First-Look Friday — Spring Church

Discipleship feels a lot like Driver’s Education.

Vocation & Calling, Uncommon Friendship, Common Discipleship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchFebruary 14, 2019storiesComment

My best advice before coming to the Lighthouse Mission

“Don’t come to the Lighthouse Mission because you have something to give to our Guests. Wait until you’re open to discovering what you have to receive from our Guests.”

Uncommon FriendshipSpring ChurchFebruary 13, 2019stories Comment

The Gift of Special Needs

The best advice I can give you is to go adopt a kid with special needs, because having a kid with special needs has made me more patient, made me slow down and pay attention to the person who is right in front of me, made me listen to the child that I have rather than the child I wished I’d had, and made me look at my own failures and still love myself and my family.

Uncommon Friendship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchFebruary 12, 2019stories Comment

Most Common Prayer Request

Would you like to guess what prayer request I hear from the Guests at the Lighthouse Mission the most?

Uncommon FriendshipSpring ChurchFebruary 11, 2019storiesComment

A church that feels like Unified Soccer

I want to be a part of services where the pace of the worship can shift depending on who’s there and what they need, where the teaching integrates a variety of learning styles (because everyone can teach and everyone can learn), and where friendships that don’t naturally happen in our culture can flourish.

Uncommon Friendship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchFebruary 10, 2019storiesComment

Christmas at the Mission

As we approached the end of Advent, we continued to put ourselves in the Christmas Story by playing Follow the Leader.

Uncommon Friendship, Common DiscipleshipSpring ChurchDecember 21, 2018what we didComment

Advent In A Barn

For younger children, this Advent I’ve been talking about playing Follow The Leader.

I’ve enjoyed framing what we do through the game Follow The Leader, as it’s helped younger kids latch onto the reason why we do the things we do around Advent.

A big year and a big year ahead

But before this next transition point comes and goes, I wanted to pause and take stock of where we’ve been. Like a long hike, we’re standing at a ridge, and I want to gather everyone together and capture this moment.

Uncommon FriendshipSpring ChurchOctober 9, 2018storiesComment

Game Night

Our family of five have been meeting as our own little church for the last few months, mainly so our kids could start learning how to use their voices in church.

Uncommon Friendship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchSeptember 26, 2018what we did Comment

Camping & Worship

Our family of five have been meeting as our own little church for the last few months, mainly so our kids could start learning how to use their voices in church.

Common Discipleship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchJune 20, 2018what we didComment

Worship In The Garden

Our family of five have been meeting as our own little church for the last few months, mainly so our kids could start learning how to use their voices in church.

Common Discipleship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchApril 27, 2018what we didComment

Earth Day Worship

When our service is in our home, we light a candle to help set apart this particular time and this particular place as a sacred space for worship. And we all love fire.

Family and YouthSpring ChurchApril 23, 2018what we didComment

Ash Wednesday with Middle Schoolers

Our family of five have been meeting as our own little church for the last few months, mainly so our kids could start learning how to use their voices in church.

Family and YouthSpring ChurchFebruary 21, 2018what we didComment

Chapel at St. Paul's Academy

Two mornings a week I get to lead worship services for the students and staff at Saint Paul’s Academy, and I love it.

Uncommon Friendship, Family and YouthSpring ChurchFebruary 10, 2018storiesComment

Dumb Beach

Among the activities we chose was an adventure to Shipwreck Beach. We’d load up in some vans, check out the island as we drive a few hours on some backcountry dirt roads, and then hike to a beach where there was an actual shipwreck.

Family and YouthSpring ChurchOctober 3, 2012storiesComment