Significant studies of thousands of interim congregations over the past 50 years show the interim period between pastors is an important time in community life. The way a faith community chooses to use the interim period will shape its growth, identity, and health for years to come. Intentional Interim Ministry involves helping the members of…
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We are now twenty plus days into the new year and learning to “Win the Day” moment by moment. Each day is a reminder of God’s gift to us through the blessing of waking up and beginning a new day. What’s your morning ritual when you first awake? Do you find yourself doing the same thing each morning?…
We enter this weekend with the celebration of the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Did you know that Michael was the birth name of Dr. King? His father, Daddy King changed their names as a result of experiencing the Protestant Reformation in 1934. There’s much more to the story and how a Baptist preacher…
We are one week into the new year and beginning to experience the new joys and challenges. This week has been one of firsts with the Monday Night football game between two teams coming to an unexpected halt, after the collapsing of 24 year old Damar Hamlin. It was a shocking experience for teammates, one…
As we begin this year as the Community Baptist Church of Warrenville, we are a congregation in transition and preparing for the future. One might say that we’ve been preparing for the future since the known departure of previous pastoral leadership. We are anxious to get it done and move forward. After all, this is…
This Advent season has been a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus. As we began this Advent with our theme, “The Heart of Christmas”, we have shared messages including the four elements Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. The specific titles being, 1. HOPE Is At The Heart of Christmas; 2. PEACE In The…
During this Advent Season, we have experienced our church adjusting to the new norms and bringing back the Christmas Cantata on last Sunday. Those Joyful sounds ringing through the air along with the wonderfully decorated sanctuary was simply beautiful. The labor of Love in preparation began months (in reality years) ago and after many hours…
During the Advent Season, we have shared inspirational messages on Hope and Peace in keeping with this year’s theme, “The Heart of Christmas.” This weekend continues with Joy building on both Hope and Peace. There’s so much Joy when our hearts are filled with Hope and Peace. While reading a beautiful Christmas story to the Agapè children, this week I had one of those experiences of…
During this special time of the year, our anxiety levels can become elevated as we navigate the ever multiplexing and evolving days leading to Christmas. The business merchants are aggressively seeking to direct our attention to the newest, greatest and must have items for this Christmas. There’s a special sale day for everything Christmas, another…
In the Thanksgiving Season, the time of gathering with family and friends, God brought us together one more time. For some it was opportunity to make new acquaintances and establish new connections. While for others, it was a time for reconciliation in hope of the restoration with loved ones with whom there may have been…