Family Devotion Ideas 2.22.23
In the interest of safety and simplicity it’s our policy that when the school district cancels all classes and activities we also cancel midweek activities here. So, tonight’s activities (Discovery Zone, Adult Bible Study, and DZ volunteer meeting) are cancelled due to the winter storm warning. HOW TO USE YOUR FAMILY TIME TONIGHT If you’re like…
What Should I Mean When I Say, “This is My Church”?
You may have noticed that we are increasingly becoming a culture that does not tolerate definitions. We are getting increasingly uncomfortable being “pinned down, boxed in, categorized and defined too rigidly.” Just google sometime – does 2+2 always = 4 and you’ll see how far we’ve come. We’re actually questioning that now. In Western society…
Believe the Good News about Jesus
This short article is designed to simply announce the gospel: the good news about what Jesus has done in his life, death and resurrection. Specifically, this is here for those visitors to our church website that wanted to know a little bit more about how to get connected to Discovery Church. The first step in…
How Not To Be Harsh With Your Children
I can remember a day when I would watch the adults around me parenting their young children. I’d be in church, looking on from a distance and I would, honestly, marvel. I would think, “Man…look at those parents…they’re such idiots.” You know how it is. When you’re twenty-five you’re a genius. But then you become…
There Is No Other Stream
Note: This is the manuscript from the first talk presented at Narnia’s Lantern Way: A Worldview Conference for the Whole Family, hosted at Discovery Church. There was an error in the video recording process and so the manuscript is presented here for anyone interested. John 3:1-16 “Now there was a man of the Pharisees named…
Why Yes, I Do Believe That Happened
So, in this modern and “enlightened” age, one of the things that you may have heard, even in a church, is that all those goofy Old Testament stories about prophets getting swallowed by big fish and mobile zoos surviving global floods are all made up. They say that they’re important stories but they’re important in…
9 Ways To Feel More Connected To Your Church
It can be a real challenge to feel connected to your church in this busy age. Not only is it busy there is also an information overload. Our inbox is loaded with easily dismissed messages and we’re constantly bombarded by entertainment and advertising. Not only that, when we come to church we might be so…
Informing The Conscience: Why you CAN watch “The Chosen” but MIGHT not want to.
To avoid any unnecessary and unhappy skerfuffling let me be clear up front: I have NO objections to someone watching “The Chosen”. None. Zip. Nada. Zilch. If I thought anyone cared what the Greek word for “no” is I’d type that here too. Ok, ok, it’s “ouk”. The Greek word for “no” is “ouk”. I…
A Primer on Deacons Part 1
The church is the “household of God” (1 Timothy 3:15) and like all the households of God’s design it has order and purpose. Elders and Deacons are part of this order and purpose. To some, it might seem like “organizational drudgery” to talk about church structures and offices, etc. But, ultimately, elders and deacons are…
Mission Vision Values Debrief
Item 1 (Pastor Cory): What is the church? One Definition: A redeemed people, called by God in Jesus Christ, to regularly assemble for ministry (service) to God, to one another, and to the world. Here’s what our Church Constitution says: We exist to glorify God in worship (John 4:23), strengthen believers in Christian nurture and…
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