Recently I read a blog from Brian Dodd about volunteering that I wanted to share here in the blog. Brian serves as the Director of New Ministry Relationships at Injoy Stewardship Solutions . His blog is a must follow for leaders at all levels. His insight and information into leadership is a daily b…
This week at Element Church we started a new sermon series called “True Love.” In this series we are looking at four passages from the book of 1 John, where the Apostle John really lays out what real love is. The theme verse is 1 John 3:16 which says, “ We know what real love is because Jesus gave u…
Hey Element Church ! This is Oksana and she is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week. Osana serves as an usher alongside her mom, Michelle, on our 6pm greeter team. Pastor Andy said, “There’s something about teen’s serving that is extra powerful to me. Oksana has a joy in serving every time. She has bee…
Hey Element Church ! This is Joseph and he is this week’s volunteer of the week! Joe has been a huge help in the tech department for Sunday services and at Fusion Student Ministries. He’s capable of doing so much and is always willing to lend a hand wherever it’s needed. Having a guy like Joseph on…
That’s what so many people believe about themselves and part of what we talked about last Sunday at Element Church. On Sunday, we launched our new series called “Jesus is NOT the reason for the season.” The reason we say that is because we believe He is so much more than that, Jesus is the reason fo…
One of my new goals is to write book reviews for books that I read and I just finished one while I was on vacation a few weeks ago that was fantastic. The book is called “Steal Like An Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative” by Austin Kleon . To be honest, I hadn’t heard of the book…
Hey Element Church ! Meet Buddy. Buddy is this week’s Volunteer Of The Week! Buddy has an amazing story of redemption and renewal through Jesus Christ and shares it regularly with people that need to hear it. Buddy finds his identity in Christ and that is an inspiration to so many. We are honored to…
God calls people home but we need to clear the pathway for them. [Tweet “God calls people home but we need to clear the pathway for them. “] Recently I read through Isaiah in my personal devotions when I read this verse: Isaiah 57:14 God says “Rebuild the road! Clear away the rocks and stones so my…
I’m always looking at life through the lens of leadership and ministry. It’s a sickness really. My wife and I watch TV shows like The Profit and Shark Tank and she’s probably sick of me comparing things in those shows to leadership and ministry. Seriously though, The Profit has such great parallels…
In some ways that is true in our culture today isn’t it? Maybe it’s not Jesus that has a bad reputation though, as much as it is his church. On Sunday here at Element Church we continued our sermon series called “Vacation: Driven toward a destination.” This is a series all about vision. We are answe…
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