this weekend @ VERVE

This week we continue our new series The X Factor.  We’re talking about that special something you see in certain people, and that we all want.  How do we find it, and what’s keeping us from it?  Last week we looked at one obstacle – the idea that God is mad at us and so…

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VERVE Happs

We started our new series, The X-Factor this week. We’re talking about how some people have something – an intangible, hard to define something – that you want. It’s the x-factor, and the x-factor is a real, authentic, deep relationship with God. But there are some things that hold us back from getting it –…

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this weekend @ VERVE

Next week the biggest new show of the year starts: The X-Factor.  The idea is that some singers have an “x-factor” – an intangible, hard to define, but obvious something that will make them famous.  This week we start our new series, yup, you guessed it: The X-Factor.  Our idea is that some people have…

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VERVE Happs

I enjoy living on the West Coast except for one thing – NFL games starting at 10 am on Sundays. And I was worried about the hit our attendance would take with the start of the season. (Not worried about our attendance “numbers,” I just want people there because I know the impact it has…

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9.11

Every week Verve gives the first ten percent of our offerings to church planting. Honestly, we can’t afford it. Currently our offerings don’t even begin to cover our expenses. (We are relying on external support from other churches and friends around the country.) (Which I’m grateful for.) (But also sad about – I look forward…

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