The Elder's Bench

08/20/2024

Below are two prayers taken from the book, "Every Moment Holy". Students and Teachers and school administration, we are praying for you as you start up the semester!

A Prayer for Students
O Lord, you who promise to be with me always, be with me this day as I begin my schoolwork. Keep me in health, I pray, and keep me from harm. In all that I do and say, may I love you with all my heart, mind, soul and strength, and may I love my neighbor as myself, so that I might fulfill your purposes for me and your calling on my life as a student. In Christ’s name. Amen.

A Prayer for Teachers
O Lord, you who have called and equipped the teachers and administrators in our community, we pray for them today. Watch over them, provide for them, guide them, sustain them. May you be their sun and shield, so that they might do the work that you have entrusted to them and sense your care in these uncertain times. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

05/03/2024

Applications for our residency at The Gathering Church in the YMCA Maineville is open! Check it out and apply!

Residency Program To train and send shepherd leaders Two Years The residency is a two year commitment with potential for further service. We want to "train & send" you with a team to plant a church in a YMCA either locally, nationally or internationally. One Goal The CITY Movement seeks to plant and...

03/28/2024

Looking for a little direction in your prayer life for Good Friday tomorrow? Here's a short prayer guide our church is using.

02/10/2024

Got this pic from my friend Aaron Scarbrough. Hilarious.

See you at The Gathering Church in the YMCA Maineville at 10am!

02/06/2024

Season 4 has dropped! "The stages of Church Planting" with the the city movement podcast. Let's go!

If you are a church planter looking for a place to plant, currently connected to a church at meets in a YMCA or a member/staff of the Y and wanting to learn how to live out your relationship with Christ, this is the podcast for you!

Jeff and Mike are back with the start of a new season focusing on church planting. Over the years, they have received numerous questions about what it looks ...

01/31/2024

A month late, but posting my reading plan for the year. Basic idea:
-Read a book a month
-Listen to a book a month
-Live in one book of the bible a month
-Hide in my heart the bible each month

Wanna join me?

Check out suggested reading below:)

04/06/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvycNvmAJbs

Epison 3 just dropped of the CITY Movement Podcast! Listen in as we continue the discussion of how can we demonstrate and proclaim the Gospel in our YMCAs. This one dives into Acts 8 and focuses on how the power of a good question can open up opportunities to be a gospel witness.

Learning with you,

Jeff Snyder and Mike Newman continue the discussion of how can we demonstrate and proclaim the Gospel in our YMCAs. They dive into Acts 8 and focus on how th...

04/03/2021

Guests Aaron and Sarah Sprague join Jeff and Mike in today's podcast to talk about how members of a YMCA church can live out the vision of the CITY Movement. Join in to hear about Aaron and Sarah are living it out on a weekly basis!

Guests Aaron and Sarah Sprague join Jeff and Mike in today's podcast to talk about how members of a YMCA church can live out the vision of the CITY Movement....

09/11/2020

It's been a great week of reflecting on the faithfulness of the Lord as we head into the weekend. We'll be celebrating our two year anniversary as a church plant at The Gathering in Maineville, Ohio! I've kept a journal and wanted to share a method of journaling that has been helpful for me. Enjoy! Hope it encourages and helps you on your journey.

I've started following a method of journaling recently that has helped me be more organized and systematic. It might sound a little "type A" or "nerdy" at fi...

06/24/2020

Continuing the discussion on "making disciples", are there any tools/skills that help in the process doing deliberate spiritual good in the lives of others?

https://youtu.be/lMhcHVksIpQ

05/12/2020

During COVID-19, I've enjoyed asking friends/church elders what it means to be an elder and shepherd Christ's church. Hope this encourages you as we share what we are learning and how we are growing. Here's Matt Harkey from JenksBibleChurch!

Today, we're learning from Matt Harkey as he shares what it looks like to elder/shepherd members of his church.