Sep 19, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
By Matt Friend Membership opportunities are everywhere. Today you can join a gym, a homeowners’ association, or your local supermarket. Tomorrow you could join a pool, a chamber of commerce, or your local theater for performing arts. Some people join organizations to...
Sep 17, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
By Matt Friend You grew up there. It’s where you went to school, played on the playground, learned to ride a bike. Whether it was Hinton or Huntington Beach, Madison or Miami, Saint Albans or Saint Louis… that place will always be your hometown. Here are five...
Sep 11, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
By Matt Friend “You can sit with me, friend!” That’s an invitation welcomed by most elementary kids, craved by most middle school students, and desired by most adults. We fear being alone. We long to be wanted. Something inside gnaws at us, “In order to have friends,...
Sep 10, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Pastor's Blog, Spiritual Growth
By Matt Friend with Michelle Thompson Another year passes and you blow out even more candles. “Are there really that many on my birthday cake?” you ask. You want to make progress in life, to grow as a person, to be more needed today than yesterday, to make a...
Sep 5, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
By John King with Matt Friend and Michelle Thompson Is your life the same Every. Single. Day? Whether it’s traveling the same route to and from work, watching the same Netflix series for the 11th time straight (even though you have 11,000 options), packing the same...
Sep 3, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Leadership, Pastor's Blog
By John King with Matt Friend Would you heat up and eat a lasagna freezer-dinner if it was baked, packaged, and sold by a toothpaste company (Colgate)? What about green ketchup… would you smother your French fries or hotdog with something that tasted like...
Aug 29, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
If I invest, what will I gain in return? We ask that question about our retirement strategies, asset management, and home improvements… but we also subconsciously ask it every day when trying to decide whether or not to help someone around us. Here are five...
Aug 27, 2019 | 2019-We Value, Life, Pastor's Blog
It’s 3 AM and you’re still awake. You’ve tried everything to fall asleep, but you can’t. Netflix is playing your favorite sit com on repeat, but you’re still wide awake. Could it be because of something you ate for dinner? Possibly. Should you have eaten the pickle...
