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Durant Building Progress

Dave Patchin — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:29:54 +0000

Things are moving quickly at 9500 Durant Road, so here are a few pics of changes in the past few weeks. Please pray for God to protect the building. We had our first, and hopefully only, theft from Continue reading →

Five Ways to hire Church Staff with no budget

Dave Patchin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:31:07 +0000

It is inevitable. In a growing church you will face the challenge of needing a staff person (sometimes desperately) and having already used all your hiring budget for the year, if you even have that in your budget. Volunteers have Continue reading →

Are Kid’s Sports Killing the Church?

Dave Patchin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:56:29 +0000

Recently there has been some moaning in church circles that people are more committed to their children’s sports teams than church, and it is hurting church attendance. A study of 16 churches found that the main reason for their attendance Continue reading →

March Building progress

Dave Patchin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:59:26 +0000

Lifepointe Church is transforming a vacant warehouse into our Durant Site. Work began in December and with a building permit on Jan. 29, workers are swarming the site. We are making great progress. Here are a couple photos of the Continue reading →

Evangelical Evolution on Gay Equality

Dave Patchin — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:30:07 +0000

Joseph Ward, director of Believe Out Loud, had an opinion piece in the Advocate entitled, “Dear Conservative Christians, It’s okay to evolve on LGBT equality.” The issue came about after Louie Giglio was disinvited from praying at the President’s Inauguration. Continue reading →

DirectTV Deception & how Churches do the same

Dave Patchin — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:55:33 +0000

I recently had the misfortune of switching to Directv. They enticed me with alluring bargain prices for digital TV, phone & internet. I’d get a DVR! When they promised free installation, I couldn’t resist. Sadly, the “bait” rate had a huge Continue reading →

Wishing away another Massacre

Dave Patchin — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:04:57 +0000

One Hundred Forty-three days. Just long enough to convince myself it was an anomaly. Not long enough to escape the denial, anger, and desperation for numbness. Aurora, Co to Newton, Ct…thirty-eight dead in 20 minutes 143 days apart The media Continue reading →

Advent iband

Dave Patchin — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:51:39 +0000

Creative Christmas music from North Point Church. What creative ways have you seen to share Christmas music?

Say it Now

Dave Patchin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:55:51 +0000

The Powerball jackpot hit $580M last week. People were tweeting about it more than the latest Lindsey Lohan arrest. This tweet caught my eye: When I win the Powerball tonight, I will definitely come into work tomorrow morning.I have a Continue reading →