Aaron Marcelli | March 5, 2010
A few weeks ago Katy and I (at her request) went to a NHL hockey game. I had not been to a hockey game since middle school and I’m not sure if she had ever been, but we thought it would be fun. And it was. I went all out and got us the ‘all [...]
Aaron Marcelli | January 22, 2010
My fiancé and I started premarital counseling this past week. One of the things we were asked to do was make a list of all the things we feel are strengths of our relationship. I really liked the way Katy described us when she was reading her list and said, “We agree on most things [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 13, 2009
A trap a lot of churches and ministry leaders fall into is jealousy. I heard Perry Noble once say that the church and pastors are great at mourning with each other, but not very good at celebrating with each other. We can’t be happy for another church or pastor’s success because we are leery of [...]
Aaron Marcelli | December 8, 2009
A couple of months ago Outreach Magazine released their annual study which lists America’s 100 largest as well as 100 fastest growing churches. This always creates a lot of stir in the blogging world. It’s as though the moment the lists come out there is a gunshot and someone screaming “let the mudslinging begin”. I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | November 29, 2009
A little over a year ago I was eating at an Applebee’s in Chattanooga when a college friend spotted me and came over to talk. In getting an update on my life he found out about my leaving the church I had been on staff at and proceeded to ask me what church I was [...]
Aaron Marcelli | September 29, 2009
It wasn’t until just last week, when I was talking to my pastor and he mentioned it, that I heard about Gary Lamb’s resignation. Gary was a church planter in Canton, Georgia who started a church in that community just five years ago. The church was purposeful in creating a casual atmosphere of grace, love, [...]
Aaron Marcelli | August 16, 2009
August 23rd – 26th I will be at Grove Level Baptist Church to hear Dr. Richard Blackaby. The son of Henry Blackaby, Richard is also an author as well as a former seminary president who communicates clearly through powerful stories.
September 10th – 14th I will be in Ohio to visit family and friends. I [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 29, 2009
Yesterday at church we had a very nice patriotic flavored worship service. It began with a solo rendition of our national anthem that made me want to play baseball, there were large U.S. flags hanging in all of our auditoriums, and our pastor spoke to our country’s history, current condition, and the place of Christians [...]
Aaron Marcelli | June 2, 2009
As I had mentioned before, I went with some friends this past Sunday to Anderson, South Carolina to attend NewSpring Church. I had been there about 18 months ago for their Unleashed conference but never for a regular Sunday service. It was at that conference in ‘08 I was introduced to Perry Noble, and have [...]
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