Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: January 12, 2012
by Anne-Marie Williams Question: Name an event that involves 800 children, 200 volunteers and preparations made months in advance. Answer: One weekend of services in the Studio 6.7 children’s ministry at Northview Church’s Carmel campus. The question is pretty easy if you just take a quick glance at the title. But I want you to [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: November 19, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams Dogs Behind Bars The day an inmate enters the prison system they give up everything: their freedom, their families, their friends, and the very clothes off their backs. This is by design. Incarceration is their punishment. But what happens on the day that same inmate leaves prison? The hope is that time [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: June 5, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams Asked to describe Field Day at IPS 54, Executive Pastor Mark Crull had one word, “Loud!” Screaming children, fierce competition, laughter and a good dose of chaos was the scene on May 25 and 26 at Indianapolis Public School 54 for their annual field day. The staff of both of Northview’s campuses [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: May 16, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams Imagine you’re sitting in weekend church service. Now imagine the pastor telling you to get up, go change into provided clothes and hurry back to be baptized in front of the entire congregation. What would you do? Would you have the courage to get out of your seat and take that next [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: April 15, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams What is prayer? Who can pray? How do I begin? Will God even hear me? Although most Christians would agree on the importance of prayer in our relationship with God, many still have lingering questions on exactly how and when to pray. Put simply, prayer is the act of communicating with God. [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: April 11, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams Need a last-minute gift at 7 a.m.? Work from home and need a change of pace? Want to meet two friendly faces named Sonya and Kim? Looking for a quiet place to hold a Skype conference call? The above questions are actually answers given to me when I posed the question, “Why [...]
Posted by: thenorthviewblog on: February 27, 2011
by Anne-Marie Williams Five years ago, Mark and Terri Pelty were like a lot of us. They had two small children, Brandon and Madison, and a nice house in the suburbs. They knew that there were others not as fortunate as themselves. They sat in weekend services at Northview Church and heard about a new [...]
