Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the last couple of weeks you are now fully aware of the devastation and destruction that has been caused by hurricane Harvey, specifically around the area of Houston. The images and stories that have come out of this event are heartbreaking to say the least. No o…
Labor Day. Most of us view it as the “three day weekend for no reason,” right? Most kids know they are out of school and many businesses get an extra day off. It’s the last “holiday” of the summer before everyone gets back into the groove of school and business. Labor Day actually began in the late…
Thanks for checking out jeffmaness.com. I am currently on a three month sabbatical with my family and will not be blogging during that time. Upon my return, I will pick up my normal blogging routine. Feel free to check out my previous blogs. If you’d like more information on what a sabbatical is and…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Vereen, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Vereen was nominated by Steve, our Associate Pastor, who said this: ” Vereen stepped up to lead a small group about a year ago when the leader of that group passed away. Since then the group has grown and is still thriving today. V…
Episode 10 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes , on our website HERE and also right here on the blog. The title of this episode is “Tricking People To Follow Jesus.” This was actually born out of a question one of our listeners turned in, so we are super excited about that. O…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Nathan, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Nathan was nominated by Jared, our Creative Arts Pastor who said this: “Nathan has been a huge part of our team and the worship culture of our church. He serves as much as he can because he loves to worship with the people of Eleme…
This past weekend at Element Church we continued our core values series called “This Is Us.” In this series we are walking through the six core values we have as a church. This week we talked about “A Place To Call Home: We will love people for who they are so we can lead them to where they need to…
In June my wife and I will celebrate 20 years of marriage and December will mark 20 years for me in full time ministry. Ten of those years have been at Element Church . Last month marked ten years of ministry for me here at Element. Wow! Ten years ago, my wife and I, our four kids and three other fa…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Steve, this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Steve was nominated by Taylor, our Lead Producer, who said this: “Steve is a high capacity guy who I can always count on to do well. Steve is one of my core video production guys and he makes everyone around him better whether that…
Coming up this Sunday, May 7th, we will be having baptism in all three services at Element Church. Baptism is an outward expression of what God has done for you on the inside of your heart, washing you clean and making you new. Last Sunday we celebrated 34 people going public with their faith throug…
This last Sunday at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “This Is Us”. We are walking through the core values we have as a church. Values can’t just be the words we say, they need to be the way we live born out of what we believe because of who God is. This week we looked at core val…
Episode 9 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast is now available on iTunes , on our website HERE and also right here on the blog. The title of this episode is “Tricking People To Follow Jesus.” This was actually born out of a question one of our listeners turned in, so we are super excited about that. On…
