Last week Burlington City Church hosted an evening Kids Camp in Burlington’s Old North End. To our knowledge it was the first ever Jesus-centered kids camp in this neighborhood, so we were excited to see what God would do. We were so blessed to have a volunteer team from Valleydale Church travel to Burlington to provide the experience, resources, and direction we needed to make this happen. Continue reading
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B-ball Clinic in Winooski
Last week, thanks to an amazing volunteer team from Glory Fellowship Church, Burlington City Church was able to sponsor a legit basketball clinic on the west side of Winooski. Continue reading
Celebrating BCC’s 1st Baptism!
On Sunday, June 17, Burlington City Church celebrated its first baptism! Following our 406 North Ave. Home Fellowship’s Sunday morning meeting we strolled down to Lake Champlain with onlookers from the sand and bike path (even got a standing ovation from two power walkers). We are so excited about what God is doing in Maura’s life as a new follower of Jesus. Continue reading
World Refugee Day- being the church to our neighbors
This past Sunday our Burlington City Church Home Fellowships partnered with the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program for World Refugee Day. Most Sundays we meet in homes for a focused time of worshiping together which usually includes singing, sharing stories of God’s activity, praying for each other, teaching from the scriptures, and often taking communion. It’s still very easy to get in the mode of “going to church” Continue reading
Kids Art Camp- Take 1
This past week we tried something new: a Jesus-centered art camp for thirty kids in Burlington’s Old North End. A volunteer team from the River Community Church partnered with Burlington City Church and the Kids Alive ministry to make this happen… which included watching a college student from Tennessee teach Burundi African kids Irish folk dance in Burlington, VT Continue reading
Christin’s new blog
If you haven’t had a chance, check out Christin’s new blog: christinpounds.wordpress.com. She’s definitely the best writer in our family, and always has great pics and interesting insights into what God’s doing with our family. Enjoy!
rethinking discipleship
This past Sunday, Michael Ly and I team-taught on making disciples at Burlington City Church’s monthly worship gathering. Our notes from the talk give a good overview of how we approach making disciples. Continue reading
Meet the Sutphens
God continues to amaze me with how He continues to send “workers for the harvest” to Burlington. One of the most amazing stories is how He has sent a “home-town boy” back to Burlington. Almost a year ago Robin Sutphen contacted me via this blog, and a little over a week ago he and his family moved into their apartment on North Champlain St. in Burlington as he takes on the role of general manager at the Boloco restaurant on Church St. Here’s some of their story from Robin Continue reading
Christians & Culture Wars
It’s been hard to miss the discussion and debate in both the secular media and the Christian blogosphere surrounding President Obama’s support of gay marriage. Continue reading
40!
Wow! It’s been over a month since I’ve posted due to late April-early June being packed. Here’s the rundown of the past several weeks Continue reading
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