In this episode we discuss how White Fields began doing our Easter Egg Hunt outreach in Longmont which has grown over the years into a festival that draws thousands of people every year. We also address the question: “Why would a church put on an Easter Egg hunt?”
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Longmont Pastor Video Blog – Episode 5: What is Over-Realized Eschatology?
In this episode we discusses eschatology and more specifically what it means to have an “over-realized eschatology” or even an “under-realized eschatology.”
What does “eschatology” even mean? Check out the video and find out!
For more on this topic, check out the sermon: “Separating the Weeds from Wheat”
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Easter Services in Longmont
If you are in the Longmont area, we invite you to celebrate with us on Easter Sunday at 9:00 or 11:00 AM at White Fields Community Church.
Location: St. Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave. Longmont, CO 80501
The 9:00 service will be a family service with nursery available – and the 10:30 service will have a full children’s ministry available.
We will begin our two-part series “Rise Up” on Palm Sunday (March 25).
Join us!
Longmont Easter Egg Hunt & Festival in Roosevelt Park 2018
White Fields Church is excited to host our 8th annual Easter Egg Hunt & Festival on Saturday, March 31st in Longmont’s Roosevelt Park, in partnership with Longmont Recreation.
This event has grown over the years to become the largest event of its kind in Boulder County and we hope it will become a true Longmont tradition.
The event starts at 10am, and will include an egg hunt as well as a puppet show, inflatable obstacle courses and bounce houses, face painting and a craft station.
It’s fun for the whole family and we hope you will join us!
Longmont Pastor Video Blog – Episode 2: Calling and Vocation
Every week on Wednesdays we are releasing new episodes of the Longmont Pastor Video series. This week is we discuss the topics of calling and vocation and how the two are related.
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Local Ministry Spotlight: Ukraine Orphan Outreach
Based out of Berthoud, Colorado, Ukraine Orphan Outreach is a local non-profit you should know about that is having a global impact.
UOO works to help the kids who are falling between the cracks in the system, by establishing transition homes for orphans who are aging out of the system as well as helping to facilitate adoptions of older orphans with adoptive parents in the US. They also organize camps and other activities for orphans in Ukraine, to be able to have fun and hear the good news of Jesus Christ.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. – James 1:27
When we lived in Hungary, my wife and I were involved in ministry to orphans, and we saw how difficult life is particularly for kids as they get older and especially when they age out of the system and have to move out on their own.
Here are some statistics from UOO’s website:
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12,000 children age out of orphanages every year with no where to go.
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70% of the boys are incarcerated after only 2 years of being out of an orphanage.
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60% of young girls that age out of orphanages are pulled into sex trafficking. |
10% of the children who age out of orphanages commit suicide within 2 years.
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Friends of mine here in Longmont have adopted through UOO, a couple from our church met on a UOO mission trip, and through UOO I have made good contacts and friends in Ukraine, including at Ukrainian Evangelical Theological Seminary, where I will be visiting in March when I will be in Kyiv for a pastors and leaders conference.
How You Can Help:
Become a Sponsor
For $35/month, you can sponsor an aged-out orphan to live in one of the transitional homes. Click here for more information.
Attend Their Annual Fundraiser
This year’s fundraising event will be held on March 9, 2018 at Foundations Church in Loveland, CO from 5:30-9:00 PM.
Tickets are $20/person, $35/couple, $50/family – and can be purchased here.
My wife an I attended their fundraiser two years ago, and they put on a great event.
Donate Online
If you’d like to support their work with a donation, you can do that online here.
Here is a video which shows what they do in their transition homes:
Pray for this ministry and help spread the word about the important work they are doing!
Longmont Pastor Video Blog – Episode 1
Starting today, every Wednesday we will be dropping a new episode, in which we will be covering some of the topics addressed here on the blog, as well as others topics and interviews with guests about topics relevant to life, culture and the gospel.
Check out Episode 1: The Role of the Law in the Life of the Believer, and follow us on YouTube or Vimeo and Soundcloud.
You can help us spread the word by giving the video a like and sharing it on your social media or sending it directly to some friends.
Here’s the video (email and WordPress subscribers click here):
Thanks to Ocean Babin for all his hard work recording and editing this video, as well as to CryBaby Design for the great background image. We also want to thank Nick Morris Sound Services for making the music for the intro!
For the content mentioned in this video, check out these posts:
Poll: Common Hurdles to Believing Christianity
Starting the Sunday after Easter, we will be doing a series at White Fields called “The Trouble Is…”, in which we will be talking about and addressing common questions and objections that people have about Christianity.
You can help me by taking a second to fill out this quick anonymous poll to let me know what are some of the biggest hurdles to faith that you have experienced yourself or encountered in other people. Thanks!
(email subscribers can click here to access the poll)
Expositors Collective: Free Seminar for Young People with a Desire to Teach the Bible
I’m excited to be part of a new initiative called Expositors Collective, which is a free seminar for young people age 18-34 who have a desire and passion to teach and preach the Bible. Through this 2-day seminar, we also look forward to developing mentoring relationships that will continue beyond this one weekend.
I know that as a young person a seminar like this would have been very helpful. Topics will include: expository preaching, homiletics, Christ-centered preaching, and more.
Location: One Love Church, Thousand Oaks, CA – March 9-10, 2018.
The event is free, but spaces are limited. If you are interested in coming, or know someone else who would benefit from this, go to expositorscollective.com for more information and to sign up.
Over the past few days since this was first announced, I’ve had several people tell me that they would love to participate in a conference like this, but they are either outside of the age bracket, or aren’t able to travel to California at that time. For those in Colorado on the Front Range, we offer a class at White Fields School of Ministry called: Christocentricity, which covers many of the principles which will be taught at this seminar, and we are planning to start a “Preaching Lab” in the near future, which will also be very helpful for those who desire to develop skills in preaching and teaching the Holy Scriptures. Leave me a comment below or contact White Fields if either of those of are interest to you.
Christmas Eve Services in Longmont
We invite you to join us on Christmas Eve at White Fields for a special service which will include Christmas music from our worship team and choir, as well as a message from the Bible about the birth of Jesus and what it means for us today.
We will be having two services on Christmas Eve, at 9:00 & 10:30 AM.
Location: St. Vrain Memorial Building, 700 Longs Peak Ave. Longmont, CO.
It’s said that 70-80% of people in polls said that they would be willing to attend church on Christmas Eve if someone personally invited them. So: consider this an invitation – and, consider who you will invite to join you at church this Christmas Eve!
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