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Ward Staff News

By Scott McKee | Published: May 6, 2013
I am pleased to announce that Dustin Schlabach (pronounced Slay-Ball) has been added to the Ward Staff as the Director of Small Groups. Last week, Dustin relocated from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Northville, Michigan and is still unpacking boxes. Dustin is a graduate of Appalachian State University (B.S.) and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and [...]
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Director of Worship Search: Frequently Asked Questions, Part 2

By Scott McKee | Published: April 29, 2013
Who will be the Director of Worship? At their April 22 meeting, Session voted unanimously to concur with the recommendation of the Director of Worship Search Committee to hire Billy Petty as the Director of Worship at Ward Church.   Who is Billy Petty? Billy is the chair of Worship Ministry Leadership at the National [...]
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Director of Worship Search: Frequently Asked Questions, Part 1

By Scott McKee | Published: April 25, 2013
Why do we need a Director of Worship?  Don’t we already have worship staff? Ward Church is part of a growing number of “multi-venue” churches in America.  That is, we have more than one worship service happening at the same time in different rooms. Some churches become multi-venue in order to offer a variety of [...]
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Team Pride

By Scott McKee | Published: April 11, 2013
They are still my team!  Sure, Michigan lost the championship Monday.  Sure, they didn’t play a perfect game.  But they gave it their all.  The fact they made it this far was an accomplishment on its own!  The Wolverines showed they are a team to be reckoned with. I am sure proud of a couple [...]
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Christmas continues!

By Scott McKee | Published: January 3, 2013
Christmas continues!   As you may know, we asked our partner agencies what was on the top of their Christmas wish list this year.  Then, we invited the people of Ward Church to give to a special Christmas Offering to provide these items.  Ward people responded in a huge way with an offering that exceeds $104,000!  [...]
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Ward Leadership Summit 2012

By Scott McKee | Published: January 12, 2012
The Ward Leadership Summit is just 24 hours away! There is still time to join me Friday night from 7-8:30 p.m. and Saturday morning from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.  The event is for Christian leaders and will feature videocast sessions by Bill Hybels, Alan Hirsch, and Francis Chan. You may or may not think [...]
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Necessary Endings

By Scott McKee | Published: August 23, 2011
This summer I read Dr. Henry Cloud’s new book, Necessary Endings. I found multiple applications for me personally and professionally. (By the way, it was the first book I ever read electronically on a Kindle. I thought I might have trouble adjusting to a paperless book, but I have become a Kindle convert.)  Dr. Cloud [...]
Also posted in Culture, Recommended Resources, Uncategorized | Tagged Henry Cloud, Necessary Endings | 4 Comments

Why is Ward Sunday programming taking a break in August?

By Scott McKee | Published: August 2, 2011
On Sunday mornings in the month of August, there will be no adult life groups, student ministries, elementary school ministries (kindergarten and up) and no coffee service. Why? To everything there is a season.  The focus of August is renewal, recruitment, and preparation.  The August break is planned for several reasons: To give hundreds of [...]
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Prayer and Fasting

By Scott McKee | Published: July 27, 2011
I prayed for you this week.   As I explained on Sunday in my message, “The Deal On Fasting,” the Elders of Ward Church are calling the congregation to a 40-day season of prayer and fasting starting this week.  The principle purpose of this call to prayer is a new ministry season which begins in September.  [...]
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The Week After Easter

By Scott McKee | Published: April 26, 2011
Easter Sunday was an incredible celebration of the risen Jesus!   I really enjoyed meeting many of your invited guests after services. If you were away Easter, you can watch my sermon HERE. This Sunday, I will kick-off the 2WordStory sermon series with the story of Doubting Thomas, “Believe? Believe.”   This message will be a great [...]
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