by Josh Waltz | Oct 30, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
Every fall, we open the nomination process for new deacons and prepare to lose a few to sabbatical who have served out their full three-year term. Because deacons are defined and employed in such vastly different ways from one church to another, it seems helpful to...
by Josh Waltz | Oct 26, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
This is the eighth (and final!) column in a series I’m writing to describe our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. We also value congregational...
by Josh Waltz | Oct 16, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
This is the seventh column in a series I’m writing to describe our goals and values for corporate worship. If you’ve not noticed by now, let me point out how these explanations are structured. Each value discussion begins with a series of “we believe” statements,...
by Josh Waltz | Oct 10, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
This is the sixth in a series of columns I’m writing to describe our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. We also value congregational engagement and...
by Josh Waltz | Oct 2, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
I’m writing an extended series of columns describing our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. Last week, I wrote about congregational engagement. Some...
