Each December since 2012, we have conducted a special offering in the middle of December called the “Christmas Offering” where we have focused on a number of items both internally and externally. 2014 is no exception! We will be receiving this offering on Sunday, December 14! This year’s goals are fairly straightforward. With a total of $65,000, we will be … Read More
HEART MATTERS–Series for November 2014
This month we are focused on the heart of the Christian. The “heart” in the Bible is more than a physical organ that your life is dependent on. The heart, biblically speaking, is the seat of the emotions and the will and is the center of the interior self. After finishing the campus-wide series called “Free*” where sought to become … Read More
First Assembly Plans Community Center
The inside of the former Payless will receive significant renovation. First Assembly Community Ministries has recently secured a strip mall on Old 231 in Lafayette, Indiana for developing a self-sustaining community center that will serve the surrounding areas. The vision for the new property, with its seven acres and 68,000 square feet will involve keeping commercial uses of the strip … Read More
TEXT 2 GIVE Has Arrived at First Assembly!
That’s right! We now have the ability to give at First Assembly Community Ministries through texting! Check out the simple steps below and recognize when you give like this, it doesn’t charge your phone bill, but it goes against a card you already have on file through Secure Give, our online giving platform. Below are the steps: Step 1 – … Read More
FREE*–Jump All In!
I’m excited we’re going somewhere together at First Assembly Community Ministries! We’re moving toward greater freedom in Christ through a six week spiritual campaign called “Free*”. This will happen primarily in three ways–1. Sunday morning messages will all be related to the subject of being free in Christ.2. Life Groups–all our small group ministries are following the Free* curriculum and … Read More
FREE*–What is It?
We’re off and running! The spiritual campaign called “Free*” is a six-week, preaching, small group and journal driven journey toward greater spiritual freedom in Christ! I’m so excited to see where it’s going, and we started it last Sunday with the message you can watch below! Don’t miss out on joining a group, which you can still do by clicking … Read More
4 Steps to Get the Most out of Church Online
So you’re on vacation or a business trip or are home with a sick kid and you’re taking in church online. What are some thing you can do to make the experience the best it can be? Get focused. Turn off as many distractions as you might have around you. The TV, other apps or things on your browser and … Read More
Why Come to Church if I Can Watch it Online?
Maybe it started when church services were first transmitted over the radio or when preachers came to television, but today’s online churchgoers are repeating an old question: Why should I come to church when I can just livestream it? I’m an advocate of our own church’s livestreaming. Indeed, we see often a few hundred IP’s that either watch our services … Read More
UNITED–Leaving Me Behind
The hardest thing about unity is leaving ourselves behind, sacrificing our preferences, our point of view for the greater unity of the group we’re in. This message deals with the impact of living with the right attitude toward authority, letting leaders point the way, and the results of spiritual maturity. Check it out now and follow us on Livestream at … Read More
UNITED: How to Have a Good Church Fight
Last Sunday’s message picked up the early church’s story of conflict found in Acts 15 and led us to a very helpful system for dealing with conflict in the church today. Few messages are filled with the kind of practical, concrete plan this one is. Enjoy!