The Bible is chock full of the Good News. There’s the Romans Road (Romans 3:23, 6:23, 5:8, 10:9-10), Ephesians 2:1-10 (my personal favorite), John 3:16 and much, much more. But one of the most underrated, powerful pictures of the gospel can be found in a transition sentence near the beginning of the book of […]

   Following Jesus is not a one-time decision, but a lifelong journey. No matter how long you’ve been a Christian, we all have a next step in our walk with Jesus. If you asked Jesus into your life, but have yet to be baptized, baptism is your next step!  Here’s 4 Things You Need To Know About […]

   Some of my earliest church memories involve communion plates. Watching those shiny discs pass by me for years before I could partake of their contents drove me crazy. At the time I had no idea how sacred they were. As a young child I simply wanted a snack, and who could blame me in […]

  Hey Innovation & #Southsideegghunters, For the month of April, we are excited to partner with Compassion International to provide care for Compassion children around the world. This month, every 6 check-ins will provide a day of care for a child in need.   So no matter if you’re attending a service or participating in the #southsideegghunt […]

It’s Luau time!  That’s right, THIS Summer at Innovation were not just having a VBS but it’s a LUAU! It will be taking place on July 21st – 23rd 2021 and not only will it be a great time for you to go on a date WITHOUT your kids but it will be a time for your […]

  How different would your life be if you lived on a budget, were debt free, and were able to give more to the church and to others? During Dollars & Sense you will explore how to create a financial vision that will free you to manage your finances the way God intended that makes […]

Five actions that show we put God first with our money Alane Zlotnicki      We’ve all heard the expression “put your money where your mouth is.” We show with our actions, not just our words, what we support or believe in. It’s easy to say we believe God will provide, but how we use money […]

How to help your young adult manage money wisely Alane Zlotnicki       Few milestones reveal what our kids understand about money more than when they go off to college for the first time or earn that first paycheck.  The way our children handle money at the beginning of their financial life is critical to their […]

   A steward is someone who is appointed to take care of or look after another’s property.  God created us in His image to be His managers over the world He created (Genesis 1:27-30). We are responsible to God for how we manage our lives and the resources that come into our possession because everything […]

 Are you ready for the FIRST EVER #SouthsideEggHunt ?   What is it? We have partnered with local southside businesses and on Easter Weekend there will be 3000+ eggs hidden at specific locations all up and down Veterans Memorial Pkwy all for you to find like a scavenger hunt.   What will I do? You will be given the first […]

Hi Innovation, This month we are so excited to partner with Vitamin Angels to improve the health of children in need around the world. Every check-in or review on Facebook, or location tag on Instagram will provide a vitamin to a child in need. This March we are so excited to partner with Vitamin Angels […]

   Debt is common but it doesn’t need to be certain. Living in debt is being controlled by money rather than having control over it. When we owe somebody money, we are financially chained to an obligation (Proverbs 22:7). The way we view money matters because it affects the rest of our lives. God wants […]

Jeremy Barber realized his actions needed to match his wife’s dreams to be a stay-at-home mom.     For the first five or six years of our marriage, I got really good at managing our $40,000 to $50,000 of debt, most of it student loans. We went through a nine-week financial course in 2015, and that’s when we […]

It is hard to remain hopeful when we can’t see the full picture of how or when God will redeem the whole world. We can become distracted with our mundane tasks or forgo accomplishing our little callings altogether when we feel like what we are doing isn’t very important. However, consider the numerous skills of laborers […]

   Hey Hey everyone,  Our students unite with other students in the area and no matter if were from other churches or not we believe that we’re all on the same team and that we are better together. So that’s why we started FUSION but THIS MONTH instead of meeting in one of the local churches […]

   Could 2021 be the year that everything changes for you.    Could it be the year that you begin to be the MAN that God created you to be?   On Saturday March 13th We will have four separate sessions of worship and teaching with an emphasis on God speaking to you about His plan for your life. […]

Michelle Obama often shared how she met Barack after she already had her career, aspirations, and connections. At the time he was actually finishing up law school and she was his adviser (Geoff Martz et al., “Michelle Obama’s Independent Streak, and Her Romance with Barack,” October 3, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5937546&page=1). She was making more money than him and […]

Do you remember where you were the first time you saw an “I love my church” t-shirt? I can’t remember the first place I saw it, but I know I loved the idea. What a great way to market the church, and express our love. We called up our t-shirt company right away and got […]

