All Things New

As you may know, next week is our big relaunch at Redeemer Church . Basically, we are becoming mobile on Sunday mornings as we begin meeting at an elementary school . Needless to say, there is a lot of set-up, tear-down, and other details that will be happening each week. This will happen almost exclusively through volunteer effort.  In order to prepare for our relaunch, we held a time of "rehearsal" and training today. As a staff member of Redeemer, I have the privilege of seeing a lot of the behind-the-scenes planning, preparation, and prayer. And let me tell you, as much as I love & trust the leadership of Redeemer, the past few months of putting this process together has been a bit of a roller coaster for me (and I would venture to say for many others, as well!). However, God keeps showing up at just the right time.  Initially, I was nervous that the church body wouldn't get behind the idea of moving, or that our mission would be misunderstood.  But God had

Many of you reading this know that I attend (and work at)  Redeemer Church  in Norman, Oklahoma. We have some big things coming up in the life of our church – on August 17, we are “relaunching” into a new location! In an attempt to follow God’s guidance for our congregation and be good stewards of the gospel to our community, we are going to begin meeting at Roosevelt Elementary on Sunday mornings. We are excited about what God is doing and how He is proving to be faithful! Today was our last service at our current location. We had a time of celebration and remembrance of what God has done through our church in the last five years. Here is an “enhanced” version of the testimony I shared this morning of what Redeemer has meant to me.

Singleness can be a tricky topic for a single person like myself to discuss. There is always the fear that people will perceive your opinions as simply you whining or feeling sorry for yourself for not being in a relationship. However, I think it is a conversation that absolutely needs to be started. For that reason, I decided to conduct a “research project” about singles & their views of the church. If nothing else, please realize that these are real quotes from real singles in the church. This is what they would like to say to you. This is not an accusatory post; rather, it is attempting to be an honest and exploratory post. For this project, I interviewed several singles of various ages from various churches by asking them 5-7 questions. I then drew my own general conclusions based on those responses. Find the conclusions below, complete with examples and quotes from these interviews. *Please note that I acknowledge that this is not completely representative for every