God’s Creative Design An Interview with Artist Brenda Blank Where did you begin your journey into creativity and the arts? My journey with creativity begins with God, the Creator of everything. Because God created us in His image, I believe it also means a seed of creativity is planted in our DNA. People are creators too, created to recreate beauty and reflect His glory here on earth. As… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Bishop Elders TeamWeekly Email for Monday, June 12, 2023Submitted by Bishop Tuyen Nguyen The Missional DNA Radix training reminds me of the natural DNA that I received from my grandfather, who basically devoted his life and his family to do one thing: to bring Good News to people. In Genesis the Lord God said about Abraham: “Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elder’s Team – Weekly Letter June 5, 2023 MARGIN We live in an ever-increasingly fast-paced world. We have all kinds of resources to make us more “efficient”. These resources can be a blessing and can be used to build the kingdom, but they can also drive us to try to “do more” than we are… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly EmailMay 30, 2023Submitted by Marcia Mylin In Ruth Haley Barton’s book, Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Barton uses the illustration of a jar of muddy river water to illustrate our busy lives. She talks about how our lives can get cloudy and dirty by the stuff of life and it can become difficult for leaders… Read More
Unity Builds a Future Children’s Ministry By Nely Elizabeth Lara Dear brothers and sisters in the faith, may God pour out unto you his love, peace, and an ardent desire to serve Him as He has done with me. Within Concilio Iglesias Evangelicas Shalom (CIES) I work as a leader of the children’s ministry. I have been a children’s leader and a youth counselor for ten years. I have… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email – Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly Email for May 22Submitted by Bishop Rodney Martin I recently was in a conversation with another bishop who mentioned that they likened LMC’s current liminality to the journey of Abram. LMC is in this time of deep change. We know the mission; “To be a Spirit-led movement”. But we do not know what this will look like. God called Abram to… Read More
Power of Hope As the world seems to grow darker and more polarized, finding hope is more imperative than ever. That’s why LMC Legacy Foundation’s life-changing mission is to promote hope, healing, and wholeness through integrative behavioral healthcare resources that nurture mental health, resilience, and innovation. As essential beacons of light and hope in the community, churches are in special positions of influence. Although we offer grants to… Read More
Bishop Elders Team Weekly Email-Carta Semanal del Equipo de Obispos Ancianos Esta carta está traducida al Español después de la de Ingles Bishop Elders TeamWeekly email for May 15thBy Bishop Tuyen Nguyentuyennguyen4mail@gmail.com Today, as I was preparing to teach a Bible class for Vietnam, I came across Romans 1: 20-21 – “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,… Read More
From Around LMC (April-June Shalom News) Congregations who would like to report briefly on events in their congregation should send a descriptive paragraph and a high resolution picture to smartin@LMCchurches.org Motley Dinner Church Motley Dinner Church was birthed from the New Danville District out of a need to reach people who don’t fit into a traditional church format. Twenty to thirty people gather each Tuesday evening at HUB450 around the dinner… Read More