On Saturday, March 16, 2013, First Assembly announced that at the direction of the church board, a new scholarship be established to honor Gene and Opel Jones. Gene served for decades as a deacon at the church, and Opel has attended the church since its beginning in 1926, brought with her mother, Beatrice Risk. Opel’s investment in the life of … Read More
Megaseries “The Story” Coming to First Assembly!
The Bible may just be the most-owned and least read book in history! A Gallup survey reports the average American household has four Bibles. However, research by PewForum on Religion and Public Life (2008) found that only 16% of Americans read the Bible every day. One thing we’re doing to go deeper into The Bible in 2013 at First Assembly is to pursue … Read More
New Counseling Resources at First Assembly
Sometimes you encounter situations, problems or patterns in your life where you require the expertise of people certified in helping and counseling. That’s why First Assembly is honored to announce our partnership with Families United. The Families United website says it well:“Families United, Inc. is a private, for-profit corporation founded in April of 1986 by Kathi J. Lange, ACSW, LCSW, … Read More
Re-Cap Video of 2012 Eggstravaganza
This is happening again this year, and you can learn more about it by clicking here.
7 WORDS–finished
Check out this sixth message of seven and discover what Jesus meant when he said, “It is finished!” What does it mean for you to begin living “the finished life”?
Commercial For Easter Eggstravaganza 2013
Here’s a 30-second video that gives a sense of the kind of outreach we’ll be doing at First Assembly Community Ministries in Lafayette, Indiana on Saturday, March 30, 2013!
The Online Church We’re Building
Delivering church services is happening in a progressive, tech-savvy, unexpected way, and we’re in on it. A while back, we started livestreaming our church services online. At first there were 20 or 30 people. In December, we added three hi-def cameras and a number of other technological advances to make it possible to deliver a live program of our services … Read More
EASTER EGGSTRAGANZA 2013
Below you will find information related to this year’s Easter Eggstravaganza. This egg hunt and Easter party is FREE to everyone. We’re hoping to see more than 2000 people from our community on our grounds and in our building on Saturday, March 30, the day before Easter. I’ll post a separate article next week talking about what is coming on … Read More
7 WORDS: thirst
Check out the message from yesterday! I’m exploring here how the words “I Thirst” tell us a lot about the potential that’s there when we are open about our needs, struggles, failures…
Easter Offering 2013
Even though I’m surrounded by snow today, I know spring and scenes like the one to the left here are just around the corner. This picture reminds me of a spring ritual my wife Tracy and I had when we had the privilege to live in Belgium. Every spring, we would go for a walk in what the Americans called … Read More