http://lafayettecc.org/news inspiring :: encouraging :: challenging :: fulfilling Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:15:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is the official announcement of our New Year's Day Movie Marathon Thursday January 1. Everything starts at 11:00am with some hanging out, snack food, lunch fixins and the first movie scheduled to start at 11:30. Our theme this year is Superheroes, so here's the playlist based on popularity from communication ... http://lafayettecc.org/news/new-years-day-movie-marathon-at-the-mikels/ Our Christmas Eve Service has Jennifer Mikels reading a Christmas story to the kids, the band playing some upbeat Christmas carols, and Pastor Jeff bringing a message on what it means to be people of the light. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: John 3:19-21 [View All Files at the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/2008-12-24__048-05__UNGRINCHED__Enter_the_Light) http://lafayettecc.org/news/05-enter-the-light/ The first step to a larger heart is developing compassion. The second step to a larger heart is to act on that compassion. When a heart grows the third size larger, something has to break. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: John 3:16 [View All Files at the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/2008-12-21__048-04__unGrinched__Size_Three) http://lafayettecc.org/news/04-size-three/ I am so thrilled to be a part of this church, I just have to report on a few "hero stories" that have surfaced in the last month. ## Christmas for Everyone 2008 ## Last Sunday, I challenged our congregation to put their compassion in action in a tangible way. Here in Lafayette, ... http://lafayettecc.org/news/lcc-hero-stories/ We are all guilty as Grinches for our envy and selfishness, but there is hope in the message of Christmas to enlarge our hearts. In the last message, we learned the first step of growth is developing a heart of compassion. In this message, Pastor Jeff talks about ... http://lafayettecc.org/news/03-size-two/ Our ideas about God's love are weak because our ideas of love are weak. In this message we learn that enlarging our heart starts with compassion. Pastor Jeff shares three ways to build compassion. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: John 3:16 [View All Files at the Internet Archive](http://ia310843.us.archive.org/1/items/2008-12-08__048-02__unGrinched__Size_One) http://lafayettecc.org/news/02-size-one/ I'm sorry for posting this so late in the week, but I got word from the Long Center this week that we won't be able to park in the lot behind the building tomorrow. It turns out that because of the Christmas festivities this weekend downtown, there just won't be ... http://lafayettecc.org/news/parking-changes-for-sunday/ In this message, Pastor Jeff uses the story of the Grinch to illustrate the point of Christmas. As we learn through this message and John 3:16, the birth of one baby 2000 years ago changed everything. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: John 3:16 [View All Files at the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/2008-11-30__048-01__unGrinched__Everyones_a_Grinch) http://lafayettecc.org/news/01-everyones-a-grinch/ In this message, we consider the complete turnaround of the apostle Paul from one who sought to destroy the church to become its most ardent defender. Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various [View All Files at the Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/2008-11-23__047-08__Mastering_Change__Total_180) http://lafayettecc.org/news/08-total-180/ Sometimes it takes a wake-up call in the form of a crisis before we think seriously about our relationship with God and fully submitting our life to Him. In this message Pastor Jeff uses the life of Manasseh to help us see this process. Manasseh had to encounter ... http://lafayettecc.org/news/07-king-of-change/