Easter is kind of like Christmas for Christians.  Usually our churches are planning some kind of “special” service for the special holiday and so, naturally, we don’t want to miss it!  That is normal, even understandable. The PROBLEM is that very often creates a very stressful dilemma for those in charge of finding volunteers to [...]

Can I just say “OH SNAP!” The ARISE Easter experience is going to soooooo ROCK!!! Our theme is — I Need Easter– and will be about real people with real life stories who confess freely– I Need Easter!  The worship service will be outside!  The music is going to be AMAZING! The [...]

Please pray for my sweet Lucy!  I dropped her off today at Dr Oliver’s office for her surgery to be spayed.  The whole thing has been a mess and I feel like a terrible papa!  For one, Lucy is already nine months old (time has flown!) and I procrastinated to schedule her surgery until last [...]

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Hello!  This is an online survey and questionnaire for people of Oconee County (ONLY) who DO NOT go to church regularly and/or who have not made the decision to become a Christ follower.  There will be a drawing at the [...]

Hey guys!  We will be having our baptisms on Easter Sunday (picnic or not!) and I can’t wait!  It is going to be such an AWESOME, EXCITING time of CELEBRATING the LIFE-CHANGE in people’s lives at ARISE!  If you would like to be baptized (or have any questions about baptism) please [...]

Hey ARISE peeps, AND anyone thinking about checking out ARISE on Easter! I need your input! We are planning our Easter service and would like to do an ARISE Easter event at the school after the service. We would have something like a barbecue picnic, a baptism celebration, an egg hunt for [...]

Wow! Just blown away at how AMAZING the service was at ARISE yesterday! BLOWN AWAY!
5 people raised their hands to commit their lives to Jesus!!!
All time attendance record at ARISE 102 people and we aren’t even a year old yet!!!
People at the alter selling out to go deep with [...]

This is AMAZING!!!
On Sunday July 20, 1969 the first people landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the lunar lander which touched down at 3:17 Eastern Standard Time. Buzz Aldrin had with him the Reserved Sacrament. He radioed: “Houston , this is [...]

I am so glad that we can post our ARISE messages series online for people to be able to listen to.  I hope and trust that all the messages we teach at ARISE will be encouraging and insightful to help people relate the incredible truth of God’s word to their everyday lives.  However sometimes there [...]