Ecclesia News
Church Stories and Updates – Fall 2012
Cyd Holsclaw, Life on the Vine We’re pretty excited about ‘resurrecting’ our old practice of sharing stories of wonder every time we gather for worship. Each story of wonder highlights a way that God is working in an individual’s life, family, neighborhood or workplace. As people tell stories, our community hears concrete examples of what [...]
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Welcome Kairos Antelope Valley into Ecclesia
We are proud to welcome the Stepro family and Kairos Antelope Valley into Ecclesia. They are in the first year of their new congregation and we are excited to see what God is doing. Here’s their story in Noah’s own words … I grew up in the Antelope Valley. The Antelope Valley is a weird [...]
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In Review of the Ecclesia Midsouth Regional Event
I’m excited to see the Midsouth region of Ecclesia taking shape. When we began church planting in Austin in 2008, we were a small dot in a large gap between two coasts on the Ecclesia map. In the time since, we’ve seen more dots appear on the map, but of special interest to me have [...]
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Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World Audio
On October 13th the churches of the Northeast Region of the Ecclesia Network came together for a one day training with author, speaker and church planter JR Woodward: Session #1 - The Missional Church and Missional Culture Session #2 – Missional Leadership Session #3 – Developing a Communal Rhythm of Life Session #4 – Cultivating an [...]
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Episode 9 – Scot McKnight
This month we interview Scot McKnight - professor, author, blogger and genuine Cubs fan. We are happy to have with us another special guest, JR Rozko, of the Missio Alliance. We talk about the King Jesus Gospel, Tim Keller, The Missio Alliance, Women in Leadership and more.
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Updates from Ecclesia Churches – Summer 2012
Mike Hollenbach, The Bridge Community Church BCC hosted a free Kids-in-Motion sports and arts camp” for the children of Easton! This was our 3rd annual camp and we were blessed to have over 120+ 1st through 5th grade campers and 50+ Jr. and Sr. High youth as camp counselors! It was awesome! Check out the [...]
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Welcome Dalach’s and Long’s to the Ecclesia
Welcome Luke and Linda Dalach to the Ecclesia Network! Hi Ecclesia family. My family and a few friends are at the very beginning stages of starting a network of missional communities in Northwest Indiana. Our little section of Indiana is part of Chicago’s culture….we’re Bears and Sox/Cubs fans and get all Chicago media. Illinois forgets [...]
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Ecclesia Network NE Region Summer Update
Ecclesia pastors, leaders and friends of the Network, Summer is upon us which, of course, can be great in some ways, but as pastors and church planters, can also be difficult in others. In an attempt to stay connected, I wanted to keep you informed about what is happening within the Ecclesia Network as well [...]
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Welcome Bridge Community Church of Easton, PA to the Ecclesia Network!
The Bridge is a new community of faith being developed in Easton, PA under the guidance of Mike & Judy Hollenbach. They had previously been a part of New Life Church in Dresher, PA since 1998 where Mike served as associate pastor. Their hometown is nearby Perkasie, PA – a small town about 30 minutes south of Easton/Coopersburg. Mike [...]
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Looking Back – Looking Ahead: 2011 Ecclesia Annual Report
by Chris Backert I always look forward to the time when I get to try and summarize all that God has been doing through Ecclesia during the last 12 months and I have the opportunity to talk about where we sense the Spirit’s direction for the year ahead. I’m a little behind on sharing this “news” [...]
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