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A Christmas Ritual
December 1, 2023
I hate decorating for Christmas. I have decided this is a fact that is true about me. I’m a husband, a father, a surfer, and I do not like decorating for Christmas. Not at all. Hatred might be...
SEEING WHAT YOU THINK- The Formative Power of Words
November 9, 2023
“It is the very nature of language to form rather than inform. When language is personal, which it is at its best, it reveals; and revelation is always formative – we don’t know...
REFLECTION: KEEP GOING
November 1, 2023
Written by Mandy Hughes, Care Groups Coordinator at Port City Community Church “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 43:1 It’s time to...
REFLECTION: FIDELITY
October 18, 2023
Written by Wes Tongue, Worship Service Programming Coordinator, Leland Campus Port City Community Church As a perpetual daydreamer, I have a hard time being present. If you’ve seen “The Secret...
REFLECTION: REMEMBER
October 11, 2023
Written by Polly Clawson, Equipping Coordinator at Port City Community Church Emotions well up within me that are difficult to articulate when I reflect on the past year. There’s a mixture...
REFLECTION: THEY PILE UP
October 4, 2023
Written by Rick Shafer, Executive Director of Faith Formation at Port City Community Church This year I will be receiving my 17th word. I say receiving because they have been God’s grace in my...
REFLECTION: HOPE
September 27, 2023
Written by Kayla Daughtridge, Grow Zone Volunteer Coordinator at Port City Community Church I have been choosing a word every year since 2011. In seasons, I have struggled to stick with my word...
REFLECTION: EMPTY
September 22, 2023
Just as Jesus began His ministry, word had spread that He might be the promised Messiah. The Savior of the world all of the prophets had foretold had arrived, and at the sermon on the mount,...
RALLY CRY
August 13, 2023
The end of summer is bittersweet. Bitter because it’s the end of the best season ever. Sweet because we return to a kind of normalcy of rhythm that we tend to like. Or, at least, this is how...
LET IT MORPH
August 6, 2023
Everything is always changing. This is the reality in which we all live. Despite this certainty, change still surprises us. When we consider our My One Word journeys, we should anticipate, and...