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Change Of Plans

Well, what can I tell you, the wifi in this part of the world is spotty at best. My plan henceforth will be to blog our trip after the fact when we return. I will update twitter & facebook as it is possible. Thanks for checking in here and stay tuned for the full report. [...]

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East Africa Travel Day 1

Well, we left out of Augusta Monday night (June 13) at about 7:30 pm.  Flew to Atlanta and had a layover that was a little longer than expected due to some issues with the plane.  They got them straight and we took off about an hour and a half later than we expected.  No worries. [...]

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Touch Blog Test

So…I am currently headed to Bush Field, flying out for a two week community development trip to East Africa. This is a test to see if i can blog from the WordPress app on my ipod touch. Peace!

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Being the Church

Got this from Kristi Hunter, Outreach Director, at Cedar Creek Church today: Just wanted to share how Cedar Creek Church is Being the Church and, in turn, showing the Love of Jesus in practical ways in our community and around the world.  In just the past 2 weeks you have: Collected over 1375 Operation Christmas [...]

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Monkey In The Middle

Monkey In The Middle; “MITM” (pronunciation mun-kee in tha middul), activity / verb: MITM is something that we love at Cedar Creek Church.  Not the game of keepaway that kids play by throwing a ball to each other while one in the middle tries to catch the ball and cause the thrower to have to [...]

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Sacrifices

“All gave some.  Some gave all.” – unknown A heartfelt “thank you” to all of those who have served this great nation of ours, and to their families.

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Pack That Thing Up!

“The power of a simple gift.”  That is the truth about Operation Christmas Child.  You never know what God is going to do when you pack a shoebox full of simple, practical gifts and send them across the world.  The past few weeks we have been talking about this year’s Operation Christmas Child outreach event. [...]

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Who We Are and Why We Exist

While going through some stuff at the house this weekend, I came across a document that I got as a HOME group coach a few years ago.  It captures the heart of Cedar Creek Church in the “t-shirt slogans” that define us as a church and as a community of faith.  I thought this would [...]

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Friend of Sinners

There’s a great picture of Jesus and His mission in Luke 19:1-10.  It is an encounter that Jesus has with a tax collector named Zacchaeus.  In their exchange, Jesus calls out to the man and says, “I MUST be a guest in your home today.” (emphasis added by me).  When he does this, the folks [...]

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Freedom

Just a reminder that election day is tomorrow.  Go vote or shut up.

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Loyalty

      “When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I’ll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.” [...]

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Let’s Build This Thing!

Today was a great day.  What an awesome God we serve! Somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 folks showed up for our groundbreaking ceremony at the Aiken Family Y / Cedar Creek West site on Trolley Line Road. Here are a few thoughts on what God is doing through this partnership: The Family Y is [...]

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Monday Rundown (Thoughts on the weekend)

I was totally blown away to see over 650 people at our two Easter events at the Convocation Center!  Jesus said that He would build His church and we are seeing that.  It’s not about us or our efforts, only about Him and what He has done!  (Side note: Cedar Creek saw over 4,000 total [...]

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Thanks Banks Mill and On The Ridge

Sunday, March 7, 2009, the West Campus met on the site of the Aiken Family YMCA / Cedar Creek West and celebrated our churchwide commitment and NEXT step for a permanent home for the West Campus.  During our service we took just a minute to acknowledge that, as one church in many locations, we are [...]

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