Water Torture Worship
The scene: last Sunday, the Summit’s 12:30 service. We’re roughly three minutes into the message, and I’m sitting four rows back, right center section, settling in for Pastor J.D.’s weekly tirade against lasik surgery. Or...
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We’re in the middle of a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this...
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Today we begin a several-week series called Topical Tuesdays, where you pick the topic and I make up answers. You can add your topic / question to the list by commenting on this post. Today’s...
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When training our newbies on the First Impressions Team, I always tell them that their primary commitment on the weekend is to new friends, not old ones. That’s why we’re a church that’s gathered and...
My Pleasure
Chick-Fil-A is the undisputed customer-experience king in the fast food world. Any Chick-Fil-A. Any employee. Any day…you’re going to get a high-quality experience. “Um, yeah. I have this coupon for a free chicken sandwich, but...
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No, I didn’t say tropical Tuesdays, although in this frigid climate that would be nice too. And I also don’t mean topical Tuesdays, as in, “Apply liberally three times daily until rash subsides.” Although if...
Adventures in Babysitting
Most of you who stalk…um…follow Summit staff know that Small Groups Guy Spence Shelton is single-handedly sending the family doctor to Aruba in February. So far this month, every family member but Spence has spent...
The Kid’s Got Guts
In case you missed it, one of our covenant members hit the big time on ESPN last week. Jon Lunn is one of our First Impressions Team leaders. He’s also a NC State University student....
The Group That Serves Together…
A couple of weeks ago we launched a new venue in the Bay at our Brier Creek Campus, which will allow us to add over 250 seats at the 10:45 hour. Anytime we launch a...
