Peter & The Spirit
Last week, we continued in our “Jesus Breathed” series about the role of the Holy Spirit in the mission of the church. If you missed last week, here’s the logic of the sermon in a quick Q&A: Q: Jesus calls us to be his witnesses, but how can we be witnesses if we cannot see or hear Jesus ourselves? A: The Holy Spirit. Essentially, the Holy Spirit is who opens our eyes to see the risen Jesus who is unseeable (because he’s ascended
Bibles & Balloons
A guest post by Rebecca DeLucia, Next Generation Pastor I retroactively apologize for the popping, booming, and banging this past Sunday morning. During our BIBLEPALOOZA Sunday, we held what was affectionately dubbed BALLOONAPALOOZA. On Saturday evening, I blew up and labeled 66 balloons; one for every book of the Bible. The elementary students were then challenged to sort them into the Old Testament and New Testament. I was fairly impressed by how accurate they were, even though some of the Old Testament
More Than We See
A guest blog / short devotion from former (recently moved) member, Shawn Blythe: I recently attended a classical guitar concert featuring an award-winning classical guitarist with international experience and accolades (Leonela Alejandro). She played a piece written by a world-renowned composer, who composed several hundred musical works, nearly one hundred move musical scores and wrote twenty books (Toru Takemitsu). The musical piece Alejandro selected was composition well known within the classical guitar world and is celebrated for its ability to utilize
You Stepped In
Two Sundays ago – which I echoed in last week’s Wednesday email – I challenged you to step in to the mission of the church, and gave one timely example: the Block Party. You stepped in. Well done. Thank you. Sunday’s Block Party, as hot as it was, was a huge success – and I think, another building block for the Kingdom of God in the Bayshore region. We welcomed loads of kids from Atlantic Highlands (judging by the mound of bicycles on
Join in on God’s Mission
On Sunday, I spoke about how one of the very first things that Jesus DID was to launch the Christian movement - called the Church. He, alone, showed us who God is and what we as humans are meant to be, he inaugurated the Kingdom of God, and in doing so, abolished Satan’s reign over us. Even though he uniquely did these things, he empowered his movement – the Church – to participate in this work, giving us a substantive role with