Here is a great example of loving your neighbor for the sake of the of the gospel in everyday, “simple” life. We love this example: —————————————————————————————————— While working as a coffee house barista, I gradually learned an important lesson: a barista is more than just a barista. Often, you are the individual that people look […]
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Stories From the Field: San Antonio – True Love Sunday
Last month, Pastor Andrew Moody and San Antonio Reformed took the opportunity to have an intentional outreach for their worship service on the Sunday before Valentine’s Day. They called it “True Love Sunday.” The description on the Facebook event page first caught our eye: They provided members with a card to invite people: Members invited […]
Welcoming Pastor (by Shane Lems) – Part 3
Last week, Shane Lems explored some insightful thoughts on being a welcoming pastor in leading worship and preaching (Welcoming Pastor – Part 2). Here’s Shane continuing to look at the pastor’s interaction with visitors: Love in Conversation Another angle of being a welcoming pastor is that we show love in conversations. Whether we talk to […]
Welcoming Pastor (by Shane Lems) – Part 2
Last week Shane explored the biblical background and role of a pastor in leading the way in being welcoming (Part 1). Now, he digs into the practical ways to implement those principles. Here’s Shane: Practical: Love in Leading Worship & Preaching In many ways, the pastor sets the tone for worship. In Reformed churches we […]
The Welcoming Pastor (by Shane Lems) – Part 1
In the first part of this series, Shane Lems took us through a 3-part approach to being a welcoming church: biblical, balanced, and a missionary bent. You can read those posts here: (Welcoming Church). Later in the series Shane will focus on the congregation, but in this second part he focuses on the pastor. Over […]
What People Leave Behind When Becoming Reformed
Recently, Covenant OPC in St. Augustine hosted a conference about reforming race relationships in the church. One of the speakers was Alicia Williams, a member of Christ Church in Charleston, SC (PCA – Pastor Jon Payne). Alicia gives her testimony of what it was like to come from a very non-Reformed background into a Reformed […]
John Shaw @ Church Planters’ Conference
Last week at the Church Planter Training Conference, John Shaw spent an extended time with the church planters discussing evangelism. A particular segment of that time warrants a summary here for a brief refreshment, encouragement, and direction in this important task for our churches. John opened with a quote from a 19th century minister named […]