Posts by Rich Barrett

Maybe it’s the fact that Andy Stanley’s message on what it really means to “go deep” is one of my all-time favorites. Maybe it’s that some friends we’ve been inviting for a year finally decided to give Access a shot. Maybe it’s the killer stage design that our service programming team put together to illustrate…

This Sunday Andy Stanley’s going to tackle a question we hear often at Access, “How do I go deeper?” The reality is that spiritual depth has far less to do with how much you know and an awful lot to do with how well you love people. Unfortunately, while that message is all through the…

We tend to believe that being disruptive is a bad thing. (Take it from a “disruptive” student who spent a lot of time getting to know the principal and his staff.) In business, certain ways of conducting commerce are so unique that they literally transform their category, and sometimes, the industry. In recent years, certain…

30 families partnered with us during the three-month RoadMap campaign to raise $200,000 over and above regular giving. We are so grateful! This is so important to our 2008 ministries. While still $100,000 short of our goal, we are pumped that this young church gave a grand total of $330,000 in our first ten months.…

Some people recently have complimented me on the number of people coming to our Sunday services. We had especially big crowds at Christmas Eve and the first Sunday in January. They mean to be nice, but I want to make a couple of things really clear: 1. I have nothing to do with it. Oh…

One recent Friday Stephanie informed me that the driver’s window on my car would not go up. Of course, being Friday afternoon, I knew it’d be tough to get it fixed before Monday. “As long as it doesn’t rain on Sunday morning on my way to Access, I’ll be okay,” I thought. And of course,…

Reflecting on 2007 has been very humbling for me this past week. It’s been a great reminder that sometimes God’s vision is different from our vision, but His is always better! He has done something amazing in the past year, and I am once again at a loss for words in my worship for Him.…

It’s year-end, and you might be thinking about how your family or company can make tax-efficient gifts to your favorite charities. As if the season weren’t busy enough, you’ve got to track down your favorite charities (and maybe some new ones) and get the checks postmarked no later than December 31. There’s a better way.…

This afternoon Stephanie commissioned me with overseeing the kids as they wrapped presents for Grandma & Grandpa—presents they picked out themselves at the Dollar Tree. Have you ever wrapped presents with children 10, 8, 6, and 4? I barely escaped getting wrapped myself! At one point, I was trying to gingerly coach Carly in the…

Join Access Church for a different kind of Christmas Eve, with a special message from Andy Stanley and some rockin’ Christmas tunes! Experience Not-So-Silent Night December 245:00 or 6:30pmat the University of North Florida. Childcare is provided for birth—age 5.Elementary-aged children are welcome in the service. Click here for directions.