Entries Tagged as ‘Journey of faith’

December 10, 2009

Responding to a shaken world

Posted by Curt Drexler, Campus Executive Director
As I write this it’s gently snowing outside my window – it looks a like a snow globe after you’ve shaken it… It’s reminding me of the many challenges and triumphs of this past year. Through it all, I have never seen the people of Christ The Rock respond [...]

October 20, 2009

Men’s “No Regrets” conference to be hosted by CTR

Tickets will go on sale October 30 for the No Regrets Conference, but instead of driving all the way down to Milwaukee- area’s Elmbrook Church for the event you can see it right here at Christ The Rock in February 2010.
Check out the Web site by clicking on the photo, and be sure to watch [...]

October 4, 2009

Summer Baptism Photo Gallery

It was just a few weeks ago when 100 or so people came to be baptized out in CTR’s pond, and the summer heat made for a perfect day to “take the plunge” and make a momumental decision. Now that the temps are cooler, we have some photos of this beautiful day to remember and [...]

May 20, 2009

What I’m learning in the Hours In Between

Posted by Elizabeth Yoder, actress
“Faith is about what is in my heart…Not JUST my head.”
If only I could have a consent reminder of that all the time.  Especially in times of struggle, pain, frustration and the disquieting thought that you don’t have control of your life.
GOD DOES.
Yet at the same time you have free will. [...]

May 4, 2009

Those “Hours In Between” are a golden opportunity!

Have you ever pondered the deeper questions of life with your friends?
Set in the hours between sunset and sunrise, the Hours In Between reaches into our day-to-day lives to ask those very questions. Follow a group of friends on a journey of hardships and joys – leaning on each other in their search for true [...]

February 17, 2009

New Family Devotionals help parents with spiritual lessons

Posted by Kris Schneider, Life Development Director
“I’ve never met anyone who has ever said, ‘I wish I would have spent less time with my kids.’”
Many years ago, a wise mentor said those very words to me.  And though it holds true today just as it did years ago, I have changed my thinking on this [...]

October 14, 2008

Passing along a Godly heritage

Parents have challenges today that their own parents couldn’t have imagined! So how can we pass on a Godly heritage to a worldly, techno-savvy generation?

There are many great Web sites from organizations that are equipping parents, grandparents and other caregivers to strengthen their children’s spiritual walk. We’ve got a few of those on our [...]

October 13, 2008

The Surprising Path to Courage – Part 2

I didn’t realize this right away, but God does take us seriously when we are ready to live for Him.  In the book, Just Courage, the author Gary Haugen says, “Life’s best pathways to the most marvelous transformations almost always come as a surprise.” 
I met a young man in our church named Travis, who is learning [...]

September 30, 2008

A Silent Gift

Posted by Peter Leschke
I honestly thought for my first post I would have something much more profound or exciting to say. In the worship arts area that I oversee we certainly have been blessed beyond words here at Christ The Rock.
We have 500+ volunteers: incredible people with great hearts of worship who serve week in [...]

September 26, 2008

The Surprising Path to Courage

Posted by Kathy Carriveau
When I was a little girl, I wrote out a list of things I wanted to do in my life…climb a mountain, sew my own wedding dress, write a book.  Some of those things I haven’t done yet, but my interest in them as waned.  Since I became a believer, my priorities [...]