OUR RECENT BLOGS
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 it. I grew up with three older brothers, two of whom were heavily involved in sports. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are 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 fieldhouse, the sound reverberating little bits of my soul as the familiarity of the 28.5 Wilson leather hits my hands again. The last voices fade [...]
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. “Yeah, and like every area of our work can be measured by this mission,” agreed Violet, our Training Coordinator, in response to processing through our [...]
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 weekly, corporate prayer set. Our Intensive Training was drawing to a close, and before us stood guest worship leaders, Noah + Rozie Reagh, ready to [...]
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 consider Poetice in 2023, our year was marked by and filled with so much. Statistics, single stories, highlights, and overviews dramatically diminish the fullness of [...]
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, a child is born, to us, a son is given; & the government shall be upon his shoulder, & his name shall be called Wonderful [...]
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 city of Choma. At the time, we anticipated this would be an adjustment, though we had no idea how massive this change would be. Though [...]
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 my life, and Poetice. When walking with the Lord, I have found that this question is most often an indicator, a litmus test of sorts, [...]
