From the category archives:

Church leadership

How is God being honored?

by David Alexander on March 9, 2010

Our Executive Team had a meeting this morning and during our discussion our Senior Pastor, Mike Ramsdell, posed some questions to help us evaluate where we are right now as a church. One stuck out to me in particular.
How is God being honored in our church?
My comment was that I answer that question a [...]

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Lenten Practices 2010

by David Alexander on February 18, 2010

The season of Lent was originally designed as a time of preparation for individuals preparing to make a commitment to faith in Christ. Potential converts were to dedicate themselves to prayer and acts of self-denial during these 40 days leading up to the celebration of Easter and their baptism into their new family of faith.
Today, [...]

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Ash Wednesday

by David Alexander on February 17, 2010

Today is Ash Wednesday.
According to the Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of a 40 day journey [excluding Sundays] we call Lent. We set aside these days each year in the life of the Church to focus our hearts and minds again on the road that Jesus walked towards the cross, the sacrifice [...]

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Songs we’re Singing [postponed]

by David Alexander on February 15, 2010

Due to a crazy weather weekend here in North Texas, we have had to reschedule “The Songs we’re Singing.” I was pretty disappointed that we had to postpone because I have really been looking forward to this night.
We have not set another date yet, but until then, I wanted to share with you another bite [...]

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The Songs we’re Singing

by David Alexander on February 10, 2010

This Friday night we will be having a special event we are calling, “The Songs we’re Singing.” This special concert which will be held in our chapel will feature all of our worship leaders sharing with you their extraordinary musical talent as well as a little of their own faith story that has led them [...]

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A prayer for our Confirmands

by David Alexander on February 9, 2010

Our 2010 Confirmation class kicked off this weekend, and we have a great group of kids signed up! I think we have about 65 young men and women who will be a part of this year’s class. These 6th graders will be gathering each Sunday afternoon for lunch, a time of teaching from one of [...]

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growpraystudy.org

by David Alexander on February 4, 2010

During 2009, our church made an intentional effort to be more invested in personal Bible study. The resource that we used to read through the Bible in 2009 was the Transformation Journal. In 2010, we made the decision that we wanted to not only continue that emphasis, we wanted to take it to the next [...]

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My first sombrero

by David Alexander on January 21, 2010

This past weekend in worship, we were honored to have a delegation from our sister church in Matamoros, Mexico. Currently, we are matching funds for the construction of their new worship space and classrooms. As a gift, the presented me with an authentic sombrero. Since so many enjoyed the image of me in a sombrero [...]

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