Posts by Rich Barrett

The corporate worship experience at Access Church just keeps getting better and better! Darin Peckham has been working hard to line up some of the best musicians available. Here are a few names to whet your appetite. Coming soon to Access: Michael JohnstonEddie KirklandJen & Jon CarrozzaJohnnySwimScott ColemanMichael Olson We’ll also have Louie Giglio bringing…

Before coming home to Jacksonville, I spent one additional day at Buckhead Church attending some meetings about developing a culture of generosity in our church. It was incredibly provoking, especially following on the heels of our decision to begin giving 2% of our Sunday offerings to our strategic partner in Merida, Mexico. There’s no doubt…

It’s been an exciting weekend! Adam, Kevin, Darin, Brian, and I set out for Atlanta this weekend to reconnect with the team at North Point Ministries. It’s a priority for us to regularly clarify the win, and there is no better way to achieve such clarity than visiting North Point and Buckhead. It’s fantastic to…

Fishin’ for old friends and new ideas, that is. The Access staff is making a quick trip to Alpharetta to attend MarriedLife LIVE, worship at North Point, Watermarke, and Buckhead, and attend the Monday morning staff meeting. I’ll bet we squeeze in some BBQ along the way! See you back in Jacksonville next week, as…

FAIR WARNING: This post is an “all-skate” post. I really want everyone—especially everyone in Jacksonville—to jump in on the comments! When other church leaders see your organization as the third most innovative and fourth most influential church in America, it stands to reason you’ll take some criticism. And really, that’s only fair, because we learned…

Many of our groups that began in November are now nearing the end of their “trial period,” and moving to the next stage of group life. Here’s a report from Adam Flynt, as he reported on Orange Families: Jack Johnson got it right when he sang, “It’s always better when we’re together.” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPXU33iquDE] It may…

I love this interview… can’t believe it was on CNN. Totally worth four minutes of your time. Gabe introduced this book at Catalyst back in the fall and it’s having a great impact on the way church leaders are thinking. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMflS_pRnVo] What do you think?

Since this blog began, we’ve been telling the stories of people God has brought to Access Church. For many of you, these stories have become the number one reason to read this blog. Today’s story has taken a little longer to craft. There is a lot of emotion behind this one, for Rob & Beth…

Our worship leader this week comes to us all the way from… Jacksonville! Scott Coleman has been with us once before, at our baptism service at the beach, and this Sunday he’ll be leading our time together as we sing: Tell The World (Hillsong | iTunes)Salvation Is Here (North Point Live | iTunes)From the Inside…

Today was Florida’s day to contribute to the current political discussion. Stephanie and I were eager to exercise our privilege to vote, and took the kids with us this morning so that they could observe this wonderful process. (Flawed, but wonderful.) After lots of discussion about who we chose to vote for, and why, Chase…