By Cara Taylor Director of Outreach Blogging is so odd because I hope to connect my experience with yours, but we are separated in time and space. Whether we are engaging publicly online or working from home, our modern reality can lack the genuine connection we need. To affirm the personal, unconditional, extravagant love of God […]
Burn the Boats
By Caleb Bagdanov Director of Student Ministries About once a year I find myself reading a short essay written by C.S. Lewis called “A Slip of the Tongue.” In this essay Lewis reflects on how during a morning devotional he made a mistake while praying. He prayed “to pass through things eternal that I finally lost […]
How to Pray in an Election
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor Last Monday, I sat down to read the news, and I felt the weight of what many of us are feeling—a sense that this election holds so much at stake. I came across a Wall Street Journal poll revealing that 87% of voters believe America will suffer permanent damage if […]
A 60-Year-Old Prayer Answered
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This week I was looking through our archive when I found a vision flyer for the building of our original church building. As I read the words of that vision statement from our founding Pastor, the Reverend Paul Neel, I realized that over 60 years later the Lord had granted […]
Ice Cream Potato Surprise!?!
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor “You’ve got to try the ice cream potato!” That’s what we were told by someone who grew up in Boise, when asked what some must-see sights for a trip to Boise are. Ice cream potato!? That sounds disgusting, I thought. And it didn’t get any better when I googled it. […]
Numbering Our Days
By Pastor Julie HawkinsPastor of Ministry Every morning when I wake up, the very first thing that I do is read a psalm. I started this practice a few years back after being challenged to engage Scripture before scrolling. Confession time: many mornings, that psalm read isn’t ingested through the bleary lens of my 4:45 […]
Growth Takes Time
By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of LifeGroups & Alpha One of the many lessons I’ve learned from spending time growing a flower garden this year has been that growth takes time. As the cut flower season ends, I’m already planting seeds for next year, seeds that won’t look like flowers until maybe May! That’s a long […]
What’s Really Facing Today’s Teens – And How to Respond
By Pastor Ellis WhiteSenior Pastor This year, my eldest began Middle School. I recall the transition I made at her age from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School with only 200 students to the Royal Grammar School with 10 times as many students. It was overwhelming. But thankfully, I wasn’t also dealing with a daily bombardment […]
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Integration: Movement Toward Wholeness in Following Jesus
By Katie NelsonDirector of Care Ministries Integration. That’s what my heart and soul have been journeying toward for quite some time now. It’s a concept that has been on my mind ever since I stepped into the role of Director of Care Ministries at Chapel Hill. Integration means bringing all the parts together into a […]
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Serve with Our Security Team
Keeping Chapel Hill safe is one of our top priorities. Whether it’s a Sunday morning, weekday evening, or a special event, anytime we have people coming into our building we want them to have a team they can rely on should an emergency arise. When you join our Security Team, you will work with staff […]