Articles for tag: Jon Weece

December 17, 2008

Christian Standard

Interview with Jon Weece

By Brad Dupray In 2005 Christmas fell on a Sunday, so Southland Christian Church (Lexington, Kentucky) used the calendar anomaly as an opportunity for outreach. Canceling Sunday worship services to serve the community was a controversial decision, but it forever changed the way the church conducts ministry. Jon Weece is in his sixth year as senior minister at Southland and in his ninth year on staff at the church. After graduating from Ozark Christian College, Jon spent four years as a missionary in Haiti. He and his wife of nine years, Allison, are the proud parents of 6-year-old Ava and

August 20, 2008

Christian Standard

A Week of Blessing for a Life of Grace

By Mark A. Taylor The words of the hymn filled the Cincinnati convention center on the evening of July 1: Come, thou fount of ev”ry blessing,   tune my heart to sing thy grace.   Several thousand who had gathered for the opening worship service of the 2008 North American Christian Convention sang from the heart. I joined them, moved by the blessing of being in their number.   Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.   If the hymn was unfamiliar to the younger ones there, older singers compensated. But “loudest praise” washed over us in

December 9, 2007

Christian Standard

Creating Environments (Southland Christian Church, Lexington, KY)

A book review by Myron Williams When Jon Weece became senior minister of Southland Christian Church, Lexington, Kentucky, he convened the leadership team to help determine Southland”s future direction. The mission, “Love God, love people,” was in place, but the strategy to accomplish these mandates was nonexistent. Over a two-year period the team developed six core values. This article tells the story of value four: “Life happens best in community.” A strategy grew out of many discussions and much prayer about how to create environments for moving “weekend-only” adults into smaller community settings where they could know and be known

September 4, 2005

Jon Weece

encouragement for missionaries

Dear Missionary

A heartfelt letter to missionaries serving overseas, offering encouragement, gratitude for sacrifice, and a reminder that believers at home are praying and ready to help in practical ways.

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