Two Sundays ago the world watched in awe as the New England Patriots made the largest Super Bowl come back in history to defeat the Atlanta Falcons. I’m actually still in shock over that comeback. It was not only improbable, but seemed impossible. All sorts of life and leadership lessons or insights…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Stormy, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Stormy was nominated by Andy, one of our campus pastors, who said this: “Stormy serves as a leader on the 11 am Living Room Team. She is one of the most consistent volunteers I’ve seen here at Element and always has such a joy in s…
The key to safeguarding your faith is to choose to rejoice in the Lord! [Tweet “The key to safeguarding your faith is to choose to rejoice in the Lord!”] Philippians 3:1 says Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord . I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do…
Episode 5 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes and on our website HERE . The title of this episode is “How A Burger Can Change A Life” and we are interviewing Steve Doolin. Steve is one of the associate pastors at Element Church who leads our outreach and outreach team at Elem…
With the conclusion of yesterday’s big game, another season has come to an end, one fan base is thrilled, another is devastated and everyone buys in again to the idea that “There’s always next year.” Unless of course you’re the Browns! But I digress. With all the money that floats around in professi…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Jay, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Jay was nominated by Steve, your Community Pastor, who said this: “Jay is an integral part of our Safety Team here at Element and we are all a little bit safer when he is on the watch. I am very grateful that he is on this team. More…
This weekend at Element Church we are starting a new sermon series called “Confessions of a Pastor: Coming clean about who I am.” Pastors can sometimes be viewed as “spiritual rock stars” who have it all figured out. Surely they don’t share the same questions, doubts or struggles that everyone else…
Just because someone has been forgiven does not mean the relationship is completely restored. I think there is a great mis-understanding about this in the church and recently I’ve seen it rise to the surface again. Where I’ve seen it is in the removal of a pastor from a prominent church. Last year,…
“Wasn’t worship amazing? It seemed like everyone’s hands were in the air and everyone was singing their guts out.” I’ve said something like that about a worship service before, and if you’re a pastor, so have you. Or you’ve said the opposite, “Man, hardly anyone was singing today.” Or, “Hardly anyon…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Tom, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Tom was nominated by our Youth Pastor, Brendan who said this: “Tom is a natural fit in Fusion. His ability to connect and lead students is incredible to watch, and having him as one of our small group leaders is a huge benefit to our…
This past Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “CON-Tentment: The lie about having more.” No matter how much we say it or how much we believe it, more is never the answer for enough. This week we asked the question, “What are the practices of containment?” We said, “Content…
This coming Monday, January 30th, Element Church will be hosting the Financial Learning Experience (FLE) with Joe Sangl . Joe is the president and founder of I Was Broke, Now I’m Not , and also the author of the book by the same title ( HERE ) and the author of Oxen . Joe is a passionate, gifted and…
