary (child of God at the Bridge Community) is.

A part of my "equipping" ministry is to lay a firm foundation which is Jesus Christ and God's word. At the Bridge, we are constantly providing avenues for disciples of Christ to be grown. I as well try to be very incarnational and model a life that is based on Christ's firm foundation. We believe in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ and the Bible. A second part of my "equipping" ministry is to prepare/train others. We provide avenues for everyone to discover and find their gifting, provide specialized training, and use cell families/gap for mobilization. We view our Sunday celebration as a time to prepare our community to be missionaries in their neighborhoods engaging culture with the gospel.

I would be wrong to neglect that a part of my player-coach role deals with mending and restoring. This week I will focus on equipping our community to be priests to one another in this aspect individually and through cell. But now to be frank, a lot of disciples need to fix what is broken in their finances.

Remember, I am in this same battle. At The Bridge we use Crown Biblical Financial Training as a tool to equip and mend/restore financial situations. Please check out their website here. http://www.crown.org/ . We offer the Crown Biblical Financial study once a year - but we will offer it more often if we must. It is time to reduce debt, and free up God's resources to be used for God's kingdom. Too many disciples have not heeded Biblical financial principles and have now become servants to a lender just as Proverbs 22:7 has warned.

Here is where I stand as a player-coach in this battle. I currently have two mortgages. We moved into a nicer home for an exceptional price. We viewed this as our long-range family home, but we did not sale our other house. We instead began renting it and now we wish that we would have sold it. We have a choice to make. We can rent it out again or sit on it until it sales. We are seeking God's face and committing to him to reduce debt and to help other disciples reduce debt as well. Why? Debt hampers a disciple's ability to bring the Kingdom of God to their surroundings. It imprisons, entraps, and destroys.

Will you commit to reducing debt? With the debt that you now have, what could the same amount of resources have done for God's kingdom in your own neighborhood for the glory of God?

Prayers

Please keep our family in prayer for the next 40 days. I have a killer schedule that depresses me to look at. This month outside of preaching and leading cells and cell leaders, we are constructing a sprung for our permanent location as The Bridge. I as well have the Catalyst and Reveal conferences. Throw in concerts at Chester, Windemere, and Waterloo and I'm toast. I'm praying that my family doesn't just toast me. Start praying as well for November. Becky and I are traveling to Honduras for a few days to help with the Global Leadership Summit and see the work of Compassion International. Finally, we have a house that we need to sale or rent-to-own.

I don't often ask for prayer.. but now is a good time for it.

This is a very exciting time. I can't wait to see/experience all that God has in store. It is also a time that I need to be extra careful to spend time with Becky, Brylee, and Halle.

Complete Awesomeness

Crowder and UBC covering "Jesus is a Friend of Mine" on YouTube.

Elephant Rocks

GAP focus area

We announced the focus area of The Great Adventure Project this morning at Church.

Check out the new http://www.greatadventureproject.com website and video below!


GAP-CSC

You don't want any of this

In case you missed the news, you should read the news here.

And I'll say it one more time. You don't want any of this beast.

Majesty

In April, 2006, a retroactive computerization from one telescopic discovery was released on the media airways that brought NASA to its knees.

"From the moment of inception, the cosmos expanded billions of light years in the first trillionth of a second."

Defying all laws of physics and far exceeding every natural explanation , our 100 billion galaxy cosmos went from "a mathematical point" (absolute zero) to a six million, million, billion mile wide expanse in a fraction of the twinkling of an eye.

Majesty.

So great was the realization of NASA's scientific research lab's director, Dr. Robert Jastrow explained, "Now we know with absolute certainty that supernatural forces were at work in the creation of the universe."

--- This note was taken from Won 2 One by Joe White. It is a 24 week discipleship curriculum that I have been going through with two men from our church. I look forward to our meetings every week!

Doesn't this make your day???

glumbert - Jesus Is My Friend

This video changed my life. :-)

Max Lucado has some words of wisdom....AGAIN

Our cell family has been reading and discussing the book Facing Your Giants by Max Lucado. God always has a way of reminding us His promises at the most opportune times. I just thought I'd share this paragraph for anyone who needs to read it as much as me.

David saw Goliath as a chance for God to show off!.......What if you saw your giant in the same manner? Rather than begrudge him, welcome him. Your cancer is God's chance to flex his healing muscles. Your sin is God's opportunity to showcase grace. Your struggling marriage can billboard God's power. See your struggle as God's canvas. On it he will paint his multicolored supremacy. Announce God's name and then reach for...

Just want you all to keep watching for God to show off. I know he will, he always does. He shows up and provides everything we need...and sometimes abundantly more.

FYI- I love my husband who is a wonderful daddy! I'm so thankful for him. He's investing in Brylee today while me and Halle bond at home.

Third World Diet

It is estimated that 50-60% of the world's population lives on rice and beans alone. I can't remember the last time that I even considered eating rice and beans. Can you?

Yesterday, we challenged The Bridge Community to spend five to seven days straight eating nothing but rice and beans. Why? We want our community to get a sense of what it is like to live on a Third World Diet.

We are once again participating in the Advent Conspiracy. You can read more about our church's involvement here. I won't be doing the rice and beans diet this week, but I will blog about my experience when I begin. So stay tuned! Also, I challenge you all to try the third world diet and to consider how you can become a part of the Advent Conspiracy this Christmas season.

Busy Week:
This week is packed.

• Tuesday - one on one discipleship meetings and work on the Great Adventure Project
• Wednesday - flying to Willow Creek for the REVEAL conference planning meeting. Dinner at Willow and work session following.
• Thursday -Reveal Conference planning work sessions (keep up on twitter).
  
• Friday - back in MO. I'm going to watch ROY walk. Are you?
• Saturday - traveling to Decatur, IL to play a concert with Parallax View.
• Sunday - We are announcing THE great adventure project at The Bridge.
  

Saying goodbye

The past two years have been some of the greatest years of my life. It is not because I'm better off financially. It is not because I've enjoyed more success. It is not because of anything material. It is because of relationships. For the past two years I have been loved, encouraged, and taken care of by some of the greatest people on earth.

Two years ago I began meeting with a cell family. These are groups of 6-12 people at The Bridge Community that do life together to grow in relationship with God and each other. Tonight, I passed on the torch to Andy and Justin. I acted as if the night wasn't special; but I could not have been more proud. These people have impacted my life and the relationships will continue. I'm moving on so that more people in The Bridge Community can experience authentic community and spiritual growth.

I will never forget.

I will never forget the tears. I will never forget the joy. I will never forget the love. I will never forget calling each other to repentance and faith. I will never forget sharing new life together. I will never forget any of you.

I can truthfully say, I love you all.
(not pictured: Stephanie, Becky, Erica, and Bethany)

Doing Life Together

I met tonight for the second time with our newest Cell Family at The Bridge Community. We met for the purpose of authentic community and spiritual growth. Our meeting consisted of fellowship, prayer, and Bible. Tonight we studied Matthew 22:34-40 and John 13:34-35. We discussed the importance of relationships in the Christian life. We are to love God and love our neighbors. John 13 even declares that the world will know we are disciples if we love one another.

This cell family consists of twelve people who have committed to doing life together.

The kids are growing