Archive for April, 2009
So the reveal of the Summer Growth Groups is a bit delayed because some of the kinks and details are still being worked out, but here are our groups. Softball – This group is crazy large, and we like it that way! If you still really want to jump into this group, you need to let [ READ MORE ]
I went to the Dock tonight and I was blown away. Here are some highlights. Got to hop a barbed wire fence to get a football Watched littled Levi dance to some music Led the Spring Months Birthday Bunch to a 2-1 record in sitting volleyball Got to do some first person story telling – I chose to be [ READ MORE ]
Cy has been leading a Growth Group using the book “Walk Across the Room” by Bill Hybels and they just finished up this past Monday with actually practicing what they had been studying. Here are a couple bullets from their experience at Smokey Row in Oskaloosa. First person approached happened to be a church planter A High [ READ MORE ]
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Tomorrow we will be announcing what our 6 Growth Groups will be. Each group will be centered on creating community. These are going to be very relational based groups for the purpose of helping us get to know one another better. Each group will have a very loose schedule and will also allow those who attend [ READ MORE ]
Here are some links for you that I think are worth clicking. The New Bridge Website (Keep in mind it is still be developed) HERE There is a conference called Cataylist that I would love to go to sometime. They have a new site and it is crazy cool. HERE One Time Blind kicks out a video about [ READ MORE ]
It has been a crazy 24 hours for our bridge family. We have been hit with some stories of people dealing with some really hard things. All of this has triggered a change in plans to tomorrow’s message. I’m still pumped but far more insecure in what I have prepared. This usually means it will [ READ MORE ]
This Sunday the title of the message is “Sitting On The Fence” and I am really getting pumped about the ramifications this message will have on the lives of those who live in and around the city of Ottumwa if applied. I really wrestled over some various directions this could go but over the past 24 [ READ MORE ]
Since day one we have struggled with the development of a website. As we have grown so have the requests for information on-line. By God’s grace I stumbled upon a place that offers us an opportunity to have a professional website. We will be using Clover Sites for those of you who are looking for [ READ MORE ]
Another little tease for you – We have another announcement about something that is coming to thebridge really soon and I’m going to let you all in on it Wednesday! [ READ MORE ]