Worship

3-28-10 – Palm Sunday Vintage Faith and Contemporary Spirituality Week 2 Worship ________________ Questions to consider for this series: When you think of today’s spiritual atmosphere, what comes to mind? How does that differ from hundred and even thousands of years ago? Who got it right? Who got it wrong? Is there a right and [...]

Tired of the Show – By Troy Hamby

This blog was written by my friend Troy Hamby, who is planting Sanctuary Church in the Baltimore suburbs. What he is saying, feeling, and dealing with mirror closely our situation here with Renovate. Enjoy! Stolen/borrowed from http://troyhamby.com/2010/03/20/im-tired-of-the-show/ ———– If you ever want to experience the greatest stress imaginable, plant a church! We are only in the [...]

The Gospel and Redemption

These are our meeting notes from March 21 2010 – in a series called “Vintage Faith and Contemporary Spirituality” —– 3/21/10 Vintage Faith and Contemporary Spirituality Week 1 The Gospel and Redemption ____________________ Questions to consider for this series: When you think of today’s spiritual atmosphere, what comes to mind? How does that differ from [...]

Launch Team Meeting Schedule – February 2010

Hey folks! For those of you waiting for the meeting dates and times for our Launch Team meetings, your wait is over!! First, let me apologize. I was hoping to have this posted a week ago, but it took a little longer than I expected to get a confirmation back for our first meeting place. [...]

Newsletter Update December 2009

The following newsletter is being distributed online and via snail mail. Check it out and feel free to leave your thoughts! The formatting got a little messed up, but you get the idea!!! Click on the blue text to download the .doc file and read it with better formatting. ——- Renovate NewsletterNov09 Hello Friends! I [...]

The Christian Life, Without Expectations

The title of this blog is somewhat of a misnomer. There really is no Christian life totally without expectations. Even non-Christians have preconceived notions on how Christians should talk, act, and live life. What I would like to propose is the Christian Life Without False or Unrealistic Expectations. There are two groups on my mind [...]

Update and Reminder

Hey everyone! Just a quick note.. We’re moving our time for Community Group from Sunday evenings to Monday evenings at 6:30. We’re trying to be flexible and accommodate as many people as possible. This goes into effect this upcoming week, Oct 26th. As we grow, we’ll be offering more groups at different days, times, and [...]

I get it… Church SUCKS!

So as we go on this journey of starting a new church in Winchester, the biggest common denominator for why people are not going to church is “Church People”. I may get slammed on this one, because many of my friends and colleagues are “church people.” By that, I mean people that regularly attend church [...]

Fall Kickoff Party

It’s that time folks! We’ve been planning, asking questions, strategizing, reconnecting, and all that good stuff! On Sunday, September 13th, at 5:00pm, we’ll be having our very first Renovate Kick-off Party! This is for anyone and everyone.. So if we’ve talked with you about Renovate, you’re interested in finding out more about us, or if [...]

Survey Results

Ok, so I did a couple of surveys in order to get some info from some Winchester locals before we dig in deep on this church planting thing.. The first survey was basic.. I wanted to get some general religous background info and guage interest in all this. I hope it’s easy to read. I [...]