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I Don't Talk to My Wife (why would I?)
Every time that I want to learn more about my wife, Dara, I go to her Uncle Forrest (pictured above). He has known Dara for her entire life. He loves her so much and he's a great story teller. I ask...
View ArticleEnd of Year Contributions
The final few weeks of every year are always a great time to make final, tax-deductible contributions to organizations that you believe are doing great work in communities across the world.I would love...
View ArticleImperfects Unite
Jesus left the message of salvation, freedom, healing, etc. in the hands of imperfect men and women. Those that deal with doubt. Worry. Insecurity. Disappointment. This is an incredible reality. He...
View ArticleRead. Pray. Gather. Go. (Happy New Year)
Happy new year to our Center City Church family! I'm so excited about the days ahead for our community. Four words sum up our desire for you at Center City Church in 2013: Read. Pray. Gather. Go. Every...
View ArticleLife Groups (FAQ's)
An entire community, gathered around the Word. That is our aim for 2013 at Center City Church. On top of reading the same Scriptures together all year long, we will also be forming Life Groups all...
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Artisan Faith (You Were Not Mass Produced)
You were not mass produced. When God created you, he didn't create you on an assembly like to look like every one else and process things like everyone else. He knows you. He cares for you. He designed...
View ArticleAppreciate and Anticipate
We have just released our biggest, most unified initiative in the history of Center City Church. We are distributing journals to everyone in our church that include reading plans and examples on how to...
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Making Giving Easy
Here's a look at a piece that we designed that we are making available to our church family to show the different ways that they can support the mission and vision of Center City Church.
View ArticleThank You! (Thoughts on Generosity From Luke 8)
I was reading Luke 8 today in our Life Journal Reading Plan at Center City Church and I found myself full of gratitude for all those that support the ministry of our church through their generosity in...
View ArticleMy Teenage Crush & God's Word
I remember how excited I was to start learning how to play the guitar when I was 14 years old. I was going to pick up my ax and totally wail. That was the plan. I would write love songs for Lindsay...
View ArticleThis Is Going to Take Some Time
In a culture of rapid response and instant gratification, it's easy to minimize the overarching story of the Scriptures. We have conditioned ourselves to lean on quotable moments instead of narratives...
View ArticleDay 26 - Start Today...You Won't Regret It
We are challenging our church family to dig into God's Word consistently. And that can be one heck of a challenge because most people (if we're just really honest), do not have a regular pattern of...
View ArticleThoughts on Leviticus (Very Grateful I'm Not an OT Priest)
I am so glad I’m not an Old Testament priest.I just read the first three chapters of Leviticus (that's our reading today in our community-wide reading plan). Their duties included killing animals,...
View ArticleThe Lord Spoke to Him From There
Leviticus. Numbers. Exodus. All a bunch of books that most of us just don’t quite understand. Lots of rituals and requirements that we don’t get in our culture. But it was incredibly important to the...
View ArticleVolunteer Opportunities - Charlotte Family Housing
Our community partner, Charlotte Family Housing, is doing great work helping families break the cycle of homelessness. Here is our upcoming schedule of activities at their new shelter site, Elizabeth...
View ArticleThe Journey of Seeing a Vision Come to Life
God placed a dream in my heart six years ago. Instead of building a church building that takes revenue, what if we created a multiple use venue that was for the community and generated revenue? The...
View Article$25,000 Update
We just took the biggest financial faith step of our lives this past week. We agreed to terms on a property that will bring Ebenezers Coffeehouse to Uptown Charlotte. The total cost of this project...
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Dig Into the Word With Our Community!
If you have fallen behind (or never started) the Bible reading plan w/ us...we started to read through the book of Mark yesterday. This is a great pick up point to jump in w/ us. The goal is not to...
View ArticleGoing to the ER Wasn't On My To Do List This Week
However, that's exactly how I spent my Friday. Turned out that I have joined the club of people that have experienced a kidney stone. Let me just tell you, if you've never experienced this, you don't...
View ArticleThis Week at Center City
Visit our Calendar or email Center City Church for additional information. Coffee from Central Coffee Co. is available Sundays starting at 10:30am in the lobby. Arrive early to enjoy some great...
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Meet Hunter & Ranaye Prevatt (Missionaries to Japan)
I will never forget meeting Hunter and Ranaye 5 years ago. Ranaye was my co-worker at Caribou Coffee and Hunter was her boyfriend. They gave their heart to Jesus and began to pursue him with so much...
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What Happens When You Give?
When you invest into our church family, you are not just investing into the day-to-day costs of running a church. You are investing into countless lives in our community and around the world.Since...
View ArticleHis Name Will Be the Hope of All the World
Jesus was always dealing with religious people. But their religion didn't look much at all like the love, joy and peace that the Scriptures describes true followers of Jesus. These religious leaders...
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Ebenezers Coffeehouse (Charlotte) Website
I'm excited to share with you that we have launched our new website - www.ebenezerscharlotte.com. This new site is our official landing pad to share the vision, receive online donations and keep...
View ArticleSummer Giving Options
Last month was pretty tight, financially, in our church family. In true Center City fashion, when I shared this need, our community responded very beautifully. I wanted to personally say thank you to...
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