by Robin Roady - Director of Childhood Ministries  Vacation Bible School is gearing up to start in just 5 days! My VBS directors, Bridgette Lancaster and Dia Sense, have been hard at work putting together everything we need to make a successful VBS. Registration is open for kids who have completed Pre-K through 6th grade.Our verse for the week is “O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His na...

by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor Matthew 11:28-30I don’t know about everyone else, but when summer rolls around on the calendar it seems like it should bring rest, trips to the beach or mountains, a lot of watermelon slices, and cones of ice cream. However, for many of us summer is a busy season full of work, volunteering, overseeing multiple family members' calendars and doctor visits for some t...

by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor In 2 Corinthians chapter 12 the apostle Paul mentions a thorn in his flesh:In order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”  2 Cor. 12: 7-9There ...

By Griff Henderson - Senior Pastor Your Pastor loves you!P.S.  Thunder up!......

by Lyndall Jones - Worship Pastor We as people tend to love most what is most familiar to us. We gravitate to what makes us comfortable. We do this with our music as well. You have favorite songs and so do I. This applies to church music as well. Sometimes, we just need to sing or hear our favorite hymn or chorus to make us feel better. It's that familiarity that reminds us of something in our pas...

by Robin Roady - Director of Childhood Ministries A profound quote I often see is “if we don’t teach our children to follow Christ, the world will teach them not to.” Let that sink in a minute. If we, as believers, do not teach the children around us about Jesus, the world will teach them to run to something else.The number one priority in a Christ centered home is for the parents to teach their c...

By Rusty Stowe - Senior Adult Pastor The word “remember” is one of the most commonly used words in our everyday conversations – especially the older we get! We try to “remember” where we left things, where we are going or where we have been! But this is nothing new! Our memory bank sometimes gets so full that we forget the important matters in life. At this particular time of the year, April 19, m...

by Chris Watkins - Student Pastor Zechariah 10:1God is the one in control of all things, including the weather. The phrase, "April Showers bring May flowers," is a subtle sweet reminder that we go through various seasons in life temporarily (including the ones with pollen that irritate most of our allergies). If we allow ourselves to only see the rain and storms in our lives and believe that is al...

by Jeff Kimes - Executive Pastor Easter Blitzing – Easter is one Sunday a year that many non-church members will attend. This year we are going to put our feet to the pavement and attempt to invite over 1600 people to our Easter service. To do that we need your help. On Monday, April 7th and 14th at 6pm in the Welcome Center we will meet and go out in teams of 2 to pass out Easter invites to three...

by Griff Henderson - Senior Pastor Hello Church Family, it is a great joy to serve with you. We thank the Lord for what he is doing for us at our church. To God be the Glory.There are several bits of important information I need to share with you.  All are important: 1. This Sunday is our first of four 5th Sundays of the year. We are calling these four 5th Sundays “Stewardship Sundays”. We are emp...