From the very beginning of LifePoint -- back in the days when God was still forming his vision in my heart -- a key part of our environment has been the creative arts. As a young church, we've only just begun to scratch the surface of what is possible. As a new community, we have many great opportunities ahead of us.Catherine Henry and Eric Piepenbrink have agreed to serve as co-coordinators of our creative arts ministry. As I met with our creative arts team last week, I outlined several of our goals and priorities for 2006. One of those was to have a point person who could serve as a catalyst for our creative efforts. Instead of one, God has blessed us with two gifted people!Catherine and Eric both have extensive backgrounds in both the arts and business. I believe these experiences will allow them to help expand our creative…

We had our first Local Artist Showcase for 2006 at LifePoint this morning. Aaron Bowen did a fantastic job at both services -- even getting an encore call at our second gathering. Everyone seemed to really enjoy Aaron's music. It's always fun to have different artists come perform each month.Why do we do this at LifePoint? Mainly because we feel a responsibility as a church community to build a bridge to the arts community. Throughout much of church history, the arts flowed from within the church community. By and large, that is no longer the case. For whatever reason (and I could name a few), the church began resisting the arts back in the 19th and 20th centuries. I believe that our God is a creative God and we are made in his image. This means it should only be natural for the church to be a creative place. If…

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Each month at LifePoint we feature a different local artist as a way of connecting with the local arts scene. On January 8 we will have Aaron Bowen and he will play a couple of songs at both gatherings. You'll enjoy it.

I committed a coffee drinker's faux paus on Saturday ... I let my supply run out. I used the last of the beans on Saturday night and had no beans left for Sunday. After coming to this sad realization, I began scrounging around the pantry hoping to find a stray packet of anything resembling coffee. No such luck. So I committed the coffee drinker's second greatest sin and fixed tea. First cup: Cinnamon Stick. Basically tasted like water with a hint of cinnamon. Second cup: Green Tea. Nothing to shout out about.You might be wondering ... what is the coffee drinker's ultimate sin? Drinking cold coffee, of course.