Ten Minute Tuesdays

Watch and listen in as Jason Flood interviews Bobby Hawk, Lead Pastor of EPIC Church. Bobby gives an overview of the upcoming I Am Jonah series and the EPIC Advancement focuses for 2010, on this Ten Minute Tuesdays Teaching Podcast. Click this link to subscribe to Ten Minute Tuesdays.

EPIC Update

Here are a few thoughts from all things EPIC Church yesterday:

• Yesterday we wrapped up our Identity Theft series with the message Robbed by Relationships.  You can listen to the message from Bobby here.  Remember that only God can truly complete you.
• You can listen to other messages from Identity Theft here.
• This Sunday we will have a very special Valentine’s Day message entitled Where is the Love?.  Join us at the EPIC Experience as we talk about how much God loves the world and how we can each be a part of showing that love.
• We had a terrific time at our Super Bowl Party last night.  A big thanks to all those who came out.  It was great watching the game on the big screen, eating some great snacks, and enjoying a great time of fellowship together – it was all great!
• Who dat? Congrats to the Saints.
• Our events are always a great time for you to get connected to EPIC Church.  If you haven’t been to one yet, you’re really missing out!
• This Wednesday night we will have a Prayer, Worship, and Communion service.  Join us from 7-8pm as we take this specific time out to honor God.  Don’t miss it!!
• Our Pizza with the Pastors event is approaching fast!  If you are new to EPIC Church, this will be an exciting time for you to get to know the EPIC Team of Pastors and ask questions about our church.  This event requires and RSVP – click here for more information.
• Lastly…ATTENTION LADIES!!! We will be holding a baby shower for Vanessa (Bobby’s wife – who works in the nursery on Sundays) on February 20th from 2-4pm.  Be a part of this exciting time and celebration for the Hawks and Natalie! They are registered at Target and Babies “R” Us.  Come out, show your love, and do what you ladies do!

Dustin

EPIC Preview

Join us at the EPIC Experience tomorrow at 10am as we wrap up Identity Theft.

Visit www.epickc.com for details.

Friday’s Food for Thought

Here’s some food for thought: Do you spend more time building walls with religion or bridges through relationships?  As Christians we should spend more time building bridges rather than walls.  Religion is comprised of bricks and mortar that create walls of separation between people.  Relationships are more like bridges that connect us to each other.  Let me share a bridge building example from earlier this week.

This past Wednesday I spent a few hours with a group of pastors from the KC area.  We all come from different tribes (probably better known as denominations).  We had large church pastors, small church pastors, and church planters that haven’t even started yet.  Some of us were pre-trib and pre-millennial and others were not (don’t worry about what that means because most of us aren’t quite sure).  We had Calvinists and Armenians together in one room along with a few caught in the middle (and TULIP wasn’t even brought up).

I say all of that to say this: We didn’t focus on RELIGION!  We were all there for the RELATIONSHIPS.  Don’t get me wrong.  We are all Bible believing pastors that preach and teach Jesus is the only way to heaven.  We all agree on our core creed of beliefs.  We just choose not to build walls based on our doctrinal differences.  We celebrate our differences and focus on building our relationships.

“After all, we need thousands of different kinds of churches to reach millions of different kinds of people.” This quote came from one of my non A/G pastor friends leading our discussion.  I couldn’t agree with him more.  Let me encourage you to focus on building relationships with other Christians.  As long as you can agree upon the core creed of Christianity then why argue about the rest?  Focus on what really matters: your relationship with Jesus!  Start tearing down your walls and building out your bridges!

-bobby-

Not the sermon…just a thought!

This past Sunday I continued our four part series at EPIC Church entitled Identity Theft.  The third message Pick-pocketed by the Past continues to expose the lies of the enemy.  The following is a short thought from the sermon.

The enemy will try his best to declare who YOU are.  He will even call you a name that you know isn’t yours anymore.  Remember, your identity isn’t found in who you used to be.  Your identity is found in Christ and who He is.  You may have been called a waste, you may have been told that you were nothing like Shammah (2 Sam. 23)…but with Christ inside of you, you are everything and you can do anything.  That’s the power of God in our lives when we realize our true identity in Christ!

Not the sermon…just a thought!

Join us this Sunday as we wrap up our Identity Theft series.

Dustin