  Hi Innovation Nation, This month, we are excited to partner with Soles4Souls to help provide shoes to people who need them. Soles4Souls disrupts the cycle of poverty by creating sustainable jobs and providing relief through the distribution of shoes and clothing around the world. Since 2006, they have distributed more than 40 million pairs of […]

    That’s right we have moved into a NEW month and that means that there is a NEW SERIES. This time it’s all about your marriage! Even if your single there is always the potential for a marriage. So DON’T miss out on the great series that also comes with a dinner on Feb 20th […]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US Foursquare Family, Thank you for taking the time with us each day to focus closely on the Scriptures in deep prayer. I hope these 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting have blessed you, and that you feel better equipped for the year ahead. For many of us, the last year […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community DAY 21 GLOBAL CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT COOPERATION AND WORLDWIDE OUTREACH TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded […]

Hey Everyone,      We are so EXCITED to be able to publish our 2021 Annual Report. Looking back God did some Amazing things in and through our church last year but I am even more excited about the things to come. See you THIS VISION SUNDAY Jan 24th as we celebrate together and look ahead […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 20 THE DISABLED DEFENDING AND SUPPORTING THE NEEDY Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. —Prov. 31:8-9 (ESV) PRAYER + REFLECTION 1. […]

  Hey Everyone your giving statements for 2020 tax purposes are ON THEIR WAY. Actually they should be sitting in your email inbox right now. If not then we don’t have your CORRECT EMAIL and need you to fill out the connect card so that we can update your information.  PLEASE DO THAT HERE. If you need […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community DAY 19 CHILDREN + STUDENTS PROTECTION AND BLESSING FOR OUR CHILDREN TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Then children were brought to Him that He might lay His hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community DAY 18 THOSE SUFFERING UNDER POVERTY BLESSING “THE LEAST OF THESE” TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I […]

That’s right we originally booked Lafayette 7 to cut the cost and help the struggling Movie theater but we got a call from the Regional manager EXCITED about the amount of people that were bringing to the movies and he upgraded us to the big leather, plushy, chairs and better theater of EASTSIDE 10!!!! OH […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 17 LABORERS WORKING FOR A PLENTIFUL HARVEST When He saw the crowds, He had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community DAY 16 UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS PRAYING FOR THOSE WITH NO ACCESS TO THE GOSPEL TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. —Matt. 24:14 (ESV) After […]

It’s 2021 and it’s time to do what we do BEST and SERVE our community.   This month is another 5th Sunday and so YES sign up at redcross.org to sign up to donate blood but also get ready to serve the under-loved in our community as we dedicate this Serve Sunday to partnering with The Lafayette […]

Week 3: All Things New in My Global Community DAY 15 THE PERSECUTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 14 NEW HOPE A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more. And I saw the holy […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 13 NEW ACTION FASTING + PRAYER No, this is the kind of fast I want: I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community DAY 12 NEW IMAGINATION PEOPLE OF DREAMS + VISIONS TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 11 NEW STORIES LIVING WATER A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.” (For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.) So the Samaritan woman said to Him, […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 10 NEW SUPPORT TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO HELP Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 9 NEW AWARENESS LAMENT + REBUILD When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Then I said, “Please, O Lord God of heaven, great […]

  Yes that’s right we are TAKING OVER THE MOVIES and we would love to see you there.   On January 20th Innovation will be launching their connect groups IN STYLE with a FREE MOVIE for you and your loved ones.   BUT we must let them know how many people will be coming.   So follow this link and on […]

Week 2: All Things New in My Church + Community TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING DAY 8 NEW RELATIONSHIPS WELCOMING ALL TO CHRIST’S TABLE Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; He was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to get a look at Jesus, […]

Week 1: All Things New in My Life DAY 7 IN MY LIFE: NEW FUTURE PROMISE OF PEACE + HOPE “For I know what I have planned for you,” says the Lord. “I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. When you […]

Week 1: All Things New in My Life DAY 6 IN MY LIFE: NEW OUTPOURING FRESH ANOINTING TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING “Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. In […]

Week 1: All Things New in My Life DAY 5 IN MY LIFE: NEW BIRTH + RECONCILIATION  BORN INTO A NEW FAMILY  TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by His great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now […]

