Sunday was surely one for the memory book. Open Life had our largest Sunday to date with 139 people present for our Easter Experience, “One Day to Change The World.” So many guests made their way to Easter with family, neighbors, and friends. Honored to have them with us and hoping to see them again in the coming weeks.
We promised to give $5 to Charity Water for every person in attendance Continue reading
To wrap up our series at Open Life on living with “Margin” we created and showed a documentary about the financial beginnings of the church two years ago. It’s the story of how we chose the approach of strategic generosity and how it has made an impact within the community. After watching this you can see why it is one of our key cultures at Open Life and how it is making such a huge impact within the city and even setting an example for other cities as they take note of our story. Here it is:
As the video wrapped up we concluded verbally with two things in our live service: Continue reading
Hard to beat a day like today! Grace, Love and Generosity packed in one great day. Continue reading
I can’t think of many more things that make my heart pump than being generous to those in need. Even when they don’t express the need for that generosity, but it is found by relentlessly pursuing the places of felt need in our city.
Looking back over the past year my two favorite thank you notes are from Peek-a-Brew and Liberty Ridge Elementary. Continue reading
People have often commented on my generosity toward others, but it has not always been that way…I definitely learned the hard way with money. Continue reading