Terra Nova Church Blog

The weblog of Terra Nova Church’s cast of characters

Archive for June, 2007

DANIEL & LEA WILLIAMS | checking in from Mt. Hermon, CA

June 30th, 2007 // Phil Taylor [executive pastor]

Daniel Williams is one of Terra Nova’s interns and hopes to be in some sort of vocational ministry upon finishing his masters degree. He and his wife Lea are spending the summer working at a camp in California. I asked Daniel to check in with us a couple times during the summer. Here is his [...]

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TROY NIGHT OUT | new gallery exhibit & phoebe henry show

June 25th, 2007 // Scott Womer [worship arts pastor]

Terra’s own gallery space has a new show opening on friday June 29th in conjunction with TROY NIGHT OUT. After you visit some of the galleries and shops in Troy, stop by the Illium Cafe in Monument Square [just up the road from terra409] where Terra Nova’s own Phoebe Henry will be playing from 6-9PM.

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Introducing …. VOX.
The journey thus far in starting up Terra Nova’s youth group has led me to a stunning realization. I am not cool. Or at least I’m not as cool as I think I am. Or perhaps not cool to the average teenager. (Do they even use the word “cool” [...]

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GUEST BLOGGER//PHOEBE HENRY | playing @ soulfest

June 18th, 2007 // Guest Blogger

So, the pastors asked me to be a guest blogger in this little world of cyber thoughts to write about an upcoming Christian Music event called Soul Fest.
Soul Fest is kind of like a Christian Woodstock: (minus the drugs) you camp out and dig great music. I’ve had the opportunity to play at two Soul [...]

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LECTIO DIVINA | sacred reading and the psalms

June 13th, 2007 // Ed Marcelle [lead pastor]

The Psalms are the open book on the soul. Meditation, worship, and prayers–reflecting pain and celebration are all a part of its expression. To enter into the Psalms as a community (in the small group setting of New Tribes or in your personal study) we are inviting Terra Nova to gather together around these few [...]

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BAPTISM 06.03.07 | reflections by Stephen Burkhardt | video link

June 9th, 2007 // Ed Marcelle [lead pastor]

So many new faces present helped mark it as special . . . an occasion. The presence of family and friends who are marking milestones with people often underscore the importance of the moment, the ceremony, the event. Baptisms at Terra Nova were happening. There were many concerns- how will we do [...]

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THORN FAMILY | tribeca summer project [guest blogger]

June 5th, 2007 // Matthew Miller [community extension]

Jonathan and Kerri Thorn moved to the Albany area last summer as full time missionaries with a college campus ministry and quickly got plugged into Terra Nova. They are currently working to build new venues of ministry on several college campuses via a catalytic model of campus ministry focused on developing student leaders. Each summer, [...]

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NEW SERIES | the psalms

June 5th, 2007 // Phil Taylor [executive pastor]

This sunday, we begin a new series in the Psalms that will last through July 22nd. Expect a very meditatively unique approach to some of your favorite Psalms. We will begin, appropriately enough, in Psalm 1. Read ahead here.

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