It's Like Herding Cats

Well, we at New Hope sure had to be this weekend, as an electrical problem caused us to lose the use of our sanctuary's air condition...

We've been meeting for a band only practice for several weeks now, and found it to be very helpful in our goal to bring more worship to ...

Summertime is here. I know the calendar won't reflect it until the 20th, but it's definitely here. One of our New Hope folks was wa...

Churches have challenges. All of them do. They might be related to the facilities, the staff, the unity within the congregation, their disc...

It was awesome just to be back at New Hope after a week of grief and sickness. Driving up into the parking lot, seeing cars of people we lov...

It felt a little like the sign this morning. Bunny was sick most of the week and then we got the call we'd been dreading this morning - ...

- It was cold! Cold! Cold! - But a great crowd came out to gather in worship today - The "Gotta Serve Somebody" opener really work...

Not sure who we have that can sing that bad. :) Gotta Serve Somebody You may be an ambassador to England or France, You may like to gamble, ...

Okay,this coming week the dysfunctional relationship between all of us at New Hope and the office computer comes to an end. It's either ...

We work hard at New Hope to do congregational worship music. That means that we dovery few of what usually are called "solos" or ...

- short week, but filled with God's grace - preached too long today - wound up reading far more Scripture than I planned - never seen th...

Bunny and I got back from Macon about 8PM and she went straight to bed - exhausted from the weekend. I had been working on the sermon all we...

We're finally fully into the New Year and getting some of the folks who scattered for the holidays back into the flow. Continuing to exa...

The first Sunday of the New Year is always a challenge. Who will show up? What sort of mood will everyone be in? I knew going in that we...

Yes, I am way late in posting this. Busy, busy week. Since we didn't have worship team practice I decided to go with some songs I though...

We went 180 degress from the "Let It Be Christmas" tonight. A very simple service along the lines of the "lessons and carols...

The last Sunday before Christmas began the day before with a very successful time of sharing with the families that Sharing and Caring point...

We dialed it back a bit in the musical part of worship this week, with a conscious decision to be more acoustic. The songs were chosen to fi...

Sorry for being so tardy with this, but Google Docs refused to bend to my will until I gave up and read the instructions again. Apparently 1...

Hi guys, I wanted to go back and unpack for you what this series of messages and accompanying music by the Beatles is designed and purposed ...