Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Pastors' Blog

Introducing Brian Howard…

We are excited to announce the newest addition to the Sojourn Staff!  After eight months of prayerful consideration and intentional pursuit of a seasoned pastor to help us lead forward into the next decade of Sojourn, we have hired Brian Howard to be our Pastor of Teaching, Leadership & Church Multiplication.   He presently is the [...]

Adopted For Life

I scurried to read the first chapter of Russell Moore’s new book, Adopted for Life, knowing that I would be introducing Dr. Moore that evening at a Sojourn event.  My wife Ginger has been reading this book and is almost finished.  She continues to give me snippets and I enjoy hearing them.
But after reading the [...]

Inside Sojourn: Meet Pastor Gary Almon And Learn About Upcoming Events In Quest, Our Student Ministry

Today on Inside Sojourn, our short-form podcast, I interviewed Pastor of Students and Families Gary Almon.  Learn about Quest, our ministry for students in 6-12th grade.  Find out about

the expansion of Quest to our East campus
Pastor Gary’s philosophy of ministry
the “Back To School Houseboat Bash,”
the “Sojourn School of Rock, Art and Sports,”
the “Sno-Blow”

and other plans [...]

Finding All The Info About Our Vision Campaign (”PDF’s and Audio and FAQ, OH MY!”)

This past Sunday, Pastor Daniel spoke about the vision that he and our elders have for this church — a vision that goes beyond capital campaigns and 12-month plans.  In fact, it’s such a big vision, with so many components, that the elders felt the need to lay it out before our members in a [...]

Why Would Sojourn Launch In New Albany? And Why Should One Campus Support Another?

Executive Pastor Bryce Butler answered a couple provocative and popular questions about Sojourn’s upcoming vision campaign in the new Inside Sojourn podcast episode.  Listen for free at iTunes and other podcast directories.  In five minutes, Pastor Bryce answers:

Why would members of Sojourn East participate in a campaign to purchase the former St. Vincent’s Cathedral in [...]

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Stories from the Road

Inside Sojourn: So What Else Is There About “The City,” Our New Online Community?

This past week we launched The City, Sojourn’s new in-house online community.  Hopefully you read our introductory blog post here and the three “Audra On The City” posts by Office Manager Audra Todd.  If you did, and if you’ve signed up, then you’re probably already cruising up and down The City like a lifelong resident.
But [...]

Wholly Writ: Last Year in Books

Wholly Writ is a recurring series in Stories From The Road, celebrating creative writing from the perspective of writer and reader.  Sojourn believes that humans are creative because God is our creator.  Our creative expression is a manifestation of the doctrine of imago dei – that we are created “In the image of God.” If [...]

Baptism Testimonies: Blake Field

We will celebrate another Baptism Sunday on March 14.  If you would like to take this important step in identifying with Christ and His bride, email baptism@sojournchurch.com or fill out our baptism registration form at sojournchurch.com, by Sunday, February 28.
And now, Blake Field tells the story of his salvation, which led to a recent baptism [...]

Getting Ready For Sunday: How To Prepare For The NEW SERMON SERIES This Sunday, 2.7.2010

This Sunday at Sojourn Gathered, Pastor Daniel Montgomery will lead us into a new sermon series from the book of Psalms.  We will camp out in Psalms for four weeks.  After that, we’ll dig into the New Testament — every single book — for the rest of 2010.
Psalms has been called the “hymn book” and [...]

Audra On The City, Day 3: Journals, Promotions, Smitty City

Sojourn Office Manager Audra Todd concludes her basic introduction to features available on The City, our new in-house community.  If you’re a Sojourn member or regularly attend Sojourn Gathered but have not yet created your profile on The City, log in now and you’ll be up and running in no time.  Note that we are [...]

Audra On The City, pt. 2 — Help, Wrong Campus, Inviting Friends & More

I want you to know that Bobby Gilles came up with the idea for the title of this blog series. It wasn’t me being all egocentric (this time)!
If you haven’t joined The City yet, by the way, go to sojourn.onthecity.org/kiosk now and do so.  Remember that we’re only approving requests to join from Sojourn members [...]

Baptism Testimonies: Sojourn’s Casey Baldwin

We will celebrate another Baptism Sunday on March 14.  If you would like to take this important step in identifying with Christ and His bride, email baptism@sojournchurch.com or fill out our baptism registration form at sojournchurch.com, by Sunday, February 28.
And now, Casey Baldwin tells the story of his salvation, which led to a recent baptism [...]

“An Evening With Philip Webb” What? He’s An Opera Singer, Right?

Yes.  Yes, he is.  Join Metropolitan Opera tenor Philip Webb on February 9 at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for a concert of great arias and a conversation with President Mohler entitled
“Southern Goes to the Met: An Evening with Philip Webb.”
The concert is at 7:30 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Chapel, 2825 Lexington Road. Doors [...]

Audra On The City, pt. 1 — Setting Up Your Profile, Email Preferences and Groups

Today we begin a daily “helpful tips” segment for the purpose of getting Sojourners acclimated to The City… and to keep everyone from drowning in e-mail notifications!! Below you’ll find help sections divided up according to what roles you may have within The City.
The best way to do most of these steps is to open [...]

Sojourn On The City – Our New Online Community

If you’re at all familiar with Sojourn Community Church you know we have one driving vision: to see the gospel transform everything — ourselves as individuals, our church, our city and the world.  We believe that God is calling us as a community of believers to be an active part in this ministry of gospel [...]

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