Bill Stump to retire; interims to fill in as we discern future of music at FCC
After 12 years, Bill Stump will retire as Music Director of First Christian. Senior Pastor Bob Brite explains what’s coming next.
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Aug 10, 2010 | 0 comments
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A Disciples Presence in the Twin Cities
What is the current ministry of First Christian Church? To be a community of people loving one another.
Jul 23, 2010 | 0 comments
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Painful/Wonderful Lessons Learned in 30 years of Ministry
Senior Pastor Bob Brite reflects on 30 years of ordained ministry.
Jun 23, 2010 | 0 comments
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Transition Team update, points of agreement
Pastor Bob Brite asks, What is the best future for First Christian for building the Kingdom of God?
Jun 11, 2010 | 0 comments
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Pastor’s Lenten Blog — Day 3 (on time)
Today is my Sabbath, my day off. I try, sometimes not very hard, to stay away from the office/church on Fridays. Staying away from work-related thoughts is something different, however. A sabbath is supposed to be a day of rest and reflection; however, I seem to use my day off to get other stuff done more »
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 comments
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Pastor’s Lenten Blog – Day 2 (one day late)
Wednesday night we had an Ash Wednesday service with our co-Christians in the Spirit of St. Stephens Catholic Community. The day marks the beginning of Lent, a season which observes Jesus’ journey to the Cross. It’s supposed to be a time of repentance, reflection, and sacrifice. Of course, in my Lenten journey I’m already having more »
Feb 19, 2010 | 0 comments
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Pastor’s Lenten Blog – Day 1
Greetings, brothers and sisters: My associate/communications guru, Dennis Sanders, has been bugging me for months to start blogging on our web-site, and has even put my newsletter articles in to offer encouragement (or was it pressure?) Anyway, one of my Lenten sacrifices will be to TRY offering a daily posting, in the hope that after more »
Feb 17, 2010 | 0 comments
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Book challenges Transition Team to consider how church can be ‘missional’ in 21st century
Among the many things I read – fiction/non-fiction, e-mails, snail mails, histories, and the like – one of the more fascinating pieces of late has been a book by Patrick Kiefert called We Are Here Now, which our Transition Team has been perusing. It talks about the new shape of Church in the 21st Century, more »
Feb 05, 2010 | 0 comments
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Assessing progress and offering spiritual insights and challenges
Around the time of the Annual Meeting, someone asked if I would like to give my pastoral assessment of congregational progress since I began my time with you began. I’ll do so in the way of offering what I call spiritual insights. First of all, all-in-all you are a group of beautiful human beings who more »
A Thank-You for Faith Sharing Efforts
On Christmas Sunday, we didn’t hit 250 people in worship, but we did have an increase in attendance of 60% over our average and, in spite of the weather, about 15 people more in our Christmas Eve service than my recollection of last year. Now, I’m not trying to play a numbers game here, but more »
Jan 23, 2010 | 0 comments
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