Posts by Steve Mansour (Page 2)

What have we learned? I think it would be nearly impossible for us to have our lives so dramatically disrupted and not learn some things about this world, ourselves, and what God calls us to as his people.  We’ve learned about epidemiology (even if you don’t know what that word means, trust me, you’ve learned something about it).  We’ve learned about how difficult some of the decisions our governing leaders have made and how important it is to be praying…

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Creekside, I hope that you all had a great weekend reflecting on the resurrection of our Lord!  In the Bible reading yesterday we read the closing chapter of the gospel of John.  In it there is a painfully honest interaction between Jesus and Peter.  Peter, after discovering that loving Jesus would cost him his life (John 21:18-19) was called by the Lord to follow him anyway.  He immediately responded by looking at John and asking what would happen to him.  The…

It’s been a busy couple of days as we’ve been considering how to best function as a church community in light of all of the challenges that COVID-19 has created!  The virus and the subsequent upending of all of the normal rhythms of life, the constant bombardment of information on it, and being forced to sit and wait to see what unfolds can definitely create an environment where it is easy for worry and anxiety to spread. This morning I was…

COVID-19 Update 2  March 13, 2020 Yesterday I sent out a notification stating that we would plan on continuing our Sunday services unless the situation or Governor Brown’s directions changed.  Late last night she had a press conference and ordered all of the K-12 schools in the state to close until April 1.  Her willingness on Wednesday to keep the schools open was one of the factors that was considered in continuing to have our services on Sunday.  With her…

I’ve been getting several questions about Creekside’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak so I thought I should send out a quick message to bring everyone up to speed with what we are asking Creekside people to do: 1. Doing your part to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is an important way that we can love our neighbors and seek the welfare of our city. The World Health Organization and John’s Hopkins University are two sites that I’ve found have helpful…

Click here to hear the latest presentation by the elders and see some preliminary space-use plans.   Ever since the beginning of the church, God’s people have gathered in public spaces. In the book of Acts, the church in Jerusalem met in the Temple near what was known as Solomon’s Portico (Acts 2:46 and Acts 5:12). We also see that the church in Ephesus met publicly in what was known as the “School of Tyrannus” (Acts 19:9-10). The life of…

This is the second in a multi-part series on corporate worship here at Creekside.  The first can be found here.   Why Sing? Not long ago I heard Alistair Begg speak at Western Seminary and he opened his remarks talking about how American men don’t sing. He told of how in Great Britain men sing. They sing at soccer matches, they sing in the pubs, and when they come to faith they sing in the church. He then says, “American men…