Archives: July2008

• Serve Week 1.0

  Today is the beginning of Serve Week here in De Soto. Monday-Thursday we will be working to replace a portion of the roof on the De Soto Youth Ministries (DYM) building as well as painting and cleaning on the inside of the facility. DYM has been so gracious, allowing us to meet and me to office there, free of charge and this is our way of giving back to them in a tangible way. While this is the first week [...]

• Re: Think 07-13-2008

  This is our Sunday Re: Think; an opportunity for us to continue to think about the events of last Sunday. This past Sunday we spoke about The Gospel, noting that the word Gospel itself means “good news”. “The Gospel” is a word that appears over 70 times in the New Testament with the form of “to preach the Gospel” appearing over 50. With that in mind we can see “The Good News” is something very important to God. We noted [...]

• Values 1.2

  Yesterday we began talking about what “Becoming an Expression of Christ in Community” really means and today we continue by covering the purpose of becoming that expression, namely “transforming our neighborhood and the world.” When Jesus gave the Great Commission, He sent the disciples to all nations, all people groups, a pretty daunting task for the early church that continues with us today. Yet, even though the impetus for mission was given in Matthew, namely to make disciples, the strategy [...]

• Values 1.1

  Becoming an Expression of Christ in Community to Transform our Neighborhood and the World. As followers of Jesus Christ we were all given the same mission. That mission is found in Matthew 28:18-20 where Jesus said: All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have [...]