All in About Swift Creek
Do you remember watching the old TV shows Cheers? The show’s theme song included these lines: Sometimes you want to go / Where everybody knows your name/ And they're always glad you came / You want to be where you can see / The troubles are all the same / You want to be where everybody knows your name
I think it’s important to know that the Bible was not intended to merely inform us, but also to transform us. So, to “know” the Word is to know what it says and apply what it says. So, what’s the process to make that happen?
Jesus says we are to abide in his word. What does it mean to abide? To abide means to “bear patiently” or to “endure without yielding”. Other definitions include: “to wait for or to accept without objection”.
Each part of Swift Creek’s mission statement has a Be, a Know and a Do element to help us, as followers of Christ, understand how to fulfill our God-given mission. This reading plan is specifically designed to better equip us to connect with God.
Five years ago I went on my first disaster relief trip. It was a three months after Hurricane Sandy, and the northeast was still picking up the pieces.
Tracey Beach joined the staff at Swift Creek to fill a temporary need in children’s ministry. Four years later, she’s still serving behind the scenes coordinating Sunday morning Connect Groups for 1st through 5th grade and supporting children’s church.
This week’s ministry assistant spotlight features fellow blog contributor Janelle Collazo. She serves as Swift Creek’s Preschool and Children’s Events Director and she and her husband (Pastor Trevor) have attended Swift Creek since 2009 with their three boys, Zac, Derek, and Aiden.
Bre Neudeck has attended Swift Creek with her husband, Dave for the past 21 years. They have three children: Ben, Alissa and Erica. Although there is a good chance you have seen Bre on stage or in the sound booth on Sunday mornings…
“Women’s ministry is not primarily about meeting the needs of women in our church, but rather equipping them to hear and follow God as they know him more intimately through his Word.”
Next month marks the beginning of Stacey Atkins’ 17th year as Financial Secretary here at Swift Creek Baptist Church.
Have you ever found it difficult to get connected in a church? Studies have shown that people new to a church are far more likely to stay if they develop real, meaningful relationships.
We came away very excited about the potential of starting this partnership, where we envision our church sending a team there 3-4 times a year.
I am not going to be talking about how to give, or about how much to give. Today, I simply want to answer WHY you should give.
Just two short years ago these newly-weds began a journey they couldn’t have predicted would lead them to where they are today.
If you want to discover what God has put you on this planet to do, start serving!
Have you ever called the church office and heard this thick-as-molasses South Carolina accent greeting you? If you’ve called Swift Creek in the last 18 years, there is a good chance you have!
Understand how the church body functions to make decisions, and the role you play in this.
Let me encourage each of us to look through the partial list of ministries below and consider how we are personally fulfilling the vision of our church and God’s calling in our lives.
It’s so easy for us as Christians to shield ourselves from non-Christians. If we’re honest, they make us feel a little uncomfortable at times.