tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79163313801316543912012-01-21T07:18:15.038-08:00Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-71982839845642562332009-11-12T13:16:00.000-08:002009-11-12T13:30:12.927-08:00

Having found the use of my own website as difficult at times, I have opted to go back to this blog to make updates. It has been awhile since I have given an update. Summer I came to Covenant PCA and gave a slideshow presentation of the work here in Kennesaw/Acworth. Much has happened since then! This school year has seen a dramatic increase in the attendance at Sunday's youth group. Our record

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Communication is difficult if you have so many different streams going in a bunch of different places. That is why I am consolidating everything through my website www.gracetokids.org. I have started a new blog on my site called: The Journey in Georgia. So, if you are interested in keeping up with our family and the ministry at Christ Community Church that is where I will be updating. Zack

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-91095321395232739952009-07-03T08:45:00.000-07:002009-07-03T08:52:17.015-07:00

Wow! It has been a whole year since I left Chattanooga. Since VBS ended last Friday, I finally feel as if I'm getting my head above water for the first time in a long time. I haven't blogged in awhile, and that isn't because there nothing going on, it is because there is a LOT going on. In fact, there is too much to list here. That's why I invite you to come here what has happened this past

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-86277295766159252232009-03-04T13:30:00.001-08:002009-03-04T13:51:37.844-08:00

It is hard to believe that I've been down here for 10 months. Things are going well at the church. Attendance has been up and the church appears to be growing. Our youth group returned a few weeks ago from a retreat to Camp Vesperpoint which was attended by 27 people. That was definitely a blessing.The retreat's focus was upon friendship, specifically friendship in Christ and the results have

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Well, it has taken a long time, but we are finally home owners in Georgia! God has been so good to us in this entire transition, I just want to sing His praise. In a market where we could've lost a good bit of money selling our house, we made money. The Lord also provided us a home to live in (in the meantime) through the graciousness of Bruce and Linda Boggs. In a topsy turvy home market

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-89206002002595486572008-10-28T12:34:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:00:08.061-07:00

So much has been happening it is hard to even know where to begin! Let's begin with housing...As you know, we've been looking for a home. Our home in Chattanooga sold a couple of months ago (Praise God) before the housing market took a huge dive. As we've looked for a home we have been very discouraged. Most of the houses on the market now have been foreclosures, because many people do not

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-42594130906029645472008-09-27T18:45:00.000-07:002008-09-27T19:10:28.007-07:00

"Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vine; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the LORD! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation. The Sovereign LORD is my strength! He will make me as surefooted as a deer and bring me safely

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-34223508890885531552008-09-08T08:58:00.000-07:002008-09-08T09:40:51.094-07:00

This past Sunday, Septemeber 7th, we began the new ministry year at Christ Community Church. For the first time, we began a comprehensive Sunday School Program (called the Connecting & Equipping Time). On Saturday Night, the 6th, we had what is called the Vision Banquet where we look forward with anticipation to the new ministries that are beginning. It is a time where Pastor Glass can share

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-36447357945308522272008-08-05T05:56:00.001-07:002008-08-05T06:27:59.305-07:00

I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant. - Joshua 24:13This passage recounts the faithfulness of God and reminds us that all the possessions that we claim to own are really borrowed blessings. Even our own faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8)! My living

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-44658483361434019242008-07-18T08:19:00.000-07:002008-07-18T08:29:31.834-07:00

I feel a little like a nomad. I've lived in borrowed apartments, borrowed homes, and even a Motel 6. Also, I've seen more of I-75 between here and Atlanta than I care too. So I've felt a little "homeless". It gives me a new appreciation for what Abraham must've felt like moving around so much. Or even the Lord who said, "Birds have nests and foxes have dens, but the Son of Man has no place

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-18942349120900178142008-06-24T11:03:00.001-07:002008-06-24T11:29:14.579-07:00

The Backyard Vacation Bible School for Christ Community Church finished on Sunday with a Picnic after church. Mike (the Pastor) shared these statistics with us: there were a total of 95 kids and 50% of those did not go to Christ Community Church. I thought that was fabulous. I was very impressed with the evangelical nature of the program and wondered whether we should even ever think of having it

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-77517608823356061482008-06-18T05:54:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:55:16.127-07:00

I apologize for my lack of blogging in the past couple of weeks. I've been working at a feverish pace and trying to keep my head above water. I wanted to update all of you on how things have been going so far.This week is VBS. How in the world do we have VBS without a building? We have it in back yards! We have about four houses in about an 7+ mile radius from the church that are host houses.

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-38143853099424937732008-05-28T07:49:00.000-07:002008-05-28T08:16:26.486-07:00

One of my former students told me that, in her first year at a certain Christian college, she realized the stark differences between the theologies of Christian denominations. The professor who spoke in her Bible class told her that, over the course of the semester, the class would study God's attempts to save Man. At this point she raised her hand and asked (more testified), "When does God

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-29202381081643507692008-05-24T09:37:00.000-07:002008-05-24T09:38:58.961-07:00

The title of this post "It's Friday but Sunday's Coming" is attributed to Tony Campolo and is a description of the feeling of hopelessness the disciples had before the Resurrection. It is a reminder that though things seem bleak at moments in our lives that God will come through in the end. It is Friday as I write this post and I've just finished up some Bible stories that will be used in CPC's

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-49599879296683395912008-05-19T05:47:00.000-07:002008-05-19T05:51:51.460-07:00

We have had three showing of our house this weekend: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Your prayers continue to be heard! Pray now that we will get an offer on our house before the 26th. It would be nice to know that I would not have to live apart from Tennyson and the kids for too long.My installation as the new Assistant Pastor to Children and Youth at Christ Community Church is this Sunday May

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-2568896591937881872008-05-13T07:45:00.000-07:002008-05-13T07:46:12.038-07:00

Many have wondered how you can pray for us. The biggest way you can pray right now is to pray for our house to sell so that we can purchase a house in Atlanta. It is an incredibly difficult time to sell a house as many of you know. The market in Chattanooga is decent, but it is still very slow. Please pray for us that we will be able to sell our house quickly. I'm setting a date of May 26th

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-23347244484327397032008-04-28T09:07:00.000-07:002008-04-28T09:09:13.047-07:00

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things. We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-67289217835285312942008-04-28T05:43:00.000-07:002008-04-28T05:46:19.919-07:00

Then Jehovah appeared to Abram and said, “I am going to give this land to your descendants.” And Abram built an altar there to commemorate Jehovah’s visit….There was at that time a terrible famine in the land: and so Abram went down to Egypt to live.This morning as I sat down for a few minutes of quiet before Halle woke up, I found myself turning once again to the story of Abraham. I was looking

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I was over at my grandparents old house recently, unloading "junk" we are going to get rid of in a yard sale. To me, this place is hallowed ground, filled with the all the magic of grandma's house. The house has fallen into disrepair and the land is now fallow, but remnants of its former glory remain. Before returning to my labors, I took a moment to walk through the backyard. Amidst the junk

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-66971519810633459602008-04-20T10:42:00.000-07:002008-04-20T10:44:13.351-07:00

It is often true that the Lord gives us little blessings to nudge our weak faith. Just last week we were upset that our ad in the paper said we had five bedrooms and two baths. When time is of the essence, you don't need an error like that to slow down interest in your house! So this week, we made sure it was correct and we added a photo, hoping to grab a little attention.On Saturday, when we

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-83023449051824766672008-04-11T08:53:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:43:41.428-07:00

In seminary my mentor (who also was the professor of church growth, planting and renewal) was Dr. Phil Douglass. Dr. D, as we called him, considered it his job to know us well enough to direct us in our future endeavours in ministry. He was, in fact, so detailed in which direction we should take that people began to quip: Dr. D loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.Dr. Douglass had a

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-26602062537621241692008-04-11T06:12:00.001-07:002008-04-15T06:45:18.758-07:00

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. - Genesis 11:31-32I put a "For Sale" sign up in our yard this morning. I just stood there and looked at it for awhile. I

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-29811510519241988012008-04-06T18:44:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:46:22.320-07:00

Many people thought I would do one of two things after 2 years as the youth pastor of a small PCA church and almost 5 years as the youth and family pastor of a mid-sized PCA church. The first thing many assumed that I would do is be a solo or senior pastor of a small PCA church. If I didn't do that, then they assumed I would go on to be the youth and family pastor of a very large PCA church.So,

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-44992615120516120192008-04-06T17:42:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:47:28.103-07:00

"That church called again for you," Tennyson said. "If you aren't interested, then you need to call and tell them so they can move on."She was right. I knew she was right, but I also knew that this particular church wanted me. I also knew the package they would offer. Given the area of the country and the money that it would be, we would be...comfortable. What was even more tempting than that was

Zack Cardennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916331380131654391.post-77438745508567273952008-04-06T14:29:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:48:23.360-07:00

Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1)That verse has haunted me for some time. It has haunted me because it tells about the God that I serve. He is the kind of God who doesn't promise creature comforts and holy huddles. He is the kind of God Who asks us to leave what is comfortable and follow Him

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