our Neighbors, the Nations and the Next generation

We’ve spent a lot of time, energy and resources outlining what we believe is God’s activity with our neighbors and the next generation.  Last summer John Stamper joined our team as our student pastor.  He and his team (Luke Pinder, Bobby McGraw, Susan Roebuck) are doing an awesome job leading our student ministry and developing [...]

Vlog… a guest blog via video from Pastor John

The Passion of Christ is You

Last night my family and I watched the Passion of the Christ.  We cried and thanked God for the sacrifice He made – giving Himself up for us.  I couldn’t help but think of the old song lyrics from my childhood church:  ”does He still feel the nails every time I fail…”  And then the [...]

Blackout on Sunday in Student Ministry

I love our students.  Pastor J, Luke, Bobby and our student leaders are awesome.   The partnership I share w/ John Stamper and his team is so refreshing and energizing.  Some youth pastors are holy headaches… But our student ministry leaders get this pastor fired up.  Check out the update for tomorrow:

Tomorrow is [...]

A Big Week

Blackout This Sunday!
Our student ministry is hosting members of the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday morning @ 9:30 in the Underground and then they’ll be worshipping with us during the 11 AM Service. Going to be awesome!! We’ll do a live feed during the 9:30 service to showcase what God is doing in our [...]

Student Ministry Recap:

Last week, we met our student ministry team.  Allow me to give you a short update about our students.  God is blessing our ministry.  We are seeing students come to faith in Christ!  We’ve seen 23 students come to faith in Christ so far this year! Each week we have more than 200 in our [...]

Getting to know our Student Ministry – Part 4 of 4

Today we meet our seasoned vet, Susan Roebuck.  Susan is our Student Ministry Assistant, which in the church world means, the real person in charge.  If you need to know what is going on in our student ministry, need to sign up for an event, can’t find a form you should have turned in last week, [...]

Getting to know our Student Ministry – Part 3 of 4

Today – meet the newbie on the team, Bobby McGraw.  Bobby is our Student Ministry Intern… which can mean a host of things when you are on this staff.
Staff Member: Bobby McGraw -
Student Ministry Intern

Bobby grew up just outside of Memphis in a little town called Olive Branch, Mississippi, where he loved serving in ministry [...]

Getting to know our Student Ministry – Part 2 of 4

Today – meet Luke Pinder.  Luke is our Associate Student Pastor and also rumored to be a pirate, but you will have to ask him about that. Luke is also serves our church with his skills in music and A/V.

Staff Member: Luke Pinder -
Associate Student Pastor
Luke joined the Family Church staff in the summer of [...]

Getting to know our Student Ministry – Part 1 of 4

This week we are introducing our student ministry staff.  God has blessed us with a great team and our present student ministry averages about 225 in weekly ministry.  Tell others about our student ministry and the leaders God has given us.
This year, our students will be doing a mission trip during Spring Break with the [...]