Ju. Jones

In Proverbs 7:4, the sage challenges a young man to make wisdom his companion; almost like his best friend. There are people that we view as nuisances: pestering salespersons, telemarketers, individuals with consistant annoying habits, pushy people with hidden agendas, just to name a few.  We may ignore their phone calls, delete their e-mails, and [...]

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I anxiously await the release of the first book written by my friend Ben Arment, entitled Church in the Making.  Ben is the former lead pastor of Reston Community Church, who partnered with us in launching our first Expression at The Bridge.  I haven’t read it yet, but have had the opportunity to pick his [...]

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Every once in awhile, God nudges us to move forward.  Sometimes, we can give logical reasons for our decisions.  We often find ourselves doing things that make sense.  In some instances, God nudges us to do things that don’t seem to add up on paper or in our mind.  After righting the pro’s and con’s, [...]

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This one is not so much a reason than it is a declaration.  It is probably the most challenging one for me to face.  As teachers and leaders, we love seeing a packed house.  Part of us is excited about what God is doing and another part of us gets a sense of personal validation.  [...]

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As you may know, cross-pollination is when pollen is transfered from the flower of one plant to another.  It’s an exchange of knowledge and ideas resulting in cross-fertilization.  Both entities enhance the other resulting in progress that may not have occurred if the one entity existed by itself.  Our hope is that both services would [...]

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Like many of you, God has blessed us with momentum.  We’re continuing to grow on Sundays.  Our small groups are multiplying.  God is raising up new leaders.  More people are getting plugged into our volunteer staff teams.  People are coming to know Christ.  Attenders invite new people every week.  Individuals continually express their excitement about [...]

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Those of you that are church planters or pastors may be familiar with the 80% or 70% rule.  The rule states that a church should consider expanding when it reaches 80% or 70% seating capacity. This could be starting another service, launching a new site, creating an overflow room, etc.  It’s based on the idea [...]

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On Friday, I promised to give you five reasons as to why we are launching a second service at The Bridge.  Here’s the first one: to provide options. We meet in a movie theater.  Most movies have various show times: 12:15pm, 3:15pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:00pm, 10:15pm, etc.  Customers simply look up the movie times and [...]

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On February 21st, we’ll be starting a new service and series at The Bridge. I’m excited about us going to multiple services!  The image on the left is a “9″ promo business card that we will hand out promoting our new 9:00am gathering.  We’ll be showing this video, as well.  This is another step of [...]

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I’m making a big announcement at The Bridge this weekend. I’m excited about what God is doing. Everytime someone excepts Christ or experience life change, I’m reminded that it’s all worth it.

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