Are We Having Fun Yet? // May 12, 2006

Posted by Scott Womer [worship arts pastor]

When we come to a church worship service, are we looking to have fun? I can remember a time about 12 years ago when church had gotten boring and dead to people. They were looking to be refreshed, to have a reason to smile in church, maybe even laugh……We as church leaders thought, if movies, [...]

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Groan. How many times must we watch errors? Read this and weep. Let me take us back. It’s the late 80′s. Instinct Press and Records is still alive and consistently making me no money. I am selling tapes and CD’s @ Record Town in Crossgates and ripping tickets @ the Spectrum Theatre (before it had [...]

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wading into the immigration debate // May 04, 2006

Posted by Phil Taylor executive pastor

As the grandson of a Canadian wetback I have a unique perspective on the current debate over legalization of illegal immigrants. Here’s my story–and it’s a good one (dad, if you are reading this, use the comment feature below to correct any discrepancies in the story). A few generations back, my family on my dad’s [...]

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That’s a wrap! // May 04, 2006

Posted by Ed Marcelle lead pastor

So…after almost two years of my life, 400 hours of filming, great times with the film crew (and one nasty, brotherly conflict- the kind where you figure out if you are friends or not), and seemingly endless travel and conversations about church planting, shooting on the as yet untitled film project (got a title to [...]

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