Tag Archives: Nashville

12 Reasons For Being Unchurched & The Berry Street Alternative!

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Steve Simms

12 reasons people give for being unchurched . . . & Nashville’s Salvation Army Berry Street alternative! 1) “Church is boring and repetitious.” — Every Sunday morning at Berry Street is unpredictable and exciting. 2) “Churches are unfriendly.” — People at … Continue reading →

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Setting The Sons Of Thunder Loose In Church!

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Steve Simms

At The Salvation Army Berry Street we have a different individual (or group) serve as our lead-worshiper (worship leader) each Sunday! The Sons Of Thunder recently led us into the awesome presence of the living, resurrected Jesus! Here’s what the … Continue reading →

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A Writer Describes Hart Street Worship @ Nashville’s Trevecca Nazarene University

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Steve Simms

Hart Street Worship is a weekly campus meeting at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville that is based on open sharing and testimonies, much like a support group.  Last semester a writer named Jakob Esaw visited us one Thursday night and wrote … Continue reading →

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“God is continually calling us outside of our boxes.” –Nashville’s Most Unusual Church

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Steve Simms

Answer the call — experience community — at The Salvation Army Berry Street! –“God is continually calling us out of our boxes . . . To meet another person outside of our boxes is to experience genuine community.” —James C. … Continue reading →

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Letting God Have The Liberty To Use All His Letters! (Free The Keys!)

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Steve Simms

Participatory church is effective because it allows God to use all the keys on the keyboard, not just one kkkkkkkkkkkey! Church members are like the letters of the alphabet — when they all participate together (as led by a wise, … Continue reading →

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2014 in review — Free Gas For Your Think Tank!

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Steve Simms

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 55,000 times in 2014. If it were a … Continue reading →

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U Can C Christ Born & Living In Human Beings As People Share His Story In Their Story!

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Steve Simms

Christmas 2014 has become history, but His story is continual!  See Christ living in regular human beings as ordinary people share His story through their story. Encounter the eternal Word becoming flesh as everyday people enthusiastically express their experiences with … Continue reading →

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Collaborative Church — Participatory Worship For The 21st Century!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Steve Simms

Collaborative Church? Collaborative church — a gathering of Christ-followers where everyday people collaborate with the living, resurrected Jesus Christ by sharing testimonies, prayer requests, gifts of the Spirit, encouraging words, Scriptures, songs, exhortations, etc., as prompted by the Holy Spirit; … Continue reading →

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Nashville’s “Singin’ Bell Ringer” — Curtis Littlepage

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Steve Simms

Our Berry Street “Singin’ Bell Ringer,” Curtis Littlepage, makin’ music with Gnash (the Nashville Predators Hockey Team’s mascot) at the Green Hills Kroger in Nashville during the 2014 Christ*mas Season. Curtis spreads contagious joy as a bell ringer by singing Christmas songs … Continue reading →

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Room In The Inn in the 21st Century Church?

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Steve Simms

Is there room in the inn in the 21st Century church? –Is there freedom for unprogrammed movement of the Holy Spirit? –Are everyday people allowed to share from their heart when prompted by the living, resurrected Jesus Christ? The New … Continue reading →

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