Neighborhood Church: One Thing to Do

Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton   It has been a little while since my last pulpit confession, and I’ve been stewing about this one for awhile now because it’s sort of a doozy:  I don’t know if I believe in the church.  Now, I definitely believe in God...

Neighborhood Church: Making Partner

Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin   One of the most popular genres in movies is the buddy cop film. It’s so popular that there are literally dozens if not hundreds of examples, but there is an astonishing consistency between them. In basically every buddy cop movie,...

Neighborhood Church: Building Up, Building Out

Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin   There are certain kinds of buildings that always reflect their original identity and purpose. No matter how long it has been, no matter what’s happening in them now, you can still tell what they were built to be. A Pizza Hut...

Neighborhood Church: Faith, Family-Style

Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin   I have wanted my own backyard smoker for a long, long time, and last spring, I decided that I would finally get one. It took me awhile to find the right one, and then setting it up and getting it ready took some more time, and...
A Mustard Seed Church

A Mustard Seed Church

Listen By The Rev. Lindsey Altvater Clifton   Neighborhood Church: Transforming your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission.  That’s the name of the text we’re engaging for the next four Sundays as a part of a church-wide book read.  Between services during...
A Good Word: Transformation

A Good Word: Transformation

Listen By The Rev. J.C. Austin   I am not an Atlanta Braves fan. I’m saying that up front because I know a lot of you are Phillies fans, and Atlanta is two games ahead of the Phillies right now in the race for the pennant in the National League East, so in the...