I think one of the hardest things for me is keeping the vision crystal clear in my own mind of what I am called to do as a church planter. Last night I went on a walk and just prayed, asking God to continue to formulate His vision for Epic Church and Andover [...]
In January we are going to kick off the first series in our new sermon shorts. I’m going to be putting video podcasts online each week. The first series we’re going to be doing is called “Living With No Regrets - a look at the book of Acts”. With the new year [...]
Are you bullish or bearish? This is a great question to ask when it comes to church planting. I think now is the time to be bullish! With the current financial temperature of our country and world there is no better time to be investing financially in things that matter spiritually. There are [...]
Man, the Andover Hometown Christmas was amazing! I am really impressed with the Andover Chamber of Commerce. They did a phenomenal job with this event. Epic Church ended up having 14 volunteers show up! It was a blast, thanks to all who helped pull this off! God is doing some cool things at Epic Church!
It is not an easy thing to raise money. Hah, I know this revelation probably finds you with your mouth wide open and scratching your head, but it’s true. Raising money is a hard thing to do, especially when the only thing you have to offer is a vision of what the future will [...]
I just got back from a lunch with a good friend at BCC. I was telling him how the funding that we had been hoping to get had fallen through, see this post, and how bummed out I was. He started to tell me how his kids had decided, after my last sermon, that they wanted [...]
As part one of our three part series on our family philosophy at Epic Church, I wanted to highlight the fact that we don’t want families to be passive participants in the process, but we want every generation to be truly engaged in age appropriate ways. We are planning on accomplishing this in a couple of [...]
One thing we love at Epic Church is families! We want to see families succeed! Our philosophy is that church doesn’t have to be a place where families have to be separated. We are striving to create a worship environment that is appealing to children and adults alike. We believe that kids can serve and [...]
So one of the values we hold about planting a church is that we should be serving the community through acts of kindness. I recently heard about a church plant that dedicated itself to doing 40,000 acts of kindness before they launched. They wanted to overwhelm their community with love. I have heard tons of great ideas [...]
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. God does nothing but in answer to prayer. — John Wesley i [...]
On our trip to Wichita last week we had two cool things happen. The first: Friday night I received an email from a pastor in California named Rusty George. Rusty has heard that we are planting a church in Andover and is really excited about it. He grew up in Andover knows the need from all the [...]
So, Jenni and I arrived last night at 1am and then talked till 2am with our brother & sister-in-law. I got up this morning at 6ish for a meeting at 7:30am. I met with the pastor of Riverlawn in Wichita, Jeff. I really like Jeff, he is the kind of guy you want to work for, [...]
