Photographic Proof: Why You Must Come To Our Vision Catalyst Meeting
March 16, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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Last night we held the first of four Vision Catalyst meetings for our What’s New Vision Campaign. We hope that those of you who didn’t make it will attend either the Wednesday the 17th or Wednesday the 31st meeting at the Midtown campus (childcare at The 930, meeting at the St. Vincent’s cathedral on Shelby [...]
Monday Is For Movies: “Vision 101″ With Pastor Daniel Montgomery
March 15, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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Welcome to Monday Is For Movies, a new series here on TravelBlog that will give you a quick, insightful look at the vision and mission of Sojourn Community Church. Each week we’ll explore a different aspect of our vision: to see the gospel transform everything — ourselves as individuals, our church, this city and the [...]
Satanic Spiritual Attack Following Baptism & Obediance To God: Pastor Chad Talks About It
March 14, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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Yesterday we witnessed over 20 baptisms at Sojourn Gathered worship services, both in the East and Midtown campuses. I caught up with Pastor Chad Lewis to talk about the biblical and historical pattern in the lives of believers: the potential for spiritual attack and warfare following baptism and other marks of obedience to God.
Satan is [...]
Hear Our New Pastor, Brian Howard, In This 5-Minute Introductory Interview
March 12, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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I spoke with our new Pastor of Teaching, Leadership and Church Multiplication in the latest Inside Sojourn podcast. Listen to this five minute audio to learn:
Why he would move from sunny, southern California to Louisville.
How he, wife Chandra and their four kids are adjusting and settling in
What he’ll be doing here in the Sojourn community.
When [...]
Our New Pastor’s First Day On The Job
March 9, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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Pastor Brian Howard began his first official workday at the Sojourn staff office today. He’s been busy doing all those fun, crazy first-day things like learning about the health, dental and vision benefit plans, moving into his office, meeting staffers and attending his first day-long series of staff meetings.
You’ll all meet Pastor Brian soon, and [...]
Our New Pastor’s Sojourn To Sojourn … From California
March 3, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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This past weekend, our newest pastor and his family began their cross-country drive from southern California to Louisville, where they will become a part of the Sojourn Community. Brian Howard, as you know, is now our Pastor of Teaching, Leadership and Church Multiplication.
Here at TravelBlog, we’ll trek alongside Brian, his wife Chandra and their four [...]
Major Changes To Campus Leadership Teams – Exec Pastor Answers Questions
March 1, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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If you’ve happened to see recent changes we made to the “Locations and Service Times” section of sojournchurch.com (which is featured prominently on the home page) you’ve no doubt noticed some changes. The page itself looks different, and it leads to separate sections for our East campus and Midtown campus. From there, the viewer can [...]
Whole-Body Praise: Check It Out In This Short Video From Sojourn Gathered
March 1, 2010 by DanielMontgomery
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Yesterday I preached “A Praise Manifesto” from Psalm 150. (If you didn’t get a chance to hear it, we’ll have it in the resource section of sojournchurch.com soon). I called for wholehearted praise to our great and holy God — praise with our voices, hands and whole bodies.
It was simply amazing to see our church [...]
Sing! Clap! Dance! Teaching Kids To Praise
February 26, 2010 by JaredKennedy
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If you are a parent, then God has commanded you to teach your children about Him. And He has commanded you to teach your children to worship Him—and worship Him expressively.
In Psalm 78:4, the songwriter, Asaph, declares: “We will… tell the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders [...]
Pastor Chad Lewis Talks About His Health, Why Sojourn Occasionally Hires “From Outside” & more
February 25, 2010 by BobbyGilles
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Pastor Chad Lewis sat down with me for a 10-minute talk on our free Inside Sojourn podcast, where he answered these questions:
How is he doing in his battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
How have his pastoral duties recently shifted
Why are some of the Sojourn staff/elder reorganizations taking place?
Why does Sojourn occasionally hire a pastor who was [...]