As was announced last week, Alameda will be re-opening on Sunday, June 7, 2020. If you missed the video announcement you can watch it here... To help us with our re-opening preparations, we need all Alameda members to go to alameda.church/services and indicate which service you and and your family will be attending by filling … Continue reading Alameda’s Re-opening
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Just in case you haven’t seen this yet…
Alameda Services Cancellation Update (4/27/20) Brothers and Sisters, Every time I speak with a member of my elder's group, one of the first things they ask me is, "how long until we can start meeting again?" Well, the short answer is, "I don't know." Your elders have been meeting virtually over ZOOM, and your … Continue reading Just in case you haven’t seen this yet…
A Note about Online Worship
Dear Alameda Family, Thank you for adapting so well to our “new normal” of worshipping online. The response to the sermons and other resources has been tremendous. Let’s keep making the best out of a difficult situation! I want to give you an update about our online worship options moving forward. As you know, we … Continue reading A Note about Online Worship
On A Mission From God
As a group of Christ-followers, our church family at Alameda is on a mission from God. In John 17:18 Jesus, praying to God the Father, said of his disciples: "As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world." The Message translation puts it like this: "In the same way that … Continue reading On A Mission From God
The Discipling Lifestyle
Tonight I will be teaching a new session of our monthly D-School at Alameda Church of Christ to a small group of our members. D-School is a 4-week discipleship training course that is designed to help followers of Christ become disciple-makers for Christ. We started it at the end of last year and, so far, … Continue reading The Discipling Lifestyle
Sabbatical, Part 2: What I Did
On Monday I started a blog series about my recent month-long sabbatical. You can read the first part here. In this second installment of the series, I want to tell you what I did. Since I wanted to be very intentional with my time away from ministry, I structured my sabbatical around three agenda items: … Continue reading Sabbatical, Part 2: What I Did
Sabbatical, Part 1: The Why & The How
I just finished a month-long sabbatical that was given to me by my Elders as both a reward and a necessity. It was a "reward" of appreciation for the service I have provided to our church family and it was a "necessity" because of the toll that service had taken on me physically, emotionally, mentally, … Continue reading Sabbatical, Part 1: The Why & The How
On Sabbatical
To my beloved Alameda church family, As you know, this year has been an exciting and intense season of activity for our church family. This year we have effectively made several strategic changes to our church culture in order to become more intentionally focused on the Great Commission that Jesus gave his church to pursue. … Continue reading On Sabbatical
Grand Opening
Yesterday, Alameda hosted a grand opening of our newly renovated auditorium for our community, friends, neighbors, and former members who came in for the occasion. It was a great day! The construction of our facility was done by ScissorTail Roofing and Construction and these pictures of our new space were taken by Reed Ewing Photography... … Continue reading Grand Opening
Sent (A Prayer)
Our Father who art in heaven, We praise your great and glorious name. We believe that you are the Creator of the universe, and we believe that you have created every man, woman, and child for your good pleasure. We believe that you have made every person to be a person of inherent worth and … Continue reading Sent (A Prayer)
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