Posts by Rich Barrett

At the beginning of July we announced a contest to “Go Orange” this summer. Some Accessibles have taken the challenge quite seriously—especially the part in the rules about bribing the judges with food (it’s allowed). The deadline for the contest is this weekend. Send in your pics & videos now to be considered for the…

Evidently I’m the last guy on the block to blog about this. Two of our very-awesome Access worship leaders, Abner Ramirez & Amanda Sudano, have released a new album! We love these two for so many reasons. First, because they really love God and desire to lead us in giving him the worship he deserves.…

A few months ago, Access Church linked arms with JT Townsend and his family for what we called The Intersect Project. If you missed it you can see the FOX/CBS news story here. Now it’s time to bring this project to completion so that the Townsend family can sell their home and move into a…

You haven’t been reading this blog for very long if you haven’t caught on that I’m a little bit crazy about the volunteers at Access Church. They are so varied, so gifted, and so fun! Each has been equipped with unique gifts, and they love to bring them as acts of worship all week long.…

The Access team has been in Atlanta since Sunday night, hanging with the North Point staff and all the awesome folks at other North Point Partnerships. n*rich combines all the best aspects of education and relationship. It’s a great time of learning the best practices of ministry from others that are implementing the North Point…

Since Access began, we’ve had the privilege of seeing God work in amazing ways in the lives of those we love. That’s prompted us to ask the question, “Could we double it?” Could we double the change we’ve seen in the lives of men, women, and children who are coming to know God in a…

Access Church has simple roots. Before there were Sunday morning services, before there was a staff, before we even had a name or a bank account, there was a small group of people meeting…to pray. Their prayers were pretty simple. “God, this isn’t our thing, it’s your thing.” At the exact same time Stephanie and…

This past Sunday at Access, we announced an intense competition! The family that goes ORANGE in the biggest way between now and August 17 will win an amazing prize. Here is Adam Flynt with a representative from the City of Jacksonville introducing the Go Orange campaign: So, here’s the deal: 1. Come up with a…

One week from today, Apple and AT&T; will begin selling the new iPhone at 8:00am. In addition to GPS and 3G technologies, the new iPhone will ship with the 2.0 software that supports third-party applications. Older iPhones can run the 2.0 software as well, which allows the installation of all kinds of cool apps. The…

If you’ve been attending Access for a while, but have yet to jump into a Community Group, your time is here! Community Groups are the heartbeat of Access Church. You see, we believe that no matter how big a church gets, it can still stay “small” in the most important ways if we gather around…