Concrete: What is a church (and why should I belong to one?)

The first week of Concrete will ask the question:

What is a church and why should I belong to one?

What do you think of when you hear the challenge: Be the Church?

What are some songs, dramas, readings, videos or other ideas that come to mind when you think of what the church is?

Christmas Feedback Wanted

The Christmas planning team is very busy writing, shaping and planning.

What I can tell you so far is that Christmas this year will have a very percussive feel to it, with a hint of some blue men... and will theme around the song The Little Drummer Boy.

We are currently using a working title of Me and My Drum. Let me know whatcha' think about the title.

Thanks!

Stage ideas for Concrete

As we move closer to our next series, Concrete, what ideas do you have for stage design?

The series is all about the foundations we build our faith upon. Chris will post series graphics here when he has them. In the meantime...

what do you think?

Concrete: The stuff you build your life on

In November we will launch a new series called Concrete based on a series of similar title by Erwin McManus at Mosaic.

We'll be taking a look at the basics, the foundations on which we build our relationship with Christ.

The series will include weeks on the following:

What is a church (and why should I belong to one)?
How do I pray?
Why do we sing?
What to do with the Bible
What following Jesus looks like


Please go ahead and start thinking of and posting ideas for this new series.

Have you ever felt like this guy?

Maybe your attempt to find "happily ever after" didn't end on a nationally televised sporting event. Maybe it happened in a middle school classroom or at a college party or maybe, like me, you got past the proposal, past the wedding even and you found your heart broken in the privacy of your own home looking into the eyes of the person who would later become your ex-spouse.

The truth is, most all of us can tell our story of a time when we were hoping in, believing in and trying for a love that lasts forever and coming up way short of forever.

That doesn't stop us from longing for a forever kind of love. I believe God designed us to long for this kind of love. But I also know that it can't happen outside of His help and guidance.

We're all broken. We all bring our stuff into each of our relationships. So how, on earth, do we figure out how to be a part of a love that lasts forever?!

Cypress Meadows is going to take a look at this question over the next four weeks as we host a series called "Staying in Love". Because falling in love is easy... but staying in love is a different story.

If you want to join the discussion and figure out what we can do to find a way to stay in love, come and be a part of our series.