Standing Stones

Exceptional, scriptually based worship. The worship team ministers through GRACE-filled; JESUS exalting songs and beautiful melodies. This worship team seems like a humble, JESUS-focused, and highly gifted group of servants. The Pastor seems to have a " shepherd's heart" for the congegation inasmuch as the teaching aims to instruct; and equip as he applies a biblical lense to geopolitical events. My limited first impression of this church, is the congregants do not realize how privileged they are. The irony is, the pastor asked us if we felt "PRIVILEGED". The congregants treated the worship time as if it were a spectator sport for which they showed minimal engagement. Generally speaking, North American Christians, do not value the First Amendment freedom to exercise their faith or the freedom to assemble and this church was no different. Nevertheless, in most of the world, Christians cannot own bibles; or gather to worship without fear of persecution or execution. I hope Pastor Bowen knows that his service and dedication matters. I pray the worship team knows that their gifts, talents, service and commitment matters. 💜✝️

My wife and I have been attending for over several months now. It's a small congregation which we like, but most of the people tend to seek out those who they know and are not very welcoming to strangers. We do not see much if any growth either. The pastor is great, his messages solid, worship is good and he definitely has a heart for those he leads. Communion is spot on, powerful and gives proper reverence to the finished work of Christ. In a small church everything is amplified, and unfortunately most of the people do not reflect the pastor's heart for others, at least from our observations these past months. John tells us in 1 John that we should be every increasing in our obedience to His Word, and ever increasing in our love for others. By not doing so one misses out on a possible relationship that God had intended. While there are a small few who do, most do not, and the looks of disapproval my wife (who has tattoos) gets from most of the women there makes us both very uncomfortable, and severely taints what would be a great church. Jesus chose the lowliest in stature and appearance to be his disciples and considered not what they looked like, and it boggles my mind and saddens me to see (for example) someone on stage raising their hands during worship but yet can look with such disdain at someone they've never even taken time to say hello to, and willfully pass by and greet others by us. A powerful indictment. Same with of the older ladies on the side that we sit on. This spirit of judging a book by its cover is ever present and the oneness that Jesus speaks of and what that means is lost on many in attendance. The heart of a church is reflected in the heart of its people. We are giving it a few more weeks to see how this new worship leader works out.

I went to Standing Stones Community Church yesterday and I was warmly greeted right from the start. The worship music was great and the pastor had a good, sound, biblical message. If you want to go to a Bible based church that does not shy away from eschatology and is NOT new age, this is it.

They were warm and welcoming. They have a growing men's group consisting of a broad set of interest and ages. I will return. I really enjoyed it.

Incredibly nice group of people.