This weekend our campus pastors at the Summit Church took on Psalm 119 as they preached about the importance of the scriptures in our lives. I could not possibly sum up everything they said here so don’t expect that. Here on the blog I want to take a second to share some resources I’ve found particularly helpful as I am growing to love and understand the scriptures more and more Continue reading
I’ve got the fun privilege of sharing the Christmas story during our Christmas Eve service at the Summit Church. Here is the kicker: my audience is children. They are going to be right down front with their way too honest comments and goldfish like attention spans. how do I communicate the importance of Christmas to these little ones in a way they can retain it? Here is where I Continue reading
We asked Craig Eggleton, a member of our small groups staff serving as a groups coach, to reflect on his many coaching experiences and answer the question for us, “what makes a good small group leader?” you can keep up with craig on twitter @craigeggleton.
This is the second of a two-part blog post highlighting some obvious and not-so-obvious qualities of a good small group leader. My goal Continue reading
We asked Craig Eggleton, a member of our small groups staff serving as a groups coach, to reflect on his many coaching experiences and answer the question for us, “what makes a good small group leader?” you can keep up with craig on twitter @craigeggleton.
Thanks for the line guys! This is gonna be a two part blog series that I hope will emphasize the obvious and not-so obvious Continue reading
We asked Summit Connections pastor Danny Franks to teach us why and how the Summit goes to great lengths to create a welcoming atmosphere for its guests. you can find more from Danny at his blog and you can follow him on twitter @letmebefranks.
In the last post, we talked about the biblical command towards hospitality. Today, we’ll tackle the fact that many churches thumb their Continue reading
We asked Summit Connections pastor Danny Franks to teach us why and how the Summit goes to great lengths to create a welcoming atmosphere for its guests. you can find more from Danny at his blog and you can follow him on twitter @letmebefranks.
Random blog reader: “Hey! New author! I wonder if he always makes up words in order to make his titles rhyme?”
New author: “Don’t judge me.
We are going to try to provide our Summit related resources from the weekend to you on Mondays. Each Monday will look different but hopefully this will be a place for you see and dig deeper into what went on over the weekend here at the Summit Church.
Resources from 12.12/13.2009 at the Summit
- Series: Foretold
- Sermon: “The Son pt. 1” (sermon transcript) Isaiah 9:1-7
Guest Blogger: Jeremy Pollard, Summit Kids Pastor. We asked him to write on what God taught him through a tragic event in his life a couple of years ago. His answer, the power of prayer.
We never understood the power of prayer and the fact that it could change things until we couldn’t pray for ourselves. In August of 2007, our family was involved in a head-on collision that nearly Continue reading
Several months ago my small group got so big that we had to make a decision: keep accepting new women, or cap it off? We’d been together for years and intimacy is a tough thing to build, so we went with the latter. Cap it.
Shortly thereafter we got an e-mail from one of the group members. She’d decided to break off from the group and plant a new one. If Continue reading
As one of the worship pastors at the Summit, worship is one of the most significant words in my vocabulary. (After all, it’s in my job title!) What comes to mind when you hear the word “worship”? Briefly, I want to challenge your understanding of that word…
First, we are created to worship. Yes, Chris Tomlin is right, you and I were made to worship. Shortly after God created Adam, He Continue reading