Archive for February, 2023
Posted on February 22nd, 2023 by Tim McCoy
On a typical Wednesday night, hundreds of people gather at our church.
The gatherings are typically segmented by age, life stage, or purpose to allow us to focus God’s truth on the needs of each group or to sharpen our skills for serving.
For example, just this past Wednesday night (February 15), 35 adults gathered for Wednesdays in the Word (verse-by-verse Bible teaching and prayer), while another 100 adults were participating in groups or studies all across our campus.
At the...
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Posted on February 16th, 2023 by Tim McCoy
Not many of us get pumped up about processes, policies, and procedures. Yet, most of us do care deeply about outcomes and results. The truth is that the two are usually connected—even in the life of a church!
Listen to the wisdom of the writer of the biblical book of Ecclesiastes:
“The wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter.”
(Ecclesiastes 8:5b-6a, NIV84)
Eugene Peterson captures the spirit of this passage...
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Posted on February 9th, 2023 by Tim McCoy
The images and headlines from Turkey and Syria are shocking as the full extent of the devastation following the recent earthquakes is being assessed.
News reports confirm that the death toll has now passed 17,000 and hundreds of thousands are homeless.
If your heart is moved and you want to help in Jesus’ name, where do you turn? What is a trusted channel for our resources?
I recommend that we pray and that we give through Send Relief. A prayer guide and link to give are...
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Posted on February 2nd, 2023 by Tim McCoy
Are you a member at Ingleside yet? If not, I hope you will make plans now to be in our adult membership class on Sunday, February 5, at 4:00 p.m. (the class for children and students is at 12:15 p.m.). Here are five good reasons to take this important step.
First, membership—both the word and the concept—is biblical. 1 Corinthians 12:27 says: “Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it” (ESV). God expects those who follow Christ to be members of his...
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