Articles

The Six Essential Elements of Discipleship

September 14, 2020 | Nate Kaloupek

As a church, we’ve recently let you know about our mission and vision, putting language and clarity to what we’ve always wanted to do as a local body of believers. In order to help us accomplish the mission of “Raise up mature disciples. Send out everyday missionaries. Glorify God.”, we've identified six essential elements of discipleship, things we as a church want to do to help shape a people to be mature disciples and everyday missionaries. We're not saying these are the only things a disciple does. Different churches might put a different emphasis or spin on them. We want to let you know what we mean when talk about developing disciples here at Veritas Church.


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To err is human, to forgive is divine

September 7, 2020 | Richard Marsceau

“To err is human, to forgive is divine”. Think about the veracity of this quote from the English poet Alexander Pope who penned these words in 1711 in, An Essay on Criticism. It has become a proverbial phrase used often to reflect the human tendency to sin and the divine character to forgive. In other words, human beings commit sins and make mistakes. God forgives us, and we are acting in a Godlike (divine) way when we forgive.


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Staff Introduction | Ashley Goos

August 31, 2020 | Andrew Male

Meet Ashley Goos, one of our newest staff members. Ashley has joined the Adult Ministry Team as a Women's Discipleship Leader. Take the opportunity to introduce yourself when you see her!


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1 Corinthians Kickoff

August 27, 2020 | Jake Each

We are going to be going through Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. Paul visited Corinth on his second missionary journey. While he was there, he started a bible school next door to the synagogue, and stayed for about 18 months instructing these new believers and helping them get their church going. However, not long after moving on, Paul receives word about all kinds of problems the new church was having.


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Staff Introduction | Nils Anderson

August 3, 2020 | Andrew Male

I'm really excited for you to meet Nils. Nils is our newest staff member who joined our team at the beginning of July as our next generation worship leader.


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The Christian and Unity

July 27, 2020 | Jake Each

Tensions are high, divisions are sharp. Black, white, republican, democrat. We can seem hopelessly lost in problems that seem too big and complex for any real change. But, a lot of people doing the little things make a big difference. I believe the power of simple godliness lived out in the everyday lives of Christians can have a profound impact on a community. As one of your pastors, I want to share five simple, underwhelming personal practices for fostering unity that, if embraced by the people of Veritas, would send forth cultural ripples.


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