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mobile campus update

// October 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, creative, multi-site, video

We aren’t sure yet what we will call our 3rd location, but so far we’ve been simply calling it our Mobile Campus. Eventually, once we’ve locked in the area that it’ll be, we’ll give it a little more specific name. So far it sounds like its a mobile campus (especially for you out-of-towners), but I assure you its not. Its our Mobile (as in Alabama) Campus, and it will be somewhat mobile because for the first 6 months it will be a portable campus. Sounds like fun uh. We can’t wait. We are aggressively working on a location and I hope that we’ll be able to let the deets out of the bag soon.

Also, we’ve brought on (technically he comes on next week) our Campus Pastor for the Mobile Campus, I’m extremely proud to introduce Tim Gautreaux, who will be coming on staff to take the DNA of Bay across the pond to do something amazing, something different in the Mobile area. Tim’s a rad dude, we are so excited about him joining our team. Check the video below to get to know him.

Props to @benragsdale & @wharing on the video. It looks amazing!

another faith stimulus

// June 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, faith

God is so crazy… in a good way.

I got an email last week from a church in Peoria, Illinois that was inspired by our Faith Stimulus to do one in their community. How awesome is that, that this small act that we made is still going strong. Northwoods Community Church gave $60,000 to their people in white envelopes encouraging them to make a difference in their community. They’ve even set up a ‘Stories‘ site as well to hear first hand what’s happening with the money, check it out here.

I am blown away by how far God is taking this… I pray it goes where He wants and may it be a movement of love and compassion that changes our world.

To read a few of the stories from the Faith Stimulus that we did click here. Also, if you’re thinking about doing a Faith Stimulus in your community and you’d like a few pointers, leave a comment and I’ll get back with you.

All I need – Honduras video

// June 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, video

Two weeks ago, 65 of our Icon students went to Honduras on a missions trip. They ministered in orphanages, prisons/juvenile detention facilities, the city dump (where hundreds of kids live), and the bordo (which is one of the poorest areas in the hemisphere). They also held two concerts where over 15,000 students showed up to hear the gospel.  Will put together this killer video that sums up the trip.

The song is One Republic’s ‘All I Need.’

one prayer

// June 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, faith

Last weekend we started a new series with 1855 other churches around the globe called One Prayer. The concept is simple, we’re all standing together to finish the statement: God is ______.

So far we’ve heard two amazing messages, God is Love by Craig Groeschel & God is Good by our Pastor, Jerry Taylor. In the coming weeks its just going to get better and better.

Do me a quick favor and fill that blank in, what is God to you? Take a second and really think about how you would describe God, what one word would you use to capture who He is to you?

God is _________.

a stimulus of faith

// June 9th, 2009 // No Comments » // church, faith, film, technology

A few weekends back we made a small gesture to the people of our community, and the people of our church. It’s almost unbelievable the attention this act has gotten, but really its just one of many acts of giving from Bay. The ‘Faith Stimulus,’ as its been dubbed by the media, was a simple concept of giving a little hope & love into our community. We are so blessed (I think) to have gotten the attention from the media that we have even though that wasn’t even slightly a part of our agenda. If you’re completely unaware of what I’m talking about, you can read the details here or here.

You can read a few of the stories from the stimulus here: stories.baycommunity.com. They are slowly coming in and some of them are absolutely amazing. There’s one particular story that I like a lot, one that truly reveals the heart of this project:

I just ran across this website and was really inspired. I am not a member of the church, but last week, I was pumping gas in Fairhope and went inside to pay. I never go inside to pay  and I also never pay with cash at the gas station. This time, for some reason, I decided to go inside. The woman in front of me was counting pennies to get enough money to buy a few dollars of gas. I have had that feeling before, of barely having enough to get home. I put down an extra $20 over her pile of change and said, “that is not enough, you need more than that.” The look on the woman’s face was priceless! She was shocked , and so was the attendant. I said, “Jesus loves you” She was still in shock as she was pumping gas, it was hilarious. I just kept saying, “Jesus loves you!” as I got in my car. I road away with the biggest smile on my face. -Amy

new series. new look.

// March 16th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // church, creative, photography

We launched a new series this weekend called The Perfect Storm, here are a few shots from the day:

The set design, which looks amazing, was done by Nic our Production Director. Give him a follow on Twitter.