The Gospel and My Lettuce

by Matthew Kruse on May 16, 2012

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One of God’s graces to me over the years He has been His prying open of my fingers that tend to lock themselves tight around my money. (It’s still a work in progress.) While wrestling with this personally, I was reminded that one of the realities of this church planting life that we are called [...]

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In talking with people about Seven Mile Road, I’ve noticed several reactions that immediately spring up when that dreaded, archaic, religious word “church” is suddenly dropped in conversation. So I thought I’d take a minute to address 5 of the more prominent myths I’ve encountered with what I hope are some helpful clarifications. Church is [...]

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A Legitimate need to get the perfect space!

by Joie Thomson on April 26, 2012

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I have been in the fundraising game now for roughly three months. One thing I realized is that people love to give to a legitimate need. Now broadly there is a legitimate need for more Churches to be planted, mores people to hear the Gospel, a Gospel centered community in Wakefield, but narrowly we have [...]

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Quick Notes on Our Philly Trip

by Matthew Kruse April 25, 2012
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Had a fun time visiting Seven Mile Road Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago. Here are some notes: 1, they are doing well. Each time we’ve visited (once over each of the last 3 years) there are clear signs of growth, maturity, momentum, etc. This is encouraging. 2, you can tell that we (the churches, [...]

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Notes From A29 Manhattan Regional

by Matthew Kruse April 17, 2012
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Some notes on the most recent Acts29 Regional held in the cavernous Saint George Episcopal Church off of Union Square in Manhattan: 1, absolutely love being with the men who lead Seven Mile Road. Our friendships run really deep. We know each other so well. We are able to call each other on stuff with [...]

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A New Name For Our Soulcare Communities

by Matt Moran April 13, 2012

The following is about our moving to a new name for our smaller communities: After about a year of conversation among our pastors, soulcare leaders and lots of Seven Milers. we’ve decided to move to version 2.0 for the naming of our smaller communities. For the past several years we have referred to these groups [...]

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Public Library Books a Gospel Loving Dad or Mom Would Love To Read With Their Sons and Daughters

by Matthew Kruse April 12, 2012

Callie-bear and I got to talking about books, and we decided to make a post of our favorite children’s books to read together. If you’re at that stage where you read to little ones a bunch, hit the library often, or are in need of buying a spectacular gift that a child will want to [...]

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A Philly Visit

by Matthew Kruse April 11, 2012
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Really excited to be heading down to Philly this weekend to spend 24 hours with Ajay, Shainu, Hannah, Micah and our Seven Mile Road Philly crew. Long drive, but worth the trip. In no special order (ok maybe some order), here’s what I am pumped about: 1, getting to know Micah. That boy is walking [...]

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No Cantata? Some Thoughts on Bivocational Ministry and the Christian Calendar

by Matthew Kruse April 3, 2012
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The “tent-making model” that we use at Seven Mile Road is a mixed bag. (Note: The word “tent-making” comes from the New Testament where Jesus’ Apostle Paul did not take money at times from the congregations he was planting, but instead made tents for income by day and preached and pastored by night. This translates [...]

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It is good to learn from others.

by Joie Thomson March 30, 2012

I never thought it would happen but I took a trip to Texas this week. I was required to attend a boot camp (training for church planting) as part of the assessment process I am going through with the Acts 29 network and it just so happened that the only one available before the launch [...]

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