As the New Year begins, if you are in town I hope you will be in worship at Ingleside. Our regular schedule with four worship services resumes this Sunday, January 3, as follows: 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship in the Chapel 9:40 a.m. Blended Worship in the Worship Center 11:00 a.m. Blended Worship in the Worship Center 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship in the Multi Purpose Gym Still Reading the Word with Me? Even though the holidays typically bring a change in...
I hope you will join us this afternoon and evening as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Ingleside. Again this year, we are planning three Christmas Eve services – two “family” services and one “candlelight communion” service as follows: 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. Family Service with live nativity 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Family Service with live nativity 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. Candlelight Communion Service All three services will...
The images in Isaiah 54 are striking. “Enlarge the place of your tent,” God says to his people. “Let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back, lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes.” For a nomadic people, it was an exhortation to prepare for the growth and expansion that would accompany God’s favor and blessing. Have you noticed? Just such a season of growth and expansion is occurring at Ingleside. Our tent is enlarging. We are...
There may well be no better time to introduce a friend to Ingleside than at Christmas. So, I hope you will ask the Lord about whom you should invite. Then, make the call, or send the text or email. Your personal invitation could make all the difference. As you make your plans, remember that we will have five great, musical celebrations of the birth of Jesus Christ this weekend, called The Joy of Christmas. Friday, December 11, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 4:00 p.m. and...
Please plan to join us for a great, musical celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ next weekend. The presentation is called, The Joy of Christmas, and the five service times are as follows: Friday, December 11, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 12, 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday, December 13, 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Christmas cookies, hot wassail, and great fellowship will follow each of the afternoon and evening presentations in the Gathering Area. On Sunday morning, food and...
On October 3, 1789, at the request of Congress, the first president of the United States issued a proclamation which reads in part: Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and...
If you are in town on Tuesday night, November 24, I hope you will consider joining me for dinner. You are invited to a great Thanksgiving feast and worship service at Ingleside. The buffet meal (which includes turkey, dressing, and all the trimmings) begins at 4:45 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Dining Room, and Multi-Purpose Gym and will be served until 6:30 p.m. It’s $7 for adults, $5 for children, and a $21 maximum for a family. Though not required, it would help us make proper...
Many of the words the Bible uses to describe what it means to be a disciple of Jesus imply movement. Consider the call that Jesus extended to his first disciples. He often said: “Follow me.” To be his disciple meant leaving where you were and going with him. It’s no wonder then that life in Christ is often described in the remainder of the New Testament as a “walk.” The Apostle Paul would write: “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him”...
This past Sunday, I began a new, five-part series of Sunday morning messages at Ingleside entitled, Witness: Adventures in Acts. As we began, we noted that Acts 1:8 provides the overall outline and primary theme of the entire book. It’s really a verse that every Christ-follower should have memorized. Do you remember what it says? After forty days of post-resurrection appearances and before he ascended to the Father, Jesus said this to his disciples: “But you will receive...
Choosing the team may well be a leader’s most important single responsibility. Only when the right players are in the right positions does any team maximize their opportunity for success. In a 2001 business bestseller, Good to Great, Jim Collins put it this way. Good-to-great leaders “first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats” (p. 13). Everything else was secondary. For successful college football coaches this is...
