GOD’S WILL

God has been burdening my heart for a little while now with something. I just am not quite sure what that “something” is. I’m ready for whatever He has planned for my family and me… or at least I think I am. As I am praying about what He has for us, I have also [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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…