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Stan Mitchell serves as a Teaching Pastor at The Village in Atlanta, GA as well as Pastor Emeritus of GracePointe Church in Nashville, TN, having served as its Lead Pastor from 2003 through 2019. In 2015, GracePointe made the move to the full affirmation and celebration of LGBTQ+ people. Prior to this he was the Teaching Pastor at Christ Church also in Nashville, TN. He spends his vocational time...

The top of mind subject for every thinking person this January will be the future of our country. We are unsure of what the future will bring, but we know that we live in a divided country, and as cliché as the phrase has become, in unprecedented times. During this series, we will explore what Jesus might say to America if He were here in earthly form now. Would He comfort us, challenge us, warn u...

The top of mind subject for every thinking person this January will be the future of our country. We are unsure of what the future will bring, but we know that we live in a divided country, and as cliché as the phrase has become, in unprecedented times. During this series, we will explore what Jesus might say to America if He were here in earthly form now. Would He comfort us, challenge us, warn u...

The top of mind subject for every thinking person this January will be the future of our country. We are unsure of what the future will bring, but we know that we live in a divided country, and as cliché as the phrase has become, in unprecedented times. During this series, we will explore what Jesus might say to America if He were here in earthly form now. Would He comfort us, challenge us, warn u...

The season of Advent begins Sunday December 1, and our 2024 Advent series is Christmas at The Movies. During the series, we'll watch shorts clips from several beloved Christmas movies including Elf, Home Alone, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life and then talk about the intersection of the movie's theme with the Christmas story in Scripture. Beginning December 1, join us...

The season of Advent begins Sunday December 1, and our 2024 Advent series is Christmas at The Movies. During the series, we'll watch shorts clips from several beloved Christmas movies including Elf, Home Alone, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life and then talk about the intersection of the movie's theme with the Christmas story in Scripture. Beginning December 1, join us...

The season of Advent begins Sunday December 1, and our 2024 Advent series is Christmas at The Movies. During the series, we'll watch shorts clips from several beloved Christmas movies including Elf, Home Alone, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life and then talk about the intersection of the movie's theme with the Christmas story in Scripture. Beginning December 1, join us...

The season of Advent begins Sunday December 1, and our 2024 Advent series is Christmas at The Movies. During the series, we'll watch shorts clips from several beloved Christmas movies including Elf, Home Alone, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life and then talk about the intersection of the movie's theme with the Christmas story in Scripture. Beginning December 1, join us...

The season of Advent begins Sunday December 1, and our 2024 Advent series is Christmas at The Movies. During the series, we'll watch shorts clips from several beloved Christmas movies including Elf, Home Alone, White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, and It's A Wonderful Life and then talk about the intersection of the movie's theme with the Christmas story in Scripture. Beginning December 1, join us...

This Sunday, we'll begin a brand new two-week series leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday called Many Thanks. Even though gratitude is likely not top of mind for many right now, the intentional practice of gratitude is a powerful tool for making it through difficult times. During this two-week series, we'll talk about what gratitude is and isn't and how gratitude can gives us the strength we nee...

This Sunday, we'll begin a brand new two-week series leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday called Many Thanks. Even though gratitude is likely not top of mind for many right now, the intentional practice of gratitude is a powerful tool for making it through difficult times. During this two-week series, we'll talk about what gratitude is and isn't and how gratitude can gives us the strength we nee...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

Our new 2024 October Growth Series is entitled Between Christmas and Easter: The Life of Jesus in Luke. You know the Christmas story. You know the Easter story. And to some, that's all that matters. Some have reduced their faith to a culture war, for example believing that saying "Merry Christmas" is under attack. Others reduce the Good News about Jesus to the cross only and say something like, "J...

What is the best life advice you've ever received? Most of us have received great advice from family and friends like: "To thine own self be true." "Never stop learning." "The perfect is the enemy of the good." "Follow your passion." "Focus on what you can control." "99% of life is just showing up." There are hundreds of powerful and meaningful statements like these. There are so many, in fact, th...

What is the best life advice you've ever received? Most of us have received great advice from family and friends like: "To thine own self be true." "Never stop learning." "The perfect is the enemy of the good." "Follow your passion." "Focus on what you can control." "99% of life is just showing up." There are hundreds of powerful and meaningful statements like these. There are so many, in fact, th...

What is the best life advice you've ever received? Most of us have received great advice from family and friends like: "To thine own self be true." "Never stop learning." "The perfect is the enemy of the good." "Follow your passion." "Focus on what you can control." "99% of life is just showing up." There are hundreds of powerful and meaningful statements like these. There are so many, in fact, th...

Beginning August 4, join us for a brand new sermon series, United States of Anxiety. We are living in an age of American anxiety, and we need hope. With the uncertainty of this fall, combined with the stress of everyday life, we are unsure of what the future may bring. The anxiety that our country feels is also connected to the anxiety we feel personally- financial anxiety, stress from strained re...

Beginning August 4, join us for a brand new sermon series, United States of Anxiety. We are living in an age of American anxiety, and we need hope. With the uncertainty of this fall, combined with the stress of everyday life, we are unsure of what the future may bring. The anxiety that our country feels is also connected to the anxiety we feel personally- financial anxiety, stress from strained re...

Beginning August 4, join us for a brand new sermon series, United States of Anxiety. We are living in an age of American anxiety, and we need hope. With the uncertainty of this fall, combined with the stress of everyday life, we are unsure of what the future may bring. The anxiety that our country feels is also connected to the anxiety we feel personally- financial anxiety, stress from strained re...

Beginning August 4, join us for a brand new sermon series, United States of Anxiety. We are living in an age of American anxiety, and we need hope. With the uncertainty of this fall, combined with the stress of everyday life, we are unsure of what the future may bring. The anxiety that our country feels is also connected to the anxiety we feel personally- financial anxiety, stress from strained re...

Beginning August 4, join us for a brand new sermon series, United States of Anxiety. We are living in an age of American anxiety, and we need hope. With the uncertainty of this fall, combined with the stress of everyday life, we are unsure of what the future may bring. The anxiety that our country feels is also connected to the anxiety we feel personally- financial anxiety, stress from strained re...