Offertory Music Piece

by Greg Willson on August 25, 2011
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reflections on our nation-gathering God

It Takes A Village…

by Kelly Simpson on August 1, 2011
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The old adage goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” And while I affirm the truth of that statement… that’s not what we’ll be discussing here! I’ve been thinking more about the fact that it takes a village of committed, motivated, engaged people to get four of our own to a small, unassuming [...]

Digo Team Q&A

by Deborah Kennedy on June 11, 2011
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Time for a peek into the hearts of the brothers and sisters going to Digo this summer. Q: What made you want to go to Digoland? What was it that made you fall in love with the Digo? Pastor Curt: “Since ‘07 I have always wanted to return to Digoland especially after hearing Mark Grossmann [...]

God’s Blessed The Well Down In Africa

by Deborah Kennedy on June 4, 2011
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I’ve had Toto’s 1982 hit song Africa in my head all week as I’ve been thinking about our team going to Digoland in July. “Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I blessed the rains down in Africa…” (I change the lyrics [...]

Target Tandara

by Pastor Curt on May 25, 2011
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As I shared on Sunday, the Lord is on the move in Digoland. In case you missed it, the recap goes like this: We have funded the digging of a well in Mrima, Kenya, as part of our ongoing outreach to the Digo people. The well is a God thing. It hit water at minimal [...]

Support Group for Support Raising

by Kelly Simpson on April 4, 2011
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It’s that time of year again…Shortly your mailbox will be filled with letters from willing and eager missionaries radically going somewhere for the cause of Christ. Summer projects, week-long adventures, state side and international endeavors all seem to coalesce in the summer time, and that can only mean one thing – Support Raising! This blog [...]

Valiquette Update

by Pastor Curt on March 1, 2011
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On Saturdays we come to the V’s in our call list/prayer directory with only two entries. One of them is the Valiquette family, missionaries from our church with a burden for Italy. Recently they altered their missional trajectory to pursue church planting in Salerno with the Acts 29 network. Click on below for a video [...]

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement

by Pastor Curt on December 15, 2010
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Once again this first-rate, 15 session course designed to help believers learn more about God’s heart for all nations and how believers worldwide can play an active role in the Great Commission is coming to Orlando starting January 10 at First Presbyterian Church, Orlando. OGC will scholarship one half of the registration for those from [...]

A Calling to Create and Consume

by Greg Willson on September 8, 2010
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God calls His exiled people to create and consume for the good of the city, and for their own good.

Interceding in Prayer/ Transforming Culture

by Patty Morman on August 21, 2010
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What a joy to learn of another baby saved, two weeks ago,  from the  abortion facility,  All Women’s Health Center  (AWHC) . It is  two blocks down the street from where we worship. The grandmother of the unborn baby was determined her daughter would abort, but her pregnant daughter wasn’t so sure.  Thanks to the [...]