Building In Use

Last night was a great night for the vision and mission of Team Church.

In the main auditorium 60 parents gathered to begin a 10 week video/group discussion Home Team called Grace Parenting. This is led by Clint Newton, our Kid's Pastor and Lisa Grant, one of our staff counselors who specializes in family matters.

In the upstairs auditorium there were over 40 people from Champion Christian Center. They were here for their monthly church leadership training. They do not have a church facility of their own...so we Team up with them to help them accomplish their mission. Moreover, to fulfill our stated vision when we built this great facility....as a church...they can use the pace for FREE! It is our privilege to help them!

Down stairs in the kids rooms were to more Home Teams that were meeting. One really cool group is Wild At Heart group. This is a group of dads who are learning how to raise boys who will be men of God. They are learning what boys need and what specific challenges their sons may have! Great idea!

I love sharing these kinds of things about our church every so often.......why? Because just over a year ago we stated that our desire was that this incredible campus would be used as much as possible to help reach our community, teach and train our kids and teens, and that this 60 acre campus would develop into a place of destination for thousands of people to have their lives changed. We stated that we believed that kids, teens and even adults cannot grow into fully devoted followers of Christ if they just show up here for a "great service" once a week. Especially for kids and teens....in this culture....they need more avenues of growth, encouragement and learning. This past Wednesday night our Student Ministry had it largest night ever for Pursuit. Word is getting out in the High Schools that Team Church Wednesday night is AWESOME!

We cannot have a life that revolves around the claims of Christ if we only check into a Sunday service once a week. Now, of course, that is a great way to start for many at Team Church. These days we are having more new people each week. However, full devotion is just that.....Full Devotion! Moreover, it takes serving each other and our community to make a lasting difference. I love the fact that we have taken serious the call of Team Church by getting involved in the community! I talked with a guy yesterday who told me that every time he turns around he sees where Team Church is "doing and working" in the community to help others. Faith in action!

Team Church will be in full force tomorrow morning at the Porter Ridge Athletic Association opening day. We will have volunteers there to help run the whole morning! This is a great way to help an association that helps kids!

Great Job Team Church.....We are truly Reaching & Impacting our city in real ways that are changing lives here at our church and all over the city!


What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”

James 2:14-18