Dear Branches,Hope you’re doing well. We are praying for you and your family. First, I want to say how much of a joy it is to pastor an amazing church like Branches. Being in our new headquarters worshiping together and growing together has been very encouraging and blessed my soul. At the same time this has been an extremely difficult …
An Update From Pastor Tim
Dear Branches, Does it feel like we are living in a weird twilight zone? I have written and rewritten this email four times now. The climate around COVID-19 is evolving quickly. What are we as Branches Church doing to grow together through this? Most important, we will not have our main Sunday Gathering this Sunday, March 15th or next Sunday, …
No Sunday Gathering March 8th
Dear Branches, I pray this email finds you well. This week we have seen quite the impact from COVID-19. We mourn with those who have lost loved ones and pray for comfort in this time of loss and uncertainty. We are in the national spotlight as to how a community can come together and fight the spread of the highly …
Chair-A-Thon
Branches Family, As you know, we are working hard to finalize permits for the build-out of our future home base. It will be an incredible space to grow what God is doing in our community. Finding a new space was always a potential, so we have been saving from the beginning and by God’s provision will be able to move …
God of Order and Joy
Gensis 1:3-5 (NIV): “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good. And he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light ‘Day’, and the darkness he called ‘Night’. And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.” Leviticus: 23:1-2 (NLT): “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Give the …
Are you frustrated?
Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6in …
Lent: The Uncomfortable Questions of Good Friday
Luke 22:24-30 “Who is the greatest?” I have spent hours sitting around with friends arguing over who is the greatest quarter back: Brett Favre or Aaron Rogers. (Can take the boy out of WI but can’t take the WI out of the boy!) I have spent days debating what is the greatest jazz album of all time. Recently the conversation …
Lent-An Invitation
I want to get a tattoo similar to Jon Foreman’s album cover for his EP, Winter. A leafless, cold, lifeless and lonely tree in middle of a long December. My wife, Dawn, says it’s too depressing and why would I ever want to do that? Especially since I am an eternal optimist who doesn’t just see the glass half full …
Looking for God in all the wrong places…
Jeremiah 29:13: “If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.” (NLT) Deuteronomy 4:29: “But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.” (NIV) It seems it’s our natural state to feel like something’s not quite right. Like we’re looking for …
Advent 4: Peace
The Angels Candle: Peace Advent Reading: Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” … I don’t know if it’s some weird boyish fascination, but I love throwing sticks and logs into …