Posts by Rich Barrett

Okay, so it’s a New Year. You’re feeling bold. Optimistic. Hopeful. The new year represents all kinds of chances to start fresh and with new confidence. The gym is full, Krispy Kreme is empty. Access Church is feeling bold, also. It’s not every day that a 22-month-old congregation moves into a 1,300-seat worship venue! We’re…

Access Church has moved into a new era in the life of our church! Yesterday was our first Sunday in a new venue. So many of you were there to start the new year right, and we absolutely loved worshipping with you! Thanks for inviting friends and for spreading the word about what God is…

Please enjoy this post-Christmas weekend with your family and loved ones! We’ve given our staff and volunteers the weekend off, but we’ll resume on January 4 in the Lazzara Theater of the UNF Fine Arts Center. Don’t miss the launch of a new series, “Go Fish.” It’s a great set of messages that explore what…

Enjoy your family today as you celebrate the amazing free gift we have been given in Jesus Christ! Because of him, we have new life that can’t be earned or deserved. It’s a gift! Amazing. See you January 4, 10:30am, for the launch of “Go Fish.”

Would Starbucks (or any business) be as successful if they acted like the local church? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_dZTrjw9I]

Join Access Church for a different kind of Christmas Eve! It’s going to be a fun service. Lots of fun. In our new room! Oh yeah, and it’ll be kinda loud. Waumba Land will be open for children aged six-weeks to five-years-old. Elementary-aged children are welcome to join us in the 45-minute service. Andy Stanley…

Access Church has found a new home! Don’t worry, you won’t have to learn new directions or parking…we’re in the same building we’ve always been—just in a much nicer room! Our first service in the Lazzara Theater will be our Christmas Eve Service, “Not-So-Silent Night.” (Invite a friend for a different kind of Christmas Eve!)…

Walking through the LO$T series together has been rocking some of our worlds! What a timely, relevant series on our personal finances! From the beginning of this series, we’ve said that the best way to get “un-lost” is to know where we are—to gain context. Here are some helpful tools that you can start with…

Occasionally we get to tell great stories here on the blog about some of the families that God is using to build Access Church. If you’ve started to come to Access but have hesitated to join a Community Group, perhaps Chris and Sarah Kamienski can convince you. Chris and Sarah were married in 2003 and…

Recently, we received this story of how God is working in the life of one of our UpStreet volunteers: I did not grow up in church and have never been an intimate part of a church body. This is the first time I have been truly involved and ingrained in a church. For almost 3…