This Sunday night, July 25th at 7:00 pm we will end our Community Makeover weekend with a Celebration Service in the Hiram Pavilion on Hwy 278 in Hiram, GA. I would strongly encourage you to come early. For directions click here. The impact of churches coming together in worship from different backgrounds, denominations, and ethnicity [...]

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I picked up my first Don Miller book recently. It was in the $4.99 bin at a local Christian bookstore. It was just laying there not hurting anybody. I had heard of him, but had not read any of his books or heard him speak. I was at Ben Arment‘s Story Conference the first time [...]

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So what if no one remembers you? What if no one knows how great you are or your accomplishments? What if you plant a church or start a company that has a profound impact on people and no one knows who you are? What if the God who allowed you to accomplish much got all [...]

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We have several projects still going strong in partnership with Samaritan’s Purse. As ‘SP’ responds to other disasters including Haiti Earthquake Relief and flooding in Rhode Island we have been asked to put out an invitation to our local volunteer base. Even as we prepare projects for Community Makeover 2010 we have a current opportunity [...]

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The other day I went by a home on the Cobb/Paulding that had been devastated by last September’s flood. It is now late February. Nearly five months have gone by. All the belongings from the home are out in the yard, and once again… it is raining. I come to these homes representing a church, [...]

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One of the challenges for the people in Burkina Faso is education. Very few can afford it, and it’s just not available to everyone. According to National Geographic Burkina Faso has the lowest literacy rate in the world. Only 15% can read. In the school system the national average for passing from middle to high [...]

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I had a great opportunity today to meet the child that my family sponsors through Compassion International. (Here’s a pict) It was an amazing experience. I am so thankful for the opportunity to partner and serve a child here in this country. There are a lot of great organizations out there, but for my money [...]

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Over the last couple of years we have decided to really commit to seeing this country transformed by the gospel. So if you are going to put a family on the ground, you should build them a place to stay. Over the last two years we have partnered with the Christian and Missionary Alliance to [...]

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**One of my favorite poems. Merry Christmas Everyone** He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in a carpenter shop Until he was thirty He never wrote a book He never held an office He never went to college He [...]

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The last two weekends have been incredible to me. Two weeks ago we reached out to what some have called, ‘The Largest Unreached People Group In America”. I have seen estimates that say this group make up anywhere from 10-20% of the American population. These studies are all over the map. With my friends Shelley [...]

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