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building, construction, dedication, worship
Yes. That’s right. Tomorrow night in a special service on the property we will encourage sanctified graffiti as the main event. This is a one-time only offer, folks. After we open the building, any graffiti writers will suffer the full consequence of the law. So make good on the chance while you can. After we [...]
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gospel, legalism, liberalism, preaching, reformation, the solas
I nearly drove off the road with excitement the other night as I headed home from the office and saw the steel begin to go up on the property. We really might get to do this building! The closer we get the more decisions we need to make. Recently someone from the interior design team [...]
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New Building, prayer, provision
Before we got going on our prayer time last Sunday evening on the property I told our walkers the following story. Recently I got an early morning text. PC, call me when you get this. I’ve got good news! Now I get texts I want to answer and then I get texts I don’t want [...]
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building, church, membership
Last Sunday we kicked off yet another edition of Discover OGC, our newcomer orientation series. Per usual I started by presenting a brief apologetic for why church membership is biblical. I took the group to 1 Peter 2:4-5. [4] As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of [...]
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capital campaign, dedication service, groundbreaking, New Building
Don’t you just hate it when billboards display outdated info? Some event stays logged on the sign for all to see when in reality it happened days, even weeks ago? Bugs the tar out of me. I am so easily perturbed. I refused to let that happen yesterday after our groundbreaking celebration. I cornered our [...]
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building, groundbreaking, outreach
Some building committee updates take on more significance than others. Last Sunday our chairman, Ross, stood in the pulpit to give his monthly update on our campaign to get into our own facility. He kept things short and sweet. In fact, he mentioned only one thing. In light of our recent congregational meeting and by [...]
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building program, ministry, service, Women, work
As I reflected today on last night’s congregational meeting, I gave thanks, among other things, for the gift of serving along side so many fellow workers in the Lord at Orlando Grace. From the building committee members, to the deacons, to the elders, we saw a display of devotion to the kingdom cause that makes [...]
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capital campaign, New Building
This week our office sent out 95 appeals to people who used to attend OGC to consider contributing toward our capital campaign for our new building. David Sims, one of our original founders and elders, graciously agreed to write this letter on our behalf. In each letter we included one of our campaign brochures, a [...]
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building committee, ground breaking, New Building
The image above is a picture of a Lutheran church – the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland. It took incredibly long to build it (38 years)! Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986. Sometimes our project feels that long to me, but a story like that puts things into perspective, doesn’t it? [...]
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capital campaign
I am not disappointed with the results of our first-ever capital campaign. How can we be disappointed when over 90% of our members participated and made pledges and when nearly the whole church eagerly showed up Sunday night to hear the results announced? I trust that every family did what God directed them to do. [...]
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