Not So Random Acts of Giving – Mothers Give More than Money Sycamore Creek Church May 13, 2012 (Mother’s Day) Tom Arthur Peace Friends! I’m a new parent. I have a seventeen month old. Like every good parent, we occasionally dress him up in our alma mater, Wheaton, which has me thinking. How am I [...]
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Big Bang Faith – The Faith and Medicine Algorithm Sycamore Creek Church May 6, 2012 Tom Arthur Luke 4:14-20 Bazinga, Friends! I am naturally a skeptic. When it comes to the supernatural and miraculous, I tend to have a lot of questions. I’ve never seen a miraculous healing, even though I hear claims about them [...]
Share on FacebookIf you want to get better at anything, what’s the best way to do it? Wait for random opportunities or create a plan? The answer is obvious. The same is true about the way that we handle our money. God wants us to give generously. So what’s the best way to go about growing in [...]
Share on FacebookPeace Friends! Why do you give? There are a lot of good reasons to give to Sycamore Creek Church. We’d like to suggest a new reason to give to SCC: Designated Special Giving (DSG). Beginning with this newsletter, we’re going to be listing ten DSG opportunities every quarter. They are various needs that already exist [...]
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Mainline churches have a problem. It costs too much to start a new church. There are two big expenses: salary and space. UMC ordained clergy cost at a minimum roughly $70,000/year when you include benefits (anyone have data on other mainline salaries?) and my church rents and pays $2,100/month for worship space and $700/month for [...]
Share on FacebookThis past Sunday, Mark Aupperlee, a cancer researcher at MSU and volunteer at SCC, spoke on evolution and faith. It was an amazing sermon. Mark doesn’t write out manuscripts, but here’s a link the audio download. It’s well worth listening to. Share on Facebook
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