Every day the doors are open at West Ridge there people here who have never been before. Many of them have not been to church before, at least not since they were kids. People from around the community come here looking for Benevolence help. Currently, they come in look for Christmas assistance (See my post, [...]

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I sent an e-mail the other day to people at our church that have asked for Local and Global Outreach information. In the e-mail, I’m obviously being sarcastic, but I’ve actually had a lot of great conversations about Global Trips since sending it out. Anyway, thought I’d post it here. By the way, my wife [...]

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The last three weeks at West Ridge Church, Pastor Brian Bloye led us through a series called, ‘Fearless’. It was on giving. You know every time you hear or read the Bible it requires a response. Even by the Pastors on the church staff. I have wrestled with an issue related to giving now for [...]

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As we roll forward toward our Hope For Christmas Event I wanted to let you know where you could give directly to children in your own community. Toys for Tots is a wonderful organization. The boxes that are around your community are collected and taken to a central distribution center where they are given out [...]

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A couple years ago I read a book on prayer by author Richard Rohr. The book was called ‘Everything Belongs’. It had a lot of great insights and some impact on me personally. As I continued to read and reflect over the title of the book God kept tweaking the phrase in my heart. Over [...]

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In 2008 an awesome collaboration of community leaders in Northwest Atlanta invited West Ridge Church to help them pull off the county Christmas program. We let them know what we could do, and together we were able to serve somewhere north of 1,000 families for Christmas. West Ridge didn’t do this alone.We partnered with A [...]

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This Sunday at West Ridge Church my friend Pete Brokopp will share for a couple minutes in each of our three services. Pete is an inspiring leader with lots of great stories so we thought we would create another opportunity for you to meet him. Sunday afternoon at 4 pm we will be hosting a [...]

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Brian Bloye spoke on Acts 3 yesterday at West Ridge Church. One of the points that really stuck out to me (and several others) was that “We have to open for interruptions.” Brian challenged people at the end to let God interrupt you by taking the time to come and allow others to pray with [...]

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Sometimes God sneaks up on you. I know God is all round us, always with us, and it is us that must walk in constant awareness of that. Yet still, sometimes God is sneaky. In November 2006,  I was called by a friend at West Ridge Church. She said that she has a friend dying [...]

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Today is my 12 year Wedding Anniversary. I am married to the most amazing woman on the planet. We have known each other since middle school, dated  in high school, had some time a part, and fell madly in love at the end of college. There is so much I could say about Angela as [...]

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