December 24th, 2016 - New picture hanging inside church building..."God With Us" written about San Francisco skyline with Golden Gate Bridge.

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Someone just showed up at my door with a flyer for a church in my community. It seems that in a couple of weeks, they will having a drawing for any new visitors to the church that Sunday (the prizes are gift cars for gas and also for a local grocery store). That struck me as kind of odd. Is it a common thing to offer people the chance to win prizes ( Read more... )

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Have you ever felt as if you could hear angels singing in church when you are singing hyms ?

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Based on various posts and comments I’ve seen lately in this and other Christian communities, I would like to offer the following observation for everyone’s consideration.

Many believers perceive scripture as the original source of Church doctrine.  But this simply cannot be the case.  The Church as described in the book of Acts did not have any ( Read more... )

First Things, the journal for which the great, late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus was editor, has published an article he wrote for the magazine just before he died. I have just read it, and it is a wonderful commentary on ecumenism and the nature of the Church, and a Catholic understanding of the One True Church. Here is an excerpt:

My church is ( Read more... )

What is God's mission for the church?

Do more people truly feel moved by multimedia worship, or are they merely blinded by the flash and pop ( Read more... )

....They have been in its 8 years existence in Cebu, Philippines and 20 years in Manila.

I will hope to be baptized already by first week of December. But, this isn't really the focus of my post.
I am taking this opportunity to appreciate this church i am in. WHy? well, they have a lot of ministries that really function.
They have the Couples ( Read more... )