Church Updates
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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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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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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Welcome Church Planters Worth & Beth Wheeler and Boised Mustard Seed (Boise, ID) to the Ecclesia Network!
Boise Mustard Seed is a newly forming church community of Jesus followers who have their hearts set on living out the grace and peace of Christ in the city of Boise and the Greater Boise Metro Area. “We endeavor to live out the Way of Jesus in innovative forms through an incarnational approach within our [...]
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Welcome Rhythm Church (Miami, FL) to the Ecclesia Network!
Rhythm Church began brewing about three years before it was actually planted. That’s when a circle of friends in Miami began feeling that God was calling us to give birth to a fresh expression of the church in the future. The simple question we began with was, “What does it look like tof ollow Jesus [...]
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Church Update: Kairos Hollywood
by Dave Kludt of Kairos Hollywood So far, 2011 has been spent deepening roots in a city with tough soil. Over the last few years, Kairos Hollywood has rounded the five-year mark as a church plant and we’re now approaching ten, with the last few years being marked by significant change and transition. While instability [...]
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Church Update: Christ Church
By Ben Sternke pastor of Christ Church in Ft. Wayne, IN. Christ Church’s mission is to join God in the renewal of all things by planting a network of missional communities in the neighborhoods and networks of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Doing church this way requires a foundation a discipling culture and a lot of leaders, so [...]
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Update from Bruce and Terri Hopler
18 years ago, my wife Terri, 3-month-old son Caleb, and I drove into Howard County, Maryland, to start a church. It was an “against all odds” story on many levels, but by the grace of God a church was born. Over the next several years a lot happened in the life of Cornerstone: over 150 people [...]
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Update from Life on the Vine
by Geoff Holsclaw Co-Pastor: Life on the Vine The last 9 months have been a roller-coaster: for me personally and congregationally. But God always brings the right people along at the right time. This has been the major revelation for me/us this year. When the Lord called away one of our co-pastors we were, understandably, [...]
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