Hey, H2Ochurch. God continues to move among us. In the last few months, we have been preparing for a few new campuses. We are proud to announce two new campuses in formation.
H2Ochurch.tv Goodland, Kansas Campus. Jeff Wolski has committed to begin the work in Goodland as the initial Core Group Leader. He is a veteran church leader, teacher of undergraduate studies in technology, and is beginning the process of gathering the core team. A few weeks ago, Jeff traveled to Lawton, Ardmore, and Perry to catch the vision of H2O and begin the process of his paradigm change in our philosophy of ministry and has joined us in our Campus Pastor Training.
H2Ochurch.tv Wewoka, Oklahoma Campus. A team is building to begin a new work in Wewoka. This team is on fire and wants to begin NOW! In such spirit, they have leased ...
Recently I was watching an older movie that is one of my favorites. It's called "Heartbreak Ridge" and stars Clint Eastwood.
In this movie Eastwood stars as the close to retirement, grumpy old Gunnery Sergeant, Tom Highway. Highway has been placed in command of the Recon Platoon, a group of less than motivated enlisted men, who have up to this point had an easy life. Based on years of experience and trial under fire, Highway knew that the attitude of his platoon had to change if they were to survive in a real war.
During the platoons first morning of PT together, Highway begins by having his men chant "Surrender is not in our creed!" Needless to say, the less than motivated group of men were not much interested in what their Sergeant had to say.
As the story progresses the platoon tries to challenge the leadership ...
Pastor Craig has upped the bar in his messages and is really challenging us to be the people we were meant to be. A re-occuring point that he has been driving home over and over again is "do you really believe?" If we do then why are we not wholeheartedly living the lives were are suppose to live?
In Luke chapter 19, is the story of the Rich Ruler. This man had the priviledge of talking to Jesus face to face and he had a question; "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus gave him the easy part of the answer first, saying to follow the 10 commandments. The Rich Ruler replied, "All these I have kept since I was a boy."
Jesus, knowing the man's heart, then got to the "heart" of the matter. Jesus told the rich ruler to sell everything he had and give to ...
posted by douglaslauxman at 14:15 || under General
I have been to many churchs in my life; every size shape and color. Some carrying tradtions since the 1800's, some doing some new things. I have visited with many people about their church and even studied many of the denominational movements throughout history.
My question is, why do so many people not feel welcome in the vast array of churches that are in existence in this country?
I am not entirely sure why, but in several places I have been, there has been little effort to make outsiders feel welcome or wanted. I remember one man who was known to struggle with drugs that attended for a while. Then I heard one of the leaders of the church warning people to be clear of this man.
Luke 19:10 tells us that the "Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost."
Do you ever wonder why everyone places so much importance on the "New Year" every year, and how "New Year" resolutions are so important that they become topics of national news? Why is it that every "New Year" most people just seem to have to start over again and again and again and again?
2 Corinthians 5:17, says that "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
I made one resolution the day I excepted Jesus into my heart; that each and every day I would strive to become more and more like Him. Why start over? Yea sure we stumble, fall down or just plain fail, but that is an important part of our learning process. Failures are quite possibly our greatest learning tools.
The inventor of the light bulb failed hundreds and hundreds of ...
