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How Do I Make Friends?

How do I make friends? You likely never had to ask that question as a child.  It just simply happened.  However, now that you’re all grown up, it doesn’t seem to happen so naturally.  Making friends can be difficult. As church leadership has begun to roll out to Eastwood our unique mission, making friends is…

The Manger’s Missional Mandate: Love

Today we continue the season of Advent to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In the Advent season, we keep in mind both “advents,” both “visits” of Christ, the first in Bethlehem and the second yet to come. Because Christ has already come once, the white Christ candle has remained lit the entire Advent season, and…

The Manger’s Missional Mandate: Joy

Today we continue the season of Advent to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In the Advent season, we keep in mind both “advents,” both “visits” of Christ, the first in Bethlehem and the second yet to come. Because Christ has already come once, the white Christ candle will remain lit the entire Advent season, and…

The Manger’s Missional Mandate: Peace

Today we continue the season of Advent to prepare our hearts for Christmas. In the Advent season, we keep in mind both “advents,” both “visits” of Christ, the first in Bethlehem and the second yet to come. Because Christ has already come once, the white Christ candle will remain lit the entire Advent season, and…

The Manger’s Missional Mandate: Hope

Today we begin our season of Advent, which is the Christian season of preparation for Christmas. The word “advent” comes from the Latin word adventus, which means “coming” or “visit.” In the Advent season, we keep in mind both “advents,” both “visits” of Christ, the first in Bethlehem and the second yet to come. Because…

Fastest Growing City in Kentucky

Looking for the fastest growing city in Kentucky?  Just step outside because you are either living in it or next to it.  In your quest to answer this question, look no further than right here in Bowling Green, KY. In April 2017, 24/7 Wall St crunched numbers from every state in the U.S. and declared…

Enemies of the Harvest

In January we preached and prayed for a great harvest, but we know there are many enemies of the harvest.  Gardeners and farmers have to guard against all sorts of pests that look to steal the harvest, but they also have to work against time so that they don’t miss the harvest.  Harvest season comes,…

Prioritizing the Harvest

You ought to see the pear tree at my house. It is loaded down and full of pears!  Some of the branches are nearly touching the ground from the weight they are bearing, but there are pears all the way to top of tree, 12’ up in the air. Which pears should I try to…

5 Tips for Getting to Know Your Neighbors

Do you know your neighbors?  It’s fairly common around here in 2015 to hear somebody admit that they really don’t, which seems a bit strange given the fact that most of us could easily throw a rock and hit several of our their houses.  They live that close to us, yet we don’t know them.…

Gearing Up for Growth

Are you gearing up for growth?  Brothers and sisters, we are heading into the fall of the year, which is a prime time for church growth.  I’m so excited to see what God is going to do!

Plant Sequence Cutaway

Perhaps you’ve not thought about it in this way, but there are at least five different types of church growth.  One type is