If you were a dude like me, you used to sleep through weddings. If you have a wife, or a date, you roll your eyes at their tears. Flowers, flowery speeches, and flustered family abounds. Snore. Reception. Repeat.
Revelation 19 tells us “Hallelujah! 
For the Lord our God
 the Almighty reigns.
 Let us rejoice and exult
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We’ve been accepting donations for the Lake City Food Bank, and just because we’ve passed Thanksgiving doesn’t mean it’s too late to contribute. As many of us are out shopping and getting a jumpstart on Christmas gifts and planning, remember to get something above and beyond for those in our community who are struggling this [...]

Christ shows the disciples his wounds. Even in his resurrected body he carries the scars of sacrifice and atonement for our sin; the signs of his suffering. Charles Spurgeon wrestled with the question “what does Christ mean by showing to us his hands and feet?” in his sermon “The Wounds of Jesus” and concluded: “He [...]

We passed a year mark as a campus and congregation in October and we have a LOT to be thankful for. About 400 people gather with us on Sunday to worship God. We have 213 members committed to our mission, 274 people meeting during the week in Community Groups to grow together beyond Sunday services, [...]

I sat down with Pastor Mark Driscoll to reminisce a few months back and our church videographer extraordinaire, Jesse Bryan, caught our musings on camera and turned them into a story about God’s call on my life and our mission at Lake City and beyond. You can check it out here…

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On the heels of the September Biblical Parenting Conference, the Lake City campus of Mars Hill Church will be hosting a parenting Q & A on Friday, November 14th from 7pm to 8:30pm for all MHC members.
Fielding your questions will be two very special guests and their wives, MHC executive pastors— Tim Beltz – Central Operations Pastor and his wife Patty, Scott Thomas– Pastor [...]

When you look at the call of Gideon in the book of Judges, God’s story turns our stereotypical image of the hero on its head. Instead of a “mighty man of valor”, we find a timid man doubting God, surrounded by idolatry, and uncertain if he can really trust the Lord in light of what [...]

Nothing on film scares me quite like Zombies. Frankenstein, Dracula, werewolves and even stories about demons rarely tickle the hair on the back of my neck like those depicting the “walking dead”. My most chilling nightmares consist of those slow, shambling masses of decayed flesh, groping with vacant, hollow eyes, desperate for the warmth and [...]

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry…
Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria although it is now often imitated around the world, particularly in the Pacific Northwest where great beer abounds. It was originally held in 1810 to honor the marriage of King Ludwig I [...]

By Pastor James Harleman
It’s the time of year when leaves die and trees turn to skeletons. The garden stops providing. An evening stroll changes from bright sun and chirping birds to dark night and the howling wind. As Halloween approaches, the fact that we begin to consider death and ghost stories is not inherently pagan. [...]