Joie Thomson

A Legitimate need to get the perfect space!

by Joie Thomson 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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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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Men, this is what you should be looking for in a woman!

by Joie Thomson March 4, 2012

This month I am reading through the biblical book of Proverbs and today I got to read and meditate on Proverbs 31. For those who don’t know Proverbs 31 it is a chapter that is dedicated to painting a portrait of a “woman of excellence”. In a culture where men often seek after the wrong [...]

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Our First Core Group Meeting

by Joie Thomson January 19, 2012

This past Thursday night we had our first meeting for the Wakefield Church Plant. It was exciting to gather to talk about the Great Commission and how we are responding to that mission by planting a church in Wakefield. We had a lot of fruitful and clarifying conversation and got to talk about many things [...]

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Men, Treasure your wives

by Joie Thomson December 29, 2011

As men we treasure many foolish things in our lives. I have seen men treasure cars, motorcycles, dogs, and their freedom far more than they treasure their wife. The only one we should treasure above our wives is God. Our wives should be the most valued and loved person in our life. Many times I [...]

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Already a Church

by Joie Thomson December 26, 2011

This week I am studying the Great Commission which in turn has led me to seek to try to better understand the purpose of the Church. Although I have read many viewpoints that were helpful the one that spoke in most simple and compelling terms to me was given by Wayne Grudem in his systematic [...]

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Why wouldn’t we name this new church Seven Mile Road?

by Joie Thomson October 11, 2011

A few people have asked me why we are naming the new church that will be planted in Wakefield Seven Mile Road. Honestly, they are not asking in a curious way but in a derogatory way. Their concerns range from looking like a food chain planted on every corner to running into identity confusion with [...]

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In Good Hands

by Joie Thomson September 19, 2011

I have had the privilege of being a part of the leading of the Pastor track this year. I am humbled that I get to play a small part in the shaping of young men who want to care for, protect, and lead the church in the future. So far we have only got together [...]

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How is it going?

by Joie Thomson September 14, 2011

Most of you have heard that Seven Mile Road is planning on sending a crew to plant a church in Wakefield. Some of us might even be asking ourselves “how it that whole church plant in Wakefield thing going?” The short answer to that is that everything is going great but I would like to [...]

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Storms are good for …

by Joie Thomson February 2, 2011

First and Foremost I am not writing this Blog because we are experiencing possibly the worst winter in Boston’s History (Okay, maybe I am subconsciously). Life offers many storms such as losing love ones, families dividing, losing jobs, financial trouble, and the battle to believe the Gospel and hold fast to the reality that God [...]

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