JC’s Blog

Sinless Jesus, Sinful Genealogy

by | Dec 25, 2013 | , ,

I came across this blog early this morning on www.theresurgence.com Name-Dropping It’s what we do sometimes when we want to seem bigger or more important in another’s eyes. “I know so and so” bolsters our reputation with someone else’s name. You never drop names that would hurt your reputation. In junior high, you don’t want to be caught hanging out with that kid. One day in school, I wore the same pants as that kid and there was no end to the mockery I endured. No, you don’t drop that name....

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Thanksgiving 2013

by | Nov 27, 2013 | ,

Here is a short list of some things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving.  In no particular order (except for the first few)     •    Salvation     •    My amazing wife Kym!     •    My Family-     •    Kaden Jay -- I am blown away at how much he really knows.. He is hilarious! This kid cracks me up!     •     Colton (aka Butters)  He whines so much. He also has so much love for everyone he meets. sweetest little dude.     •    Corbin (Aka Bubba)  our cuddlier and new walker….. He is into...

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Moldova Mission Trip (Day 1 & 2)

by | Jul 20, 2013 |

The mission team: JC Groves (team leader) Hadyn Fava Michael Tillison Hannah Grayson Taylor Ridge After a 2 hour delay sitting on the runway at the Atlanta Airport we finally took off... We arrived at the Chisinau airport Thursday afternoon.     That was a interesting evening trying to get use to the 7 hour time difference... We all finally fell asleep around 11:00pm Moldova time 4:00 pm USA and all were awake by 4:00am and ready to go! The purpose for this trip is to be with the...

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by | May 19, 2013 |

Here is a video highlighting some of the 68 people that took the next step at our Baptism service a few weeks back! I love my church Rockbridge.cc ! [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/66350549 w=500&h=281]

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Lessons I'm learning about being a Dad & Pastor

by | Mar 14, 2013 |

Barnabas Piper writes about where he and other preacher’s kids have seen their dads work hard, struggle, learn, and grow as fathers. Pastors, your position is a demanding one, and those demands bring unique struggles on your family. A pastor’s wife bears a great burden, but she usually enters the call to the ministry willingly. A pastor’s children, though, are carried on the current of their parents’ calling. It is often a life of singular struggle and uncommon needs. These struggles often...

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The 5 P's of Launching a MultiSite Campus

by | Dec 21, 2012 |

  Article written by Jim Tomberlin  Multi-site congregations have a high success rate because of the support and leverage of the sending church. So what does it take to launch a multi-site campus? You need: prayer to precede provision to start a pastor to lead people to follow and a place to meet Prayer to Precede Have you prayed about going multi-site? There are many logical and compelling reasons to go multi-site, but the only one that really matters is God’s call. Is this something God...

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Thanksgiving 2012

by | Nov 21, 2012 |

Hello everyone! As you prepare to indulge on an incredible day of giving thanks and eating way to much food.  Here are a few things I'm thankful for. In no particular order* Salvation! My wife!  (God blinded her…I am so glad!) Our Son's! My wife’s cooking…HAD to be a food reference in here! to be spending today at HOME and not in Utah Rock Bridge Community Church! My Parents That I do not wear a scarf OR a Christmas sweaters!!! 🙂 Twitter! Coffee The fact I can See and Hear Duke Basketball ...

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Multi-site Campus launch prep.

by | Sep 17, 2012 |

Found this blog "Launch Complexity" at www.launchclarity.com "When I began to re-imagine this blog, I knew that my point of view would stem from my passion for seeing church plants and multisite campuses launch with clarity, helping to ensure a vision that goes beyond just the opening of doors. Launching is just the starting line, yet many church planters and campus pastors fail to cast or articulate the vision beyond getting services up and running. To look at their words, it wouldn’t seem...

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Where He leads I will follow.

by | Aug 1, 2012 | ,

(Go to the bottom of this post and hit play as you read) Knowing God’s will.  We talk about it, pray about it, even agonize over it.  But we often do not feel like we know what God wants us to do.  Yet Ephesians 5:17 says, “Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”  We often make it much more mysterious then it needs to be.  It is very possible to know and do God’s will. And I am in awe of the amazing hand of God and how He leads.  This whole journey began two years ago...

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