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Week 1: All Things New in My Life DAY 3 IN MY LIFE: NEW MERCIES GOD’S FAITHFULNESS  The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; Therefore, I will hope in […]

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will […]

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; According to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done […]

Hi Innovation, This January, we are excited to partner with Hope for Haiti to provide education to children in southern Haiti. Every 10 check-ins will provide a day of education to a classroom of 30 children. Hope for Haiti considers education to be the keystone to sustainable development. By supporting, strengthening, and expanding the resources […]

 At the start of every year, we set goals with every intention of checking off each resolution as we complete it. We come up with the ideal plan for personal success.  I am going to feel so awesome about myself when I complete my entire list of resolutions. People will respect me more, love me […]

   If you became a Christian between last Christmas and this Christmas, you’ve probably asked at least one of these questions:  Is it OK if I still love non-Christian Christmas songs? What do Christians do for Christmas?Are there new things I need to do? Or old things I need to stop doing? Rest assured: there is no […]

   Micah prophesies a ruler will come from Bethlehem, one who will shepherd his people and bring peace.   “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,    who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for me    one who is to be ruler in Israel,whose coming forth is from of […]

   COVID-19 affected more than our health. For many of us, it affected how we work and if we worked. After months of not being able to work or working fewer hours, a lot of people are wondering, “Can we even do Christmas presents this year?” If your budget for Christmas isn’t what it used […]

Hey everyone it’s time for another Innovation Merch Moment. This time it’s based on the last words of Jesus where told his people to go and “be witnesses”. So we thought that it would help if you had a reminder in the form of some awesome merch.  The T-shirts and Hoodies will be just like […]

Are you a worrier or a WARRIOR?! They sound similar but are on the opposite end of the spectrum. For me it could be something as simple as walking into a grocery store and feeling like you need more groceries than you have money. Thoughts of worry and fear start to creep in, but I’m […]

Do you know God’s second favorite drink? It’s gotta be lemonade! His #1 is obviously Chic Fila’s sweet tea…that’s a given. But that lemonade tho… “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” Genesis 50:20 God is the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of […]

It was a rainy Texas night, and we were all tired from a full day of traveling. My family and I were returning home from one of our many family road trips. I woke from a light sleep in the back seat of our Ford Fairlane station wagon as my dad, whom I refer to as “Pops,” pulled off for a pit stop.  We pulled into a […]

Baptism is the way we show that we’ve been buried with Christ, then raised to new life. Are you ready to take that step and publicly announce your life change? Sign Up today using the Digital Connect Card. The next baptism date will be August 2nd!

Did you know that there are NOW child care service available for the 1st Service at Innovation each and every Sunday? That’s right now you can come and enjoy the 9:15AM service knowing that your children will be taken care of while you enjoy the service?  Why are you doing this? 1. The first service […]

Hey Hey Parents,  THIS SUNDAY we are trying something NEW. (We are Innovation after all and so you should be used to it!) But right now your Innovation Church APP is being updated to include A Children’s Check-In selection. It might even already be on your phone. That way all you have to do to […]

We are deeply grieved by the killing of George Floyd. His death reflects an indifference to humanity and ignores the inherent dignity of the Creator in each of us. What started for us as a quick and definite response on our social media platform on May 28th has blossomed into the rest of this post. […]

We just wanted to get a quick survey out to everyone to hear your thoughts on moving forward in these interesting times that we are facing as a church, as a community and as a nation. Thanks in advance for your participation.  CLICK HERE TO ACCESS YOUR SURVEY. 

Hi Innovation community, This May we are so excited to partner with Vitamin Angels to improve the health of children in need around the world. Every 2 check-ins or reviews on Facebook will provide a vitamin to a child in need. Vitamin Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to reaching underserved children and moms around […]

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 1:7 Hey Everyone, we just wanted to give some back story as well as our current and future story of where Innovation has been, where we are at, and where we […]

Hi Innovation, This month, we teamed up with Causely to give back to those affected by Covid19. We’ll be working with Convoy of Hope as they help people across the country access emergency supplies. Convoy of Hope is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to help those in desperate need. They have committed to provide at […]

The 🇺🇸Indiana Veterans Home and the residents could use a bit of 💕encouragement during these trying times. So, if you are🖍📝 crafty, and even if you are not. Please take some time out of your week to make some encouraging cards for Our Veterans who reside at IVH! They do not have to be fancy. Hand written is […]

THIS Sunday is “Serve Sunday” and