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Monday Morning Faith: Making Work Matter (Gen. 1-3) September 28, 2014 Chris Altrock

MondayMorningFaith_title 2We’re very glad that you are here today.

We know that “here” is just one of the many places you spend your time. That’s why we’re focusing the series that begins today on “Monday Morning Faith.” We want to equip you to live out your faith in all the places you spend time in, not just this place.

Today, we want to focus on equipping you to live out your faith at work. Why? Because work is the place where many of us spend most of our time. When Americans are asked to list where they spend time, here’s what they say:

  • Church-6% of our time
  • With Friends-7% of our time
  • Personal Time-16% of our time
  • With Family-35% of our time
  • Work-36% of our time

It’s probably not a surprise that many spend the bulk of their time at work. Work is a big part of life.Read More »Monday Morning Faith: Making Work Matter (Gen. 1-3) September 28, 2014 Chris Altrock

No Reservations Required: A Tale of Two Cities (Matt. 8/ Is. 24-25) April 28, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

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When I was eighteen I moved from the country to the city.  I left my mountain hometown of Cloudcroft, NM.  About 600 people lived there.  And I began college in the desert city of Las Cruces, NM.  About 60,000 people lived there.  I left a village with 3 restaurants, one high school, and a 90% white population.  I entered a city with 300 restaurants, multiple high schools, and a diverse population.   To put this into perspective, my hometown would basically fit on the main campus of my college (shaded area).Read More »No Reservations Required: A Tale of Two Cities (Matt. 8/ Is. 24-25) April 28, 2013 – Sunday Morning Message

Meant for More Than Just Me (Eph. 4:1-6)

Meant for More Than Just Me (Eph. 4:1-6)

Chris Altrock – January 31, 2010

 

In 1937, a researcher at Harvard University began a study on what factors contribute to well-being.[i] The research team selected 268 well-adjusted male Harvard students.  Researchers studied these individuals for 72 years to determine what affected their levels of health and happiness.  The study tracked a number of factors, including physical exercise, cholesterol levels, marital status, use of alcohol, smoking, education levels, and weight.  Over the period of 72 years, several directed the research. For the last four decades, the director has been George Vaillant. In 2008 someone asked Dr. Vaillant what he had learned about human health and happiness from these 268 men. Here’s what the doctor revealed: “The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.”  Perhaps the most significant thing they found by following 268 men for 72 years was this: the only thing that really matters are your relationships to other people.

 

This is our second week in a series which explores Eph. 4.  Last Sunday we spent time in the first verse of chapter four.  This morning, we are striving to hear from God in Eph. 4:1-6.  It is a text in which Paul focuses on the importance of our relationships: 1I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. (Eph. 4:1-6 ESV).

 

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