Play Ball

While American Little League fields are being revamped our church's recreation field has become the place for these teams to practice. It's not just little league though Calvary Christian School is using it for their soccer practice as well. We're very excited about being able to support our community. For information about use of the field at Northside Christian Church please contact Phoebe @ 706-324-5220.

I'm Back!

Wow, for a guy who claims to be techno-savvy and in tune with cyberspace I really haven't posted much lately!

We have been really busy around here! The leadership is looking at new ideas and discerning where God would have us go. Last month we had an informational meeting with most of the congregation present and talked about ideas and direction, some really great thoughts came out of it.

We are still looking for an associate to help with our youth program but response has been slow. The youth however went on a winter retreat to Woodland camp with Community Christian in Sharpsburg GA. We had a total of 7 kids go along with a youth sponsor (Michael Davenport) and they had a great retreat.

If you are reading this then we want to hear from you! I will try to keep more current and you can keep me accountable by posting your ideas, prayers or whatever is on your mind.

Cranston

Christmas Eve by Candlelight

We are really looking forward to the Christmas Eve Service. If possible the whole service will be done by candlelight - that is if we get enough candles. It is going to be a very moving service. We hope all of our members will be here but we also want anyone else who needs Christ in their Christmas to come.



We're located at 9801 Whitesville Road, Columbus, GA. We're just 3 miles north of the intersection of Double Churches Road and Whitesville Road. If you're coming north on I-185 take the Williams Road exit, turn left, then at Whitesville Road take a right and we're about 2 miles down the road on the left. If you're coming south on I-185 take the Smith Road exit and turn right. Come down Smith Road until it dead ends into Whitesville Road and turn left. We're about a mile and a half down the road on the right.



For more information call us at 706-324-5220.

You can also email us at: northsidechurch@bellsouth.net



MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Home Again!

It is sure great to be home after being away for almost 2 weeks. Of course I am suffering from jet lag, but the time I was able to spend seeking God in my studies and devotions was amazing. Many of you may not know that my Doctorate program is on Leadership and Spiritual Formation.

Much of my time is spent researching and studying the history and different aspects of leadership and how that may tie into spiritual formation, both for the individual and groups. After much study and reflection in my opinion I believe that the one thing it comes down to is "relationship". That pretty much sums it up! Jesus was completely relational, God created us for relationship with him and every aspect of the Gospel, in my opinion, is relationship. So as we continue our journey together be constantly aware that we are building both a vertical relationship with God and horizontal relationships with each other.

As we share the Gospel with those who have not heard it before we are creating relationship, as we pray to God we are creating relationship, as we fellowship with each other we are building relationship. It is all about relationship! So begin to look at your relationships, both the vertical and horizontal and keep aware that relationship is what God created us for.

Hello from Oregon!

Hi all,
I am at the beach at Cannon Beach Oregon enjoying fellowship and studying, well actually I am writing this post while the school administrator bores us with details about the school.

What a terrific Homecoming we had this past weekend! It was great for us all to see many different faces in our church, those that came from afar and those that have not seen us in a while. The music, worship and food was excellent and God blessed the day.

I hope this is a momentum builder for the coming year. And we need to start thinking about our coming year, what are we going to do to serve the Lord in our community? What are we going to do to build better relationships among each other and to disciple each other? These are questions we "all" need to be thinking about and sharing our ideas, if we only had a space on the Internet to share these ideas! Oh, wait we have a blog. If you are reading this you are ahead of the game and need to share this venue with those who want to participate in the process.

Well, I better start paying attention , after all this does cost me money.

See you real soon!
Cranston

Fellowship for Fun

Enjoy ice cream & support a great cause. Bradley attends St. Elmo Gifted Ed Center. In order to support him, individuals can go to Bruster's at Macon Rd on Thursday nights. St. Elmo will receive a percentage of the receipts on Thursday's from customers who say they are from St. Elmo.