“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 I was in my early 20′s when someone first asked me “Are you planning on being a youth pastor forever?” My response was typically “Well, I think before it’s all said and done, I’ll end up doing a little [...]
“How many does your church run on Sundays?” “So, what size student ministry do you have?” “How big is your church?” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked this question in my ministry years and even how many times I have probably asked this of others. Here’s the rub on asking this [...]
Here’s a bumper we shot and edited for a series this past spring called Don’t Waste Your Life. The series was a focus on the Gospel and was centered in Isaiah 6. We shot it in an abandoned factory here in Aiken. Good times.
This is the Smart’s brief story of how God stepped in and gave them a new direction. The Smarts are a part of Cedar Creek On the Ridge Campus. Phillip used this video during his message to help illustrate how Easter means that we have a new purpose in life. If you didn’t get a [...]
This is Michelle’s story. If you missed the first story, then you can view it here. We used this at the end of the Phillip’s message right before he presented the gospel.
This Easter at Cedar Creek we decided that one of the most effective ways to tell the story of Easter is to let people who have had their lives radically changed by Jesus tell their story. So we asked some Cedar Creek people to share their stories. You can watch the message in its entirety [...]
..I was introduced as the new student pastor at Cedar Creek Church. Been quite a ride. Still am incredibly thankful to Richard Swift for taking a chance on this punk kid . Some interesting changes at CCC (and in me) have occurred along the way: Then: When I first arrived, we were still meeting in [...]
Bumper for stand alone message at Cedar Creek West Campus 12.27.09 Production Notes: Shot in a locker room with a Panasonic DVX100. Literally the morning of the shoot, we asked for volunteers at the West Campus just to very briefly (in a few words) tell their story. Audio was sketchy as I was getting some [...]
Here’s the photo/video montage that we showed this morning at the Banks Mill and West Campuses. It was a part of the Be The Church celebrations.
Today we did something at Cedar Creek that we have never done before. As a part of our Be The Church series, we gave away a total of $50,000 across our three campuses. As people walked in to each of our worship experiences, they were given a sealed envelope. Inside each envelope were various amounts: [...]
