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I Heart Cheyenne: SIGN UPS CLOSE TODAY!!

SIGN UPS CLOSE TODAY! I am SO excited to share about the 6th annual I Heart Cheyenne Initiative coming up THIS Saturday August 6th – Saturday August 13th. I Heart Cheyenne is a week long effort to collectively come together as God’s Church to seek and to serve the tangible needs in our community. Th…

Church Planting

We Failed Now What?

Failing doesn’t make you a failure, but you need to learn from it to advance in the future! [Tweet “Failing doesn’t make you a failure, but you need to learn from it to advance in the future!”] Recently, I was asked by Tony Morgan and the leaders at the Unstuck Group to share about the lessons we le…

Discipleship

Hey Pastor, Stop Praying For Vision!

Vision will communicate where you want to go but unity is what will get you there! [Tweet “Vision will communicate where you want to go but unity is what will get you there!”] Last week, I blogged about vision HERE . One of the things I didn’t share in that blog was the idea of unity. Unity is the b…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! This is Chris and he is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Chris serves on our worship team and Pastor Jared, our worship pastor, said this about Chris: “Chris has been a great addition to our team. He is a servant leader and has such a servant’s heart. Despite his insane schedu…

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That’s Too Hard For God

Not only is nothing impossible for God but nothing is even remotely difficult for Him! [Tweet “Not only is nothing impossible for God but nothing is even remotely difficult for Him!”] On Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Our Father: Praying Prayers That Matter.” In the…

Discipleship

Have We Fallen Asleep?

I ran across this news story the other day and it intrigued me. The story came out of Spain and told the story of how 1,300 sheep were found wandering through the town in the middle of the night. Around 4:30 AM on Tuesday, June 7th, police were alerted to some 1,300 sheep that were just wandering th…

Discipleship

Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! This is Katie and she is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Katie serves in our Fusion Student Ministry, and Pastor Brendan, our youth pastor, said this about Katie: “ Katie has had such an incredible impact on our youth ministry. She is a person who goes above and beyond, conne…

Discipleship

Oh My God

How much do we honor, revere or fear the name of God? Judging by how we so flippantly throw it around, I think we could at least say we don’t honor it as much as we could! On Sunday at Element Church we started a new series called “Our Father: Praying Prayers That Matter.” In this series we are taki…

Discipleship

I Don’t Care If People Come To Church

No, this is not a plug for online church and no I am not on an emotional down swing and contemplating giving up on ministry. I’m actually not really talking about regular church attendance at all. What I’m talking about is the potential result from serving through outreach. Let me put it this way: W…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church , this is Liza and she is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Liza serves on our cleaning team and has been attending Element Church since June 7th 2015, after she moved here from Arkansas with her husband Nick and their 15 year old son. Liza is a stay at home mom. Her hobbies are…

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New Sermon Series — Our Father: Praying Prayers That Matter

What is prayer to you? When and how do you pray? Did you know that Jesus actually taught us to pray? When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, Jesus gave them, and ultimately us, the Lord’s prayer. Here’s the thing though. The Lords Prayer is not a mandate to pray but a model of how we s…

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Why I Give Online At Element Church

Giving is not something I HAVE to do but something I GET to do for God. [Tweet “Giving is not something I HAVE to do but something I GET to do for God.”] In addition to being the founding and Lead Pastor of Element Church , I’m also a financial contributor. I give at least 10% of the income God has…