By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Jesus is under arrest. The crowd has turned. His friends have scattered. The night has given way to a morning filled with accusation, injustice, and fear. And if you were there, you would be asking one question: where is this day going? Will he fight back? Will God intervene? Will […]
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Join Us for Holy Week at Chapel Hill
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Holy Week is the week at the very heart of our Christian faith. It starts with Jesus, the humble king, entering Jerusalem on a donkey to the praise and shouts of the crowd. It moves through the darkest of hours as Jesus is betrayed, beaten, crucified, and buried. But it […]
Seven Date Nights That Could Change Your Marriage
By Rachel White, Assistant Pastor Ellis and I are in what I like to call the “taxi” season of parenting. We split camps and one parent takes one kid to an activity here, and the other parent takes the other kid to an activity there. If we are lucky, we can sneak in a little […]
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Kids Ministry Is Moving
Elementary Kids Ministry has long been one of the reasons families say they fell in love with Chapel Hill—and beginning Sunday, April 12 (the Sunday after Easter), several updates will help place our kids ministry even more centrally in the life of the church. These changes will bring our children’s spaces together near the HeBrews […]
Changes in Kids Ministry This Spring!
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Seventy-two percent of followers of Jesus say they first came to faith before the age of 18. That means most people who will ever follow Jesus begin that journey while they’re still kids. Which is why children’s ministry isn’t a side program in the church—it’s one of the most important […]
These Are the Days We’ve Been Praying For
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Fifteen thousand churches closed in the United States last year. That’s 41 churches every single day. That number should stop us. Each one of those churches was more than a building. It was a well. A place where living water flowed—where people were baptized, marriages were restored, children were discipled, […]
You Picked Up Your Phone…Then What?
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Have you ever picked up your phone to check one thing—and resurfaced 27 minutes later wondering what just happened? You opened it to check the weather. Or respond to a text. Or look up one quick detail. And somehow you ended up in an entirely different corner of the internet. […]
Come and Search
By Julie Hawkins, Pastor of Ministry This week, the Church enters a season called Lent. For some of you, that word is familiar. For others, it may feel mysterious or unnecessary. So let’s begin simply. Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Just like Jesus spent 40 days in the wilderness before he […]
Dry Bones and Living Hope
By Caleb Bagdanov, Director of Student Ministries Tomorrow, a team of 34 high school students and 11 adult leaders from our church will head to Ensenada, Mexico to serve alongside our partners at Rancho Agua Viva Ministries. As bags are packed and final preparations are made, we go with a shared theme that has been […]
Dying with Dignity?
By Ellis White, Senior Pastor Note: Pastor Ellis wrote this blog just before his grandmother passed away. Thank you for your continued prayers for him and his family. As I write this blog I’m in Ireland, sitting at the bedside of my 97-year-old grandmother. My late father was her only child, and so my sister […]