You probably know more about a lot of major companies, (think Apple, Starbucks and Nike), what they produce and what their goals are, than you might know about the church. So across the next few posts on the blog we are going to explore the purpose, mission and glory of the church....

Easter has been celebrated... now what do we do?...

Come join us for a time focused on Jesus, celebrating the hope of His resurrection and the new life He offers. Here is the Easter schedule for South Shores Church. Good Friday | March 30, 7 PM. EASTER FAIR | March 31, 10 AM - 2 PM. Easter Services | April 1, 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM....

In Pastor Ty's sermon, Forgiven & Forgiving, he told a story from the life of Corrie ten Boom. Here is that story in her own words: It was in a church in Munich that I saw him, a balding heavyset man in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken, moving along the rows of wooden chairs to...

The Christian life is not all sunny days. The main difference between the believer and the non-believer is not what sort of circumstances we go through, but our relationship to the God who promises to bring us through. Christian writer Vaneetha Risner looks to Jesus to teach us how to pray when we're desperate....

To go deeper than praying only for deliverance means that we approach prayer not as a tool to manipulate God to get what we want, but as a way to submit to what he wants. ...

Sunday, January 7 at 12:30 PM in the Fireside Room, we are having the second part of our book discussion on JD Greear's phenomenal book Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. Just in case you haven't read it, or missed out on the first discussion, here are 20 quotes from the book to help you get excited about it....

Week 3 of our Family Faith Moments. Another set of fun ways you can help your kids engage with Christmas in a meaningful way. Cupcakes at Christmas? Why not!...

Week 2 of our Family Faith Moments. We know that Christmas is about a special baby being born - baby Jesus. But why did Jesus, the Son of God, need to come to earth?...

There are so many opportunities to experience waiting during the holidays. We wait in lines at stores, in traffic, on the phone, and even for commercials to end on TV or YouTube. At the start of the New Testament, the people of Israel were waiting, too ...