The staff just said goodbye to our summer interns with a little help from the Westside Bakery. Caitlin leaves in the morning and Rachel heads to China in two weeks. It was a blast having them on board and pioneering a program that we hope to have 15 – 20 college students in next summer!
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Summer Swamp Days were a hit with the Wytsma girls… and I’m betting that they were with lots of other kids as well!! P.S. The girls won the “penny wars” – the spare change competition that raised over $360 to benefit Uganda. Till next year…
It’s official!! We’ll be starting a second service (8:00) in the next couple of weeks. Having too many people in church has got to be the greatest problem in the world :)
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Summer Swamp is here!! Antioch’s summer kids program kicked off this morning at Blakely Park in Bend. Caitlin, one of our summer interns, has done an amazing job getting everything set up and organized… so much so, that we’re all pestering her about moving to Bend when she graduates at the end of this school
Every once in a while I get asked whether we do “altar calls” or lead people in what is called “sinners prayers.” The truth is, I believe that baptism is the New Testament picture of making or expressing a commitment to follow Christ. It is a marriage of confession and action… declaring where you stand
There are already 8 people signed up for our Baptism in the Deschutes coming up on August 12th!! I think we may have as many as 15 to 20 adults getting baptized on the 12th!! It’s pretty easy to say… this is the kind of thing I’m in ministry for :)
Antioch is planning to have a “relaunch” this September. Basically, since we will be transitioning out of our first year and into our second, we will move out of being a “brand new church.” What this means is that our last best chance to capture the energy of being a new church plant is the
The team had one of the best staff meetings that I’ve ever been a part of today from noon till 2:00!!! I love the people, the creativity, the laughter and the energy. And for everyone to have a great spirit and passion for God and the church on top of that is just amazing to
Daniel Boorstin (former U.S. Librarian of Congress from 1975 until 1987) writes in his book The Discoverers that “The primary barrier to progress is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge and expertise. Discoverers see more clearly what can be done because they have less knowledge about the way things are supposed to work and
My friends Aaron and Camille own a hot dog stand business and were good enough to come out and support us on Sunday at our first “Summer Picnic.” It’s a pretty good thing that they did, because we ran out of all the other food!! (My thought on that is college guys eat more than
