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Archive for September, 2020

Worship Update and Holiday Planning

In today’s blog, I want to give you (1) an update on our weekly worship gatherings and (2) our plans for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Worship Update.  We began to re-gather for in-person, on-campus worship on Sunday, June 14.  So far, so good. In fact, this past Sunday we welcomed 892 worshipers on campus.  At the same time, about 920 worshipers participated online. So, if because of your age or health situation it’s wisest and best for you to continue to worship with us...

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Will You Tell Me Why?

Is Ingleside your church home?  If so, will you tell me why? My question is:  why did you choose Ingleside to be your church home? Perhaps it was our location – we are near to where you live. Perhaps it was our children’s ministries – you wanted a good spiritual foundation for your kids. Perhaps it was our student ministries – you were looking for a good youth group for your teens. Perhaps it was relationships – maybe you had friends or family who already...

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Is it Time for You to Come Back?

We resumed in-person, on-campus worship at Ingleside on Sunday, June 14.  So far, so good. We practice social distancing, face coverings are strongly encouraged, room capacity is limited to 25%, and reservations are required (make your reservations here). So I have a question:  is it time for you to come back? Thom Rainer, a leading church researcher, recently wrote that for most churches “somewhere between 20 and 30 percent” of pre-pandemic worshipers will likely never...

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Next Steps on the Wise Way Forward

So far, God has honored our efforts to wisely and safely re-engage in-person, on-campus ministry at Ingleside. We have deliberately taken an incremental approach.  Instead of cannon-balling off the diving board into the deep end, we have purposefully waded back into the water a step at a time – assessing, evaluating, and asking the Lord’s wisdom with each step we take. You may remember that we began regathering for worship on June 14, Weekday Preschool and Mothers Morning Out...

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