North Cincy Friends & Family, With schools preparing to resume and the new ministry year quickly approaching, our church’s staff and Session has been working hard over the course of the summer to determine what our church’s ministries can and should look like this fall. While our goal is normally to communicate our long-term plans for the year, given the uncertainty of the current season, we are instead focusing especially on our ministry this Fall from September through Christmas. As you read over these plans please do so with several things in mind......
Join us this morning, July 12, 2020, in our worship of the Lord. ...
Join us this morning in our worship of the Lord. Our worship service begins at 10:45 AM. You can join us from home this morning via livestream, or you can watch the recorded service anytime after....
Join us this morning in our worship of the Lord. Our worship service begins at 10:45 AM. You can join us from home this morning via livestream, or you can watch the recorded service anytime after. Liturgy elements and song lyrics have been included below for those who are worshipping from home. We are working to find a solution for including them in the video feed for future weeks. ...
Join us this morning in our worship of the Lord. Our worship service begins at 10:45 AM. You can join us from home this morning via livestream, or you can watch the recorded service anytime after. Liturgy elements and song lyrics have been included below for those who are worshipping from home. We are working to find a solution for including them in the video feed for future weeks. ...
Join us this morning for our first in-person worship service in almost three months. You can join us via livestream using the link below. Th Livestream will go live at 10:30 AM. Our worship service starts at 10:45 AM. ...
"...Rather than rattling off statistics or waxing sermonic, I think the best way to illustrate the power of the gospel has in our pursuit of justice and equality is to simply describe its work in my own life. I’d like to share several ways that the gospel personally informs my posture and approach in hopes that it would be of some value to you as well...."...
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, As aspects of our pre-COVID-19 life resume, we are excited to announce our plan for resuming our in-person ministries as a church... ...
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning, however, this week we have used our creativity to provide a new worship experience that while different, will be more similar to our "in-person" worship gatherings......
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning, however, this week we have used our creativity to provide a new worship experience that while different, will be more similar to our "in-person" worship gatherings......
Join us for Worship this Easter Sunday using our video worship service. We have also included resources for those of you who have families with young children....
North Cincy Friends & Family, While we long for the day when we will meet in-person again, we hope these resources will enable us to continue to worship the Lord and meet together (Heb. 10:23-25), although in a different way. Worshiping from home is certainly a different experience than worshipping i-person together on a Sunday morning, however, this week we have used our creativity to provide a new worship experience that while different, will be more similar to our "in-person" worship gatherings......
North Cincy Friends & Family, I hope this guide will serve as a helpful resource for you as we seek to continue to meet together (Heb. 10:23-25) by gathering as families or groups of friends. ...
North Cincy Friends & Family, I hope this guide will serve as a helpful resource as we seek to continue to meet together (Heb. 10:23-25) by gathering as families or groups of friends. The following are some suggested guidelines for how to utilize this worship guide:...
North Cincy Friends & Family, As we all continue to adjust to the ever-changing developments around us, I wanted to give you an update on our plans for moving forward with our various ministries. Like all of you, our staff and Session have been constantly adjusting to the rapid developments associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. While we long for the time when we will be able to return to life and ministry as normal, we are also thankful for the opportunities the Lord has given us for ministry in our modern age, and for the way He is undoubtedly inviting each of us to grown in our dependence on Him and likeness to Him... ...
North Cincy Friends & Family, I hope this guide will serve as a helpful resource as seek to continue to meet together (Heb. 10:23-25) by gathering as families or groups of friends. As we communicated earlier this week, we will be re-assessing on a week-to-week basis and will be updating you regarding our plans via our church email, website and Facebook page. As an act of solidarity, I would love for you to share a picture and comment on Facebook page from your House Worship experience this morning as a way of “stirring one another on” (Heb. 10:24) and reminding one another we are not alone as believers in this season. ...
North Cincy Friends & Family, As a Session we have decided to update you with a change to the plans we communicated early Thursday morning. Based on the new developments with COVID-19, including our governor’s order yesterday (which you can access here), and the recent identification of local COVID-19 cases identified at nearby UC West Chester Hospital (which you can read about here), we have decided to cancel our in-person worship service scheduled for this coming Sunday, March 15.It is with an abundance of caution, much discussion, and hearts that desire to honor God and to exercise wisdom in loving His people and our neighbors that we make this decision......
North Cincinnati Friends & Family, As I communicated on Sunday morning, as those God has called to shepherd the flock of God at North Cincinnati, our elders take our responsibility to lead and care for God’s people seriously (1 Peter 5:1-5). With the increasing concern over the corona virus, we met this evening to discuss what action steps we believe should be taken to be diligent in caring for our congregation... ...
As an application of my sermon this past Sunday, 11/6/2016, "Citizens of the State, Servants of the King", the post prayer guide below is offered as a resource to help followers of Christ fulfill God's call to pray to the Lord for the welfare of the city [nation, and state] in which we live out our earthly citizenship. ...
As we begin a new ministry year on September 11th, we will also be changing to a new Sunday morning schedule as well... I know that this news will raise at least two major questions, "why are we staying at one service?" and "why are we moving the worship service to take place after our Sunday morning connect hour"? Let me briefly address both of these questions. ...
Throughout her history one of North Cincinnati's greatest strenghts has been its student ministry. Blessed with a rich heritage of talented and faithful shepherds who have served at its helm, True North has long been a greenhouse for helping young men and women grow as mature and equipped followers of Christ. With that heritage in mind, I am excited to announce that Eric Shrimpton will join our pastoral team this summer as our next Assistant Pastor and Director of Student Minisries. ...
I am excited to announce that after more than six months of praying, networking, and interviewing that we believe God has provided that man. Matt May will join our staff team here in Cincinnati beginning this June after graduating from Covenant Seminary in May. Matt comes to us with more than a decade of ministry experience, and a proven heart for seeing men and women become established as followers of Christ through the process of life-on-life discipleship. Most importantly, Matt is a humble servant and with a deep hunger and love for God's Word. ...
In most settings someone is trying to compel us to give, and whether we are reluctant givers is irrelevant to those compelling our gifts. After all, whether our gift was given reluctantly or not doesn't show up when tallying a total, and coloring in another segment of a giant thermometer at the front of the room. All that matters to most fundraisers is that you give funds. In contrast, as Paul seeks financial gifts from the Corinthian church He is as concerned with why they give as what they give... ...
We spend when we care. We care when we spend. But we can also only spend what we have. In exploring the Scriptures we see that our financial habits of stewardship are ultimately a matter of the heart, and that because of this connection a growth in our habits can also cause a growth in our hearts. However, as you consider growing in the grace commitment of giving you will likely consider the question, "how is God calling me to grow in the habit of giving to His work?" and even more specifically, "How much is God calling me to give to His work through our church's faith promise fund this year?"...
Our hearts can either long for this earthly life and all its trappings, or for the kingdom of heaven that Jesus will bring to earth (v. 20). But what is a follower of Jesus to do when they evaluate their life and find that their heart is more invested in this earthly life than in God's heavenly kingdom? In Jesus' words we find an answer. Ironically, the connection between our hearts and our habits not only means "we spend when we care" but also that "we care when we spend." Here, Jesus not only states that our financial habits reveal our hearts, but he also calls his disciples to new habits that would cultivate a heart that longs for heaven. ...
We care when we spend, and we spend when we care. This is a simple truth, and one that all of us experience on a daily basis. Realtors recognize that when homebuyers set their hearts on a house that they can envision as their home that their buyer's budgets will begin to stretch beyond their original cap. Teenagers who have never been motivated to lift a finger at home will move off of the couch into the work force when their hearts are set on a car and the "freedom" it brings.... The opening of our wallets is more than a distribution of our money; it is a demonstration of our heart....
"...what is common to all is that all long for the healing that the King of heaven can bring. Whether they describe it that way or not, this is exactly the thing for which they long. I can say this because everyone who comes into a hospital hopes to come out in exactly the same condition, healed. Hospitals make us long for heaven."...
As an application of my sermon this past Sunday, 11/6/2016, "Citizens of the State, Servants of the King", the post prayer guide below is offered as a resource to help followers of Christ fulfill God's call to pray to the Lord for the welfare of the city [nation, and state] in which we live out our earthly citizenship. ...
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