Salvation is Here!

I have been listening to Hillsong United non-stop these past couple of weeks. I just can’t get the song “Salvation is Here” out of my head.
Our worship team had a chance to play at a local church’s coffee house last night. We opened up with that song, and it was awesome!
God has been doing some [...]

Skate Night @ the Castle

Fun night at the Castle, you can check out more here

Letter from a student

The following is a letter from one of my middle school students, I have received hundreds of letters like this one, and would like to start sharing some of them with you.
Switzer,
I am not writing this letter to make you upset or anything like that, but yesterday’s chapel touched me in a way that I [...]

Cardboard Testimonies

This morning was simply amazing, this video doesn’t even begin to describe what God is doing at Cornerstone. However, it is a small overview of how God can use people like us to do amazing things for Him. We just have to take our mess and allow it to become God’s Mess.
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Pastor Michael Guglielmucci spun gospel of lies

HE preached to thousands about his terminal illness and tugged at hearts with a hit song.
The problem is the pastor wasn’t dying at all
Michael Guglielmucci, who inspired hundreds of thousands of young Christians with his terminal cancer “battle”, has been exposed as a fraud.
Guglielmucci, whose parents established Edge Church International, an Assemblies of God church at [...]

Seven Ideas for Naming Your Church

Found an article by James Dalman, he is the owner at the Branding Shed, a church planter, and a contributing editor to Church Communications Pro.
SEVEN IDEAS FOR NAMING YOUR CHURCH
I had a conversation a few days ago with a church planter who was asking advice about what to name his church and how that [...]

newchurches.com

A good site with resources for starting a church.
http://www.newchurches.com/

Name Development

As we continue to pray for God’s direction as we begin the process of starting a church. I ran across this email from a friend named Steve Jesmer. He is the pastor of The Dialogue Church in Worchester, MA. Here is his process of creating a name and identity for their church.
Name Development
The Dialogue Church
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Name Game…

As we move closer to starting a church, I’m currently praying/thinking about what would be a good name for the church.
I don’t want anything that is considered “trendy”, but I would like something that is unique, but also conveys the message we are trying to preach.
So what’s in a name? Apparently, a lot…

Where God? Really…

So, after a few years of prayer, I believe God has “finally” placed an area on Pam’s and my hearts to start a church.
We were doing our bible study together the other day and spending sometime in prayer. During our time together I felt God laying a certain city on my heart. I shared this [...]