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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! Meet Kristen Spiker. She is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Kristen was nominated by our Administrative Staff assistant, Kristina, who said this: “Kristen’s the Service Captain for the 11am Service. She is an amazing leader, always finding ways in which we can better the expe…

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How Do I Know When To Start Something New – Part 2

Have you ever been unsure of when to start something new? Well, in episodes 1 and 2 of the Infuse Leadership Podcast we talk about just that. In part 1 of this 2 part podcast, we started talking through six things you need to know before you start something new. By the time we were done with part 1…

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Are Gay People Welcome In Our Church?

On Sunday at Element Church , we had our annual “You Choose Sunday.” On these days we let the people pick the worship songs and also select the sermon content by submitting questions that I do my best to answer. We’re gonna have to start doing two weeks of You Choose Sunday because there were way mo…

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What if THEY are elected?

Today is the day. Whether you’ve already voted or not, and if you are eligible to vote I would encourage you to do that prayerfully and informed, by the time we wake up tomorrow morning we will have a new elected president of the United States of America. I gotta be honest, this election season has…

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What Do I Do About Nerves When I Preach?

If I’m not nervous before I preach God’s Word then I have a real reason to be nervous. [Tweet “If I’m not nervous before I preach God’s Word then I have a real reason to be nervous.”] Just recently I had the great privilege of preaching to a group of ministry students at Nebraska Christian College.…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church ! This is Sean, and he’s this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Sean was nominated by our Lead Producer, Taylor, who said this: “Sean is a volunteer that ‘gets it.’ He is such a good guy with a very genuine heart for ministry. His schedule with the Air Force is crazy so sometimes gett…

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“So That…” Year End Offering

Hey Element Church! I know it’s several weeks away but I wanted to start letting you know about our annual year end offering called the “So That” offering on Sunday, December 11th. You can watch the video below where I talk about it in our Sunday service, or you can continue reading. Either way, if…

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What should I pray for our president?

On Sunday at Element Church we finished our sermon series called “Decision 2016: Escaping the political paranoia”. Regardless of who is elected and regardless of what happens to the economy, what does God want us to decide to do? So far in the series we talked about changes that need to be made in G…

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How Do I Find Rest In God?

If you don’t want to live in God’s shelter you won’t find rest in His shadow. [Tweet “If you don’t want to live in God’s shelter you won’t find rest in His shadow.”] So many people want to find rest in God, the problem is we aren’t willing to live in God’s shelter. Psalm 91:1 says, Those who live in…

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Elizabeth Smart: “How pornography made my living hell worse”

Most of us remember the horrifying story of Elizabeth Smart. On June 5th, 2002 she was kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah and endured nine months of “living hell” as she was raped and tortured repeatedly by her captor. She was only 14 years old at the time and the fact that she survi…

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Element Church: Volunteer Of The Week

Hey Element Church! This is Austin, and he’s this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Austin was nominated by our e:kidz Director, Stephanie, who said this: “Austin has been volunteering on our team since 2014, and has been great at it since day one. He takes serving in e:kidz very seriously. Each Sunday…

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Three Things To Remember About Cultivating A Healthy Culture

Culture is talked a lot about today in leadership, and well it should be. The potential of an organization is only as powerful as the culture in which it has created. Culture is like the foundation to a building. You might have the most impressive looking structure, but if the foundation is not soun…