Archives for August 2013

This past Sunday we baptized 13 people in Lake Michigan. Here's a few pictures...

This Sunday is the last day to bring in supplies for the back pack drive. Did you see what's going on at Community enCompass?...

In the Summer Blockbuster series, we've been looking at flipping the script to live our best life. What's the script of your life? Are you living a good story? Would you watch a movie about...

This Sunday is our end of summer baptisms in Lake Michigan...

Bring in your back packs and school supplies this week to help kids in need...

Matt Lewis and I (and our families and a small group of other Jesus-followers) started The Journey almost 10 years ago....

Julie and Adam started attending The Journey a number of years ago and they both worked as teachers in our public schools. Julie has her Master's Degree, and took a big pay cut to come join The Journey staff (kind of a theme around here). ...

So we provide a fun, relevant, meaningful, safe environment for people no matter where they are with God. This series is a great one to invite someone......

It's that time of year again...our annual back pack school supply drive!...

Selena first came to The Journey because their son was asking questions about God and she and her husband, Greg, weren't really sure how to answer! I love that she has a very unique perspective on children's ministry......

If you didn't get the summer newsletter......

Aaron is our youngest staff member. I don't know if he has an official title, but lets just call him our Worship Pastor. You might not know but Aaron used to tour in a band called Second Hand......

Shanna Retzlaff, our Office Administrator extraordinaire. Before I get to what Shanna does at The Journey, let me give you a little backstory. Because Shanna is the exact reason we launched The Journey......

Matt & Stephani & Jennifer & I launched The Journey (a long with a small group of crazy Jesus-followers) 10 years ago. Matt left a very successful youth ministry. We both had a dream to create a church that was about relationships, not religion and where people who were disconnected with Jesus would experience life connected to Him.... ...

This post is copied from Paul's blog. For more information, check it out at http://paulurban.blogs.com/paul_urban/ Mark Rhodes is our Pastor of Connections at The Journey.Mark I have known each other since college and I love his heart for people that don't know Jesus, his passion for his family, and the character with which he lives his life. He's from a farm in Illinois...

There is a quick baptism meeting this Sunday at both sites...