Mixin It Up - A Basic Recipe

What happens when you mix up small groups and missions? You get Mixin It Up! At the beginning of 2011 we'll be exploring this new initiative in our church that mixes small groups and missions. Then for two months our small groups will be exploring a different service opportunity each week in our community with the goal to make a commitment to serving one of them. This will mean that if you�re part of one of SCC's small groups, you will only have to make one commitment to cover two growth areas: small groups and missions. We're mixin it up! That's about as easy as we can make it to both grow in the character of Christ and serve the community. The only thing you have to do is connect to a small group. Do it in 2011!

Courage: Practicing Courage

Have you ever noticed that super heroes aren't always fearless? Sometimes they have quite a bit of fear. They just chose to do what's right rather than run from the fear (at least most of the time). That's what makes them super. It's called courage. Courage isn't the lack of fear. Courage is doing what is good even in the face of fear. As we grow in faith we grow in courage, courage to live out the life that Jesus calls us to live, courage to do good even when we're afraid, and courage to be the people we were created to be. As we celebrate Christmas, what could be more courageous than the God of all creation taking on the life of a baby born in a manger? Now that's super-natural! Join us as we explore courage in a four part series beginning on Christmas Eve.

Courage: Courage

Have you ever noticed that super heroes aren't always fearless? Sometimes they have quite a bit of fear. They just chose to do what's right rather than run from the fear (at least most of the time). That's what makes them super. It's called courage. Courage isn't the lack of fear. Courage is doing what is good even in the face of fear. As we grow in faith we grow in courage, courage to live out the life that Jesus calls us to live, courage to do good even when we're afraid, and courage to be the people we were created to be. As we celebrate Christmas, what could be more courageous than the God of all creation taking on the life of a baby born in a manger? Now that's super-natural! Join us as we explore courage in a four part series beginning on Christmas Eve.

Courage: Good Fear

Have you ever noticed that super heroes aren't always fearless? Sometimes they have quite a bit of fear. They just chose to do what's right rather than run from the fear (at least most of the time). That's what makes them super. It's called courage. Courage isn't the lack of fear. Courage is doing what is good even in the face of fear. As we grow in faith we grow in courage, courage to live out the life that Jesus calls us to live, courage to do good even when we're afraid, and courage to be the people we were created to be. As we celebrate Christmas, what could be more courageous than the God of all creation taking on the life of a baby born in a manger? Now that's super-natural! Join us as we explore courage in a four part series beginning on Christmas Eve.

Courage: Fear Not

Have you ever noticed that super heroes aren't always fearless? Sometimes they have quite a bit of fear. They just chose to do what's right rather than run from the fear (at least most of the time). That's what makes them super. It's called courage. Courage isn't the lack of fear. Courage is doing what is good even in the face of fear. As we grow in faith we grow in courage, courage to live out the life that Jesus calls us to live, courage to do good even when we're afraid, and courage to be the people we were created to be. As we celebrate Christmas, what could be more courageous than the God of all creation taking on the life of a baby born in a manger? Now that's super-natural! Join us as we explore courage in a four part series beginning on Christmas Eve.

Elements - Lithium-Love

Remember the periodic table of elements? It's a chart of the basic elements that make up our world. At first it looks very complex, but it's really quite simple. Worship is similar. At first it looks complex, but it's really very simple. Worship happens most fully when the community gathers to encounter God and respond with everything we've got. In the same way that our world is made up of basic elements, worship is made up of four basic elements of encounter and response. Come join us for this four-week teaching series on The Elements of Worship, and along the way we'll use these four basic elements from the periodic table to help us more fully understand what worship is.