Aaron Marcelli | January 15, 2011
As part of the church planting training we completed we were lead through the process of creating a vision statement, mission statement and core values list. Because I have been thinking about, planning for, and praying through church planting for a couple years, these exercises came pretty easy for me. I had thought about it [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 10, 2011
Another long term move my wife and I are looking to make is buying a house and moving to Chattanooga. Like switching insurance, this decision will impact both our personal and professional lives as it is a step forward in becoming an independent family and a necessary step in planting a church. Buying a house [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 6, 2011
At the end of last year Katy and I made a somewhat difficult decision. We chose to switch our health care. I currently work two full time jobs and was receiving our health benefits from the day job. Though it is going to cost us about $400 a month more out of pocket, we chose [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 14, 2010
If you follow me on twitter you know that this past weekend Katy and I looked at some houses in Chattanooga. What we thought would be casual looking in order to narrow our preferences took an unexpected turn when we found ourselves drooling over a flipped home in East Ridge. Our realtor has been great [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 23, 2010
The final major reason I could think of that for why I am planting a church in Chattanooga, Tennessee is that I have peace about it. I think when you want something really bad you should take action steps toward it. If you do that and after a while realize you still feel good about [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 19, 2010
The second major reason I give people as to why we are starting a church in Chattanooga is the need. Now, to an outside observer this would be a point of debate – church buildings almost out number gas stations in certain parts of the city. As a matter of fact there are 747 churches [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 17, 2010
Unless this is your first time on this site, you have picked up on the theme that I am in the early stages of moving to Chattanooga and planting (or starting) a new church in the city’s downtown area. Allow me to use a few brief posts and give my motivation. The first answer I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 12, 2010
I plan on writing an entire leadership/vision message on the idea and revelation I am about to share but thought I would go ahead and give a condensed version here: Several years ago I began to hear about the notion of planting a church. I used to dream of what a church I would start [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 3, 2010
As I stated in the last post, I have to scratch my head at how to respond when people ask me what kind of a church we are planting in Chattanooga. Part of my uncertainty comes from not knowing what things they specifically mean when they say “kind of church” and another part comes from [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 1, 2010
In spreading the word about our plans to plant a church in Chattanooga, Tennessee –whether through twitter, this blog, or word of mouth – a question I have received from several folks is, “what kind of church are you planting?” At first, I thought it a rather simple and somewhat to be expected question. But [...]
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