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Pathway Community Church: Small Group Changes
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Monday, October 5, 2009. In this process of getting ourselves focused on our mission of meeting people where they are and leading them to become fully devoted followers of Jesus,. One of the first things that we realized is that we have a lot of great Life Groups that are already established, and wonderful things are going on in them. But most of the time we don't know what those wonderful things are. Another n...
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Pathway Community Church: September 2009
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, September 27, 2009. A Non-Growing Christian Is. A non-growing Christian is. Slimy, gross mucus that creates pain and pressure because it's not going anywhere. A blockage of movement that causes you to hang on to all your crap. A clog of oil and dead cells that produces embarrassment. A stinky repository of garbage and waste. A painful torment that cries out for fixing, but most people are unwilling to d...
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Pathway Community Church: The Uniqueness of the Bible's God
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, August 23, 2009. The Uniqueness of the Bible's God. The Bible claims to be God's word- the only authoritative and reliable record of his activity in history. By extention, the Bible asserts that all other sacred texts that claim the same status (The Qu'ran, The Bhagavad Gita, The Sutras, and so on) are. A Model To Imitate. To humanity. In some other religions, gods may disguise themselves as humans ...
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Pathway Community Church: March 2009
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Monday, March 30, 2009. In January, I announced that we would be waging an all-out assault on losing in our church. For more on that, you can read this post. But part of being a winning church is making sure that we are keeping proper score. What constitutes a "win"? How do we know when we've hit the target (or missed the target)? What is it that counts? 1 Number of People. Vs Number of Unchurched People. Churc...
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Pathway Community Church: April 2009
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, April 26, 2009. Taking Our Church To The Moon. During the offering today, we played a short, parodic song by Sara Groves called "To The Moon":. It was there in the bulletin. After the bake sale to raise funds for fuel. The rocket is ready and we're going to. Take our church to the moon. There'll be no one there to tell us we're odd. No one to change our opinions of God. Here in our church on the moon.
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Pathway Community Church: June 2009
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, June 28, 2009. This degradation happens more easily than you might think, and unless we stay vigilant in our relationship with God, we are certain to drift into The Easy Threesy. This week, we're examining Fake Spirituality. Real Spirituality is about possessing an authentic vertical relationship with God. For our relationship with God to be authentic, there are several important criteria:. When we star...
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Pathway Community Church: What's Your Priority?
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Saturday, October 17, 2009. Today in his message, Pastor Brent talked about being deeply committed to God, and specifically he said that we can't honestly say that we're committed to him when we're not committing our money to him. If God has our hearts, he gets our wallets as well. I came across an interesting article. And half of evangelicals- ADMIT that God is not #1 in their lives. According to the survey, i...
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Pathway Community Church: October 2009
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Saturday, October 17, 2009. Today in his message, Pastor Brent talked about being deeply committed to God, and specifically he said that we can't honestly say that we're committed to him when we're not committing our money to him. If God has our hearts, he gets our wallets as well. I came across an interesting article. And half of evangelicals- ADMIT that God is not #1 in their lives. According to the survey, i...
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Pathway Community Church: November 2008
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, November 30, 2008. I Don't Have All The Answers. Periodically, people in the church will email me with various questions that cover a smorgasboard of topics. I try to give my best answers based on what I see in God's word. But I'll be the first to admit I don't have all the answers. Here's a (partial) list of stuff I just don't get:. How anyone can find a lukewarm faith satisfying;. The bizzare combinat...
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Pathway Community Church: December 2008
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A discussion about the mission, vision, and values of Pathway Community Church in Jackson, MI. Sunday, December 21, 2008. I will be on vacation from Dec 22-29. Therefore, I won't be posting anything else on the blog for the rest of the year. Have a great holiday, and I look forward to sharing with you in 2009! Posted by Pastor Scott. Monday, December 15, 2008. Give Me Something To Believe In. It's this last idea that I want to explore a little bit more this week: Inspiring goals generate our best efforts.
