Tomorrow, we kick off a year-long journey through The Story. It is the most integrated preaching/teaching ministry we have ever undertaken at Chapel Hill. Every Sunday School class, youth group, LifeGroup, Men’s and Women’s study…all of them will follow along as week by week, we read and work our way through The Story. But a […]
Why We Baptize Adults AND Babies
This Sunday at 3:00 we will gather at the Eddon Boat Park at the corner of Stinson and Harborview for our annual Harbor baptism ceremony. I hope you will come. It is a wonderful public testimony to our faith and every year, scores of people on foot, in car and in boats, meander by and […]
How About Church on Saturday?
On September 14, 2003, we launched a brand new Chapel Hill worship service called, oh so cleverly, “11:27.” Guess what time we met? The quirky start time was just one way of saying, “We believe God is calling us to do a new thing; to offer a new kind of worship service that will speak […]
Overflow !!
When you hear the word overflow, what do you think of? A beautiful fountain in a city park? An overfull drink in an unsteady hand? Pastor Larry’s sermon illustration from Sunday? An accident you once had when removing a toilet in a home renovation? Well… Right now, I think of my two year old daughter, […]
Updates from Swaziland
This is an awesome picture of the team in Swaziland! Here are the updates we received over the weekend. (Short text blasts from Deb Robertson, the team leader….) August 8th – Just got to the farm an hour ago. Long trip with a detour or two, but all are fine. Just tired. Up early for […]
In Summer!
“Winter’s a good time to stay in and cuddle, But put me in summer and I’ll be a – happy snowman!” If you’re at all susceptible to pop culture, you’ll recognize this as a line from the movie Frozen’s loveable snowman, Olaf, in his song titled, “In Summer.” As I think about the upcoming Overflow event, […]
Swaziland Team Departure
Our Swaziland Go Team officially launched this morning. This fun picture is a reminder to keep them in prayer as they make the long journey to New Life Homes. Some specific prayers: That Peter and Mary Jean Kopp and Tiersa Chafin, our missionary partners at New Life Homes, would be especially encouraged by the team […]
August Shenanigans
Happy Summer, Everyone! Don’t you just savor this month where our seasonal rhythm has us outside and out-of-town? I want to invite you to continue to worship God daily even as you might be traveling. And I want to invite you to worship God outside in his creation! Even though the sun’s shining, let’s remember […]
Connecting the Disconnected
A few times every year, the Pastoral Team heads off to Pacific Beach for a retreat to spend time together asking God what He has in store for us as a church in this next season. I love our times spent sharing meals, praying, going for runs on the beach, studying Scripture, toasting marshmallows, and […]
Disciple-making As Lifestyle
We knew the name, Doug Burleigh, for nearly two years before we ever met. He is known to this community as a friend, pastor, as the guy who does that stuff in Russia, as a former YoungLife president, and as the one who introduced us to the original 90 Day Challenge. I will always remember him […]