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by Pastor Curt on December 8, 2011
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church, congregational meeting, deacons, elders, leadership, officers
This Sunday evening at 6 PM at the SDA we will have a very important congregational meeting. Open to members and attendees alike, in this 90 minute gathering we will engage our three officer candidates in Q & A about their nomination for church leadership positions. This is no small thing. Our bylaws require confirmation [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 23, 2011
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community, followership, gospel, humility, leadership, submission
Today’s message from 1 Peter 4:19-5:7 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. John Calvin said this of the proverbial expression, God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble: We are to imagine that; God has two hands; the one, which like a hammer beats down and breaks [...]
by Pastor Curt on October 6, 2011
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followership, leadership, membership, New Building, participation, perseverance, prayer
On Sunday I shared what I believe OGC needs from Nancy and me and the rest of our officers and their spouses. For the next two years, arguably among the most strenuous in our history, the church needs us to stay the course. OGC needs us to persevere through the hard work, the late hours, [...]
by Pastor Curt on September 30, 2011
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church officers, deacons, elders, examinations, leadership
This Saturday is a big day. A number of our current elders and deacons will meet with our three candidates for office from 8 AM to 3 PM at the church office. Each of the three, two for elder and one for deacon, have completed their written exams. We will meet with them, one at [...]
by Pastor Curt on July 13, 2011
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deacons, elders, leadership, nominations, training
Check out this week’s enews for an update on the officer nomination process ongoing in 2011. The three men remaining on this demanding journey will meet with representatives of our leadership this Saturday morning for a debrief from their near two month self-study process of officer training. Here are the kinds of questions we will [...]
by Pastor Curt on July 5, 2011
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church planting, leadership, staff
As I announced on Sunday morning to our congregation, effective July 1, Greg Willson assumed a full-time pastoral staff position with the title of Church Planting Pastor. Recently God favored us with keeping Greg and Christina around for another year before they answer the call to help with a church plant in Columbia, South Carolina. [...]
by Pastor Curt on June 29, 2011
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elder qualifications, elders, leadership, plurality of elders
As we close in soon on evaluation of possible elder candidates, we would do well to hear this counsel from IX Marks. 9-Leadership from 9Marks on Vimeo.
by Pastor Curt on April 28, 2011
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dominion mandate, image of God, leadership, lordship, masculinity, servanthood
This Saturday in our Oxford Club for Men meeting we turn to chapter five in Richard Phillips’ book The Masculine Mandate. This chapter lays the final section in the doctrinal section of the book before turning to practical application in chapters six and beyond. In it Phillips makes an urgent plea for men to live [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 10, 2011
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biography, leadership, pride, vanity
Significant Christian leaders have referenced William Manchester’s bestselling biography of General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), American Caesar, among the most influential books of that genre a godly man might want to read. Recently I picked up a copy to tackle for my neighborhood book club choose-your-own-biography night. I was not disappointed. Prior to reading this nearly [...]
by Pastor Curt on February 3, 2011
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family worship, fatherhood, leadership, marriage
Learned something I didn’t know before from the DG pastor’s conference this week. Rick Husband, the commander of the Shuttle Columbia that disintegrated upon reentry to earth’s atmosphere back in February of 2003, loved Jesus and cared deeply for his wife and children. Before he lifted off into space, Husband recorded a series of videos [...]
