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Like a Child

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Remember when you were a little kid? That was the life, huh? Everything provided for you, not having to work, not having to worry about family finances – that was all grown-up stuff. For the most part, when we’re kids, we don’t worry about how we’ll have food to eat. We don’t worry about what we’ll wear. We certainly don’t worry about having a place to live. We just know that our parents are going to provide those things for …

Vertical Church sings “How Great Thou Art”

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Here is an audio clip from yesterday’s service at Vertical, where we sang “How Great Thou Art.” This was one of “those moments” for me. I’m so proud to be a part of a church that isn’t afraid to shout praise to their GOD! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious

My Family Vacation story

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This Sunday, we finish up our 5-week series called “Family Vacation.” Each week, we’ve heard a vacation story from our pastors, and I thought I’d share one of my favorites with you. I originally posted this to the blog back in 2009, in a post called “Tattoos, Pancakes, and why my GPS hates me,” but thought I’d re-hash it for you today: Originally posted on April 30, 2009 —– This past Wednesday, our family got to take a little vacation. …

It’s here! The 2011 Egg Drop Video!

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Remember Easter? Remember something about a flippin’ helicopter dropping 25,000 eggs over Northeast Park? Me too. It’s taken quite a while to sift through all of the video footage, but here it is – Vertical Church presents the first ever Lumberton Egg Drop! Tweet Facebook LinkedIn Tumblr Stumble Digg Delicious