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From Court to Calling
FROM COURT TO CALLING — COURTENEY BARNES STORY — FROM COURT TO CALLING — COURTENEY BARNES STORY — If I look back on my life, it has been centered around sports for most of [...]
Why We Play
BY ABIGAIL VAN PEURSEM Early morning — it’s silent in the gym. The lights that prefer to be bright are only half-lit as I lace up my shoes on the bottom row of the bleachers. The first bounce of the practice ball echoes throughout the [...]
REVEAL + ACTIVATE
REVEAL + ACTIVATE By Abigail VanPeursem Poetice exists to see God revealed and His followers activated. “This just feels like language articulating what we’ve always been doing,” said Makenzie, our Prayer + Worship Coordinator, at a recent retreat with our leaders. [...]
Let it Rain
LET IT RAIN By Abigail VanPeursem, Poetice C.E.O. ‘It may look like I'm surrounded, but I'm surrounded by You.” On June 19, 2024 at 8 am, we stood gathered in our worship center. It was a Wednesday, so we were prepared for our [...]
Learning to live life with God on the inside of us.
He alone is my safe place; His wraparound presence always protects me. For He is my champion defender; there is no risk of failure with God. So why would I let worry paralyze me, even when troubles multiply around me? - PSALM 62:2 TPT - As I [...]
In Him there is No Darkness At All
In Him there isNo Darkness At All BY ABIGAIL VAN PEURSEM • POETICE CEO The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. ISAIAH 9:2 For to us, [...]
HOUSES LAUNCH
Three years ago we made some big moves. After many years of being involved in Zambia through a non-profit organization, we decided to become recognized as a local church. We felt the Lord begin to place the pursuit on us to ‘give the Church her identity back’, in the [...]
How did we get here?
“How did we get here?” I have often found myself wondering this at the beginning of this wildly interesting year.I love this question, and I love it when it comes to the surface of my reflections, for it has always revealed the evidence of what my heart most desires for [...]