{"id":1967,"date":"2016-01-31T21:02:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marksisco.com\/blog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-01-31T21:02:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:02:20","slug":"12stone-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"12Stone Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love our church. \u00a0The leadership is top shelf. \u00a0The pastors are talented, dedicated, and grounded in humility and God’s priorities. \u00a0The “production value” (that is to say, the professionalism and impact) of each worship service is nothing short of stunning when considering that 90%+ of the production crew and worship talent are volunteers. \u00a0And not just at one location, but at 9 locations serving over 15,000 worshippers each Sunday. \u00a0Each and every\u00a0worship experience is a personal\u00a0day\u00a0of renewal and refocus for me.<\/p>\n

More than anything,\u00a0Kathy and I\u00a0love being a part of this unique church which strives first and foremost to meet it’s mission: \u00a0“We exist to inspire life, share life and give life because Jesus said, \u201cI have come that they may have life and have it to the full.<\/em>\u201d \u00a0\u00a0John 10:10<\/em>. \u00a0These are not mere words, but\u00a0words backed up by action. \u00a0Check these 2015 stats: \u00a0Avg. kids\/students attendance = 4,009; 7 Habitat homes initiated through 300 volunteers over 8,400 volunteer hours; \u00a017 global teams served 11 countries via missions; 25,250 shoe boxes were given this\u00a0December\u00a0via “Operation Christmas Child”; 40,174 shoes were collected from church families and provided to Haiti; $4,605,000 was given away in our community and in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

These are huge numbers. \u00a0However, numbers are just numbers and can often overshadow the true mission. \u00a0At the root of every\u00a0action, experience, and statistic\u00a0is this important vision: \u00a0One Matters –\u00a012Stone\u00a0Church exists to reach the lost, serve the least, and raise up leaders.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0This is one of the things that is most impressive to me – the leadership never seems to lose site of this.<\/p>\n

I am forever grateful to be a part of it all.<\/p>\n

\"10B4<\/a>

10B4 – The Doors Are Now Open<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Worship<\/a>

Worship Team<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Transition\"<\/a>

Transition<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Immersed\"<\/a>

Immersed<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We love our church. \u00a0The leadership is top shelf. \u00a0The pastors are talented, dedicated, and grounded in humility and God’s priorities. \u00a0The “production value” (that is to say, the professionalism and impact) of each worship service is nothing short of stunning when considering that 90%+ of the production crew and worship talent are volunteers. \u00a0And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46,18,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1969,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marksisco.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}