March 21, A place for Everyone: Everyone is Included

Imagine a church where people - all people - are welcome. Not a church just for church people. What would that look like?

What if church really was designed to be a place where everyone could come and not feel judged, not feel excluded but instead feel like they are a valued participant?

Cypress Meadows strives to be exactly that sort of a place.

What arts elements do you think of that would communicate this mission?

March 14, A place for Everyone: Everyone is Important

We say it all the time,

"there's not a person you will lock eyes with that is not important to God."

What does that look like in how we treat others? What does that look like in how we live our own life?

If we are important to God, if we are so important to God that He has a plan for our lives are we living our lives accordingly. Are we investing ourselves, our gifts and our strengths in His plan for our lives?

What arts elements can you think of that would help raise these questions?

Orange - what happens when red and yellow work well together!

Something BIG is happening at Cypress that is going to really impact the smallest people at Cypress!

Sunday, March 7 we will hold a service that will cast vision for our new family ministry at Cypress, Orange.

I've talked with Chuck Deitch, our Community and Family Ministry Leader, and here is a little about what you can expect with Orange.

Red is the color that represents home, love. Yellow is the color that represents church, light. When you combine the two of them you get Orange!

The church and the family are designed to work together to teach, shape, love the kids in our lives. When they work together well it sets our kids up for a true win.

What songs, videos, dramas do you know of that would work well to help cast vision for this exciting next step for Next Gen?

Balanced: Developing a Plan

The final key to staying balanced with our finances is to develop a plan and work the plan. And the plan is all about our priorities. What percentage of your finances will you honor God with 2%, 10%, or all?

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Balanced: Back in the Black

There are areas in our finances in which we have to be making constant corrections. Two of those areas are: Spending and Getting out of debt.

We'll take a look at how spending is really an extension of discontentment and what it means for the borrower to be slave to the lender.

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Balanced: Reading the Fine Print

In order for our finances or anything in life to be balanced, we have to have a clear objective. Your objective regarding your finances may not be defined by you in so many words, but is defined by your actions with and attitudes toward your money. Perhaps your objective is to be able to provide well for your family. Or possibly to save as much as possible. Spend as much as possible. Regardless, you do have an objective. This Sunday we're going to suggest that the only objective that will provide true balance is the objective of honoring God with our finances.

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Balanced: Opening the Books

The first week of Balanced will roll out some very practical thoughts on our finances. Regardless of who we are and what be believe, there are two things we have to know about finances, we always have to keep an eye on where our money is going and we have to make constant corrections.

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