Apex Community

songs from the weekend of July 17/18, 2010

robin.zastrow — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:11:55 +0000

True Love written by Phil Wickham – you can hear this one on our Apex “LIVE” cd.
How He Loves written by John Marc McMillan – our arrangement was based on the version by Jesus Culture
Because of Your Love written by Phil Wickham
I Still Am written by Phil Wing
Come Ye Sinners written by Joseph Hart

Baptism Testimonies: June 20th-July 4th

drew.clemens — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:14 +0000

Following are the baptism testimony videos from our June 20th to July 4th Apex weekend gatherings. Meet Hunter Jergens, Jyllian Guerriero, and Jennifer Hollander!

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Apex Kids and Students: Parent Help Team

robin.zastrow — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:22:11 +0000

Just a quick reminder for parents that the Apex Kids and Students ministries are creating the Parent Help Team. This team will include all parents of children/students from Birth to 8th Grade who DO NOT CURRENTLY serve within Apex Kids or Student Ministries.

Apex is now requiring that parents (who are not currently serving) help with these ministries so that we can maintain and enhance a “Growing” environment that is consistent, provide needed help to those who are more fully committed to this area, and more fairly involve families benefiting from Apex Kids and Student Ministries.

To register please go here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/apexcommunity.org/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFB6N0NmdkkzVXFETlNqMkh3TnZXOXc6MA

songs from the weekend of July 10/11, 2010

robin.zastrow — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:48 +0000

Happy Day written by Tim Hughes – we changed up the key of this one and let Olivia lead it. It was pretty cool to hear a lady bust out this pop-punk sound!
Kingdom and a King written by Robbie Seay & Jason Ingram
Garden written by Bear and Bo Rinehart – this was a new song we introduced that encouraged us to think about the impact of directing our words toward worshipping the Lord after we listened to Jason’s teaching on the test of words found in James 3:1-12.
Desert Song written by Brooke Fraser
How Marvelous written by Charles Hutchison Garbriel

songs from the weekend of July 3/4, 2010

phil.wing — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:59 +0000

This weekend, we only did 1 song before the sermon and then did all the rest after it to allow for more reflection/response/processing time. Ther sermon was about about true faith has action. “Living Faith Works. Dead Faith Doesn’t.” It was great! These are the songs we chose to go along with that sermon.

Doxology written by Thomas Ken – we did an acoustic arrangement of this song that was a little more “up” feeling. Perhaps it was Dave Matthews-esque? Either way, it was just 2 guitars and a vocal so it was great to hear the Apex family sing it out loud.
From the Inside Out written by Joel Houston
Lead Me to the Cross written by Brooke Fraser
Come Thou Fount - the writer of this old hymn is not known for sure although it’s been a long standing pillar of church music for quite some time.
You’ll Come written by Brooke Fraser
Yours Alone written by Phil Wickham

My Story: John Gredy, Apex Elder

drew.clemens — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:00:27 +0000

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John Gredy is an elder in Region 2 and a house church shepherd. John also serves as Provost at Cedarville University. In the above video, he shares his story.

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In this second video, John continues his testimony by sharing his passion and calling… serving with Cedarville and Apex.

The Apex City is Rockin’

drew.clemens — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:31:58 +0000

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If you’ve been in the Apex gatherings over the past month or two, you’ve heard about The City, an exciting new online tool and community network for Apex. We have been slowly rolling out The City over the course of May and June, and we have a great start. There are around 350 Apexers now online and 30 of our house churches represented.

To create your account on The City, at this time, you need to be invited via email by your house church. That is why we have been encouraging HC shepherds, co-shepherds, ministry team leaders, and anyone serving in another role within Apex to attend a City Training. At the very least, we would like one person from each HC to be trained on The City… even if you don’t consider yourself a “leader.” If you get excited about this sort of thing, and you’re willing to teach the others in your group, please come!

Important Note
The City will be replacing our current “regional hubs.” If your house church uses the hubs or the house church email addresses associated with the hubs, they will be DEACTIVATED on August 1st. So please, make sure you attend a training and get your HC transitioned to The City by August 1st!

Click here to learn a little more about The City.

Upcoming City Training Dates
Thurs, July 1 6:30p – 8:30p
Sat, July 17 10a -12p
Sun, July 18 2p – 4p

Please RSVP
kristi.demeter[at]apexcommunity.org
432.9022 x210
*If you have a wireless enabled laptop, please bring it to training.

songs from the weekend of June 26/27, 2010

robin.zastrow — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:40:24 +0000

No Not One written by Brandon Heath Knell and Christy Nockels
Let Your Kingdon Come written by Aaron Ivey
Word of God Speak written by Bart Millard and Pete Kipley – We did a hybrid between the Mercy Me and Kutless versions of this song, so we started off pretty chill and built as the song progressed.
None but Jesus written by Brooke Fraser
Only You written by David Crowder, Jason Solley, Mike Dodson and Mike Hogan

Our Story: Brooklyn

drew.clemens — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:00:56 +0000

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by Jennifer Osterday

This is the story of Brooklyn, an Apex house church. Meet Joshua, James, Casey, Jason, Jacob, Robbie, and Troy, and hear what they have to share about community, discipleship, and chair-throwing.

Haiti Bagging Day 2010 Wrapup

drew.clemens — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:15:48 +0000

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Praise God for Bagging Day 2010!

Please enjoy the bagging day montage video above. We also encourage you to read the note (below) from the Bagging Day Team, and be sure to keep your eyes open for Bagging Day 2011 next year!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls,

Our Bagging Day Team would like to especially thank you for your time and effort to make Bagging Day 2010 a huge success, and we look forward to working with you in the future. Together over the weekend we were able to pack 952 boxes of food, providing over 130,000 meals. This will feed the village of Grand Goave for over 2 weeks as they try to piece back their lives following the earthquake!!!

The final accounting numbers have been calculated (sorry for the delay) and our meals are ready to be shipped now that they have been combined with another groups meals to fill a container. We still have had a slight financial short fall of approximately $1500 and will gladly accept any financial giving to help us reach our goal. We also would like to take this chance to remind you that we accept donations year round in preparation for the next Bagging Day event! This can be done by writing checks to Apex and you can direct your giving specifically by writing “Region 2 Haiti” in the memo line.

We would also like to invite any suggestions for how we can improve next years event and ideas on how we can expand our efforts!

Again we thank you and encourage you to keep Haiti in your prayers throughout the year,

The Bagging Day Team (May 28, 2010)