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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Alyscia, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Alyscia was nominated by Kristina, one of our Pastoral and front office Assistants, who said this: “Alyscia serves as a leader for one of the 6pm Hospitality teams. She is never without a smile on her face and has such a great att…

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What Is A Sabbatical And Why Am I Taking One?

On Sunday at Element Church , we ended our sermon series called Confessions Of A Pastor with our Conference Superintendent Steve Strutz bringing the word. Element is a part of The Evangelical Church of North America , and Steve is the superintendent of the Western Conference in that denomination. No…

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Pray For Wyoming

If you don’t know, we have a great prayer tool out there called PrayForWyoming.com . Every day of the month from the 1st to the 23rd we offer a prayer guide for a corresponding county in Wyoming. For instance, tomorrow is March 1st and we will have a prayer guide to pray over Natrona County which is…

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What Are The Keys To Preaching a Great Sermon

Great sermons typically require a great amount of work. [Tweet “Great sermons typically require a great amount of work. “] I’ve met some people and listened to others that seem to make sermonizing simple. Surely, God has uniquely gifted some people to walk onto a stage and wax eloquent for 45 minute…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Joey, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Joey was nominated by Bianca our e:kidz assistant who said this: “Joey has been on our team for a little over a year now. He’s been a great helper in pretty much all of our classrooms. Joey is the type of person that will go wherever…

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I Love My Kids More Than God Does

This past Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Confessions Of A Pastor”. This week’s confession was “More often than not I feel like a failure as a parent.” That while I love my kids, I don’t always love the way I parent them. I preached from the story of Samson in Judges…

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Wyoming Can Go To Hell (Infuse Leadership Podcast)

Episode 6 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes and on our website HERE . The title of this episode is “Wyoming Can Go To Hell” and we are continuing our interview with Steve Doolin. Steve is one of the associate pastors at Element Church who leads our outreach and outreach tea…

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My Son Forgot I Was The Boss

No, this is not a parenting blog. The other day, my son actually forgot I was “the boss” to our staff at Element Church and it got me thinking about staff culture. This past Friday, our family was driving to Colorado Springs for a family day. We were planning on visiting the Compassion International…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Anna, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Anna was nominated by Stephanie, our e:kidz Director who said this: “Anna has been serving in e:kidz since September of 2015. She has taught or lead in all the classrooms and is now a service captain for the 9am, “A” week service. Sh…

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Can A Christian Drink Alcohol?

I know I’m poking the bear with this one, or maybe I’m poking the beer I don’t know! (See what I did there?) This is probably the most disagreed upon lifestyle choice among Christians today. While the Bible gives clear warnings against the dangers of drinking alcohol, and is 100% clear that drunkenn…

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How Can I Know God’s Will For My Life?

This past Sunday at Element Church we continued a sermon series called “Confessions Of A Pastor.” In this series, I’m just being honest with some struggles in my own life in the hopes that maybe it can help people overcome struggles in theirs. This week’s confession was, “I’ve wanted to quit being a…

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Be A Valentine, Not Be MY Valentine

Today marks the day where candy sales sky-rocket, last minute flower purchases are made at the grocery story and greeting card suppliers go in the black for the year, called “Black Tuesday” this year. (I made that last part up) It’s Valentines Day! Love is in the air and romance abounds. But Valenti…