Guest Blogger: Mike Passaro, Cary Worship Leader
Summit Church Members:
If you’ve been around a while, you know that the summit has a vision to plant 1,000 churches in the next 40 years. The bottom line is that if we’re going to plant 1,000 churches, we’re going to need about 12,000 musicians:
SummitRDU Worship routinely hosts a four-week seminar on “Beginner Guitar for Worship.” Scott Swanek, a… Continue reading
Pray for India
“He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.” Ps. 126:6
Population: 1,214,464,312
Capital: Delhi
People: 2,533 people groups!
Urbanites: 30.1%
Official Language… Continue reading
This weekend at Summit, JD Greear will be preaching on generosity. Many of us long to be generous, but find ourselves in financial debt, which is inhibiting our freedom. Here are some statistics from generousgiving.org:
1. Forty percent of church members say they overspend monthly;
2. About 80 million families in the US would say that they are in financial trouble. And this is after 50 years… Continue reading
The following is a post from our Counseling Ministry Head, Brad Hambrick, which outlines what Summit is beginning to do to care for each other in this area: “The grief of losing an unborn or still born child is not only uniquely painful, it is also uniquely lonely. At the Summit Church, we want to help penetrate that loneliness with hope by being personally available. This is the purpose of… Continue reading
Note: This post is the “table of contents” for the seminar “Taking the Journey of Grief with Hope” which will be presented at The Summit Church on September 25, 2011. This seminar will be held in the Brier Creek South venue (2335 Presidential Dr; Durham, NC 27703) on a Sunday evening from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
This event is free of charge and open to the public. Please invite anyone… Continue reading
At The Summit Church, our counseling ministry wants to equip you for local missions. This is done primarily through our seminars. The next of these will be on September 25 on “Taking the Journey of Grief with Hope” in the Brier Creek South venue.
Consider the following points: (1) every person will face grief many times in their life, (2) grief is a time when we are forced to… Continue reading
Pray for the United States of America
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“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1
Population: 317,641,087
Capital: Washington, D.C.
Urbanites: 82%
Per capita GDP: $47,440
Language: English
Religion: Christian 77%, Non-religious 16%… Continue reading
Our next EQUIP seminar will feature Summit’s counseling ministry head, Brad Hambrick, training our people on “Taking the Journey of Grief with Hope.” For couples who’ve had a miscarriage, for those of us that have lost a parent or a sibling, and for those of us who’d like to walk with others as they take this journey- this seminar will be a revelation.
The post below is the “table… Continue reading
Pray for Somalia
“Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” -John 6:35
Population: 9,358,602
Capital: Mogadishu
People: Northern Somali 74.4%, Southern Somali… Continue reading
Counseling Ministry Head Brad Hambrick responds to the sermon on Community this past weekend and shares about his role on staff at Summit:
Millard Erickson makes an important point when he says, “The church is one of the few aspects of Christian theology that can be observed (p.1036 in Christian Theology).” If his statement is true, then the place where theology should have its most tangible impact is in… Continue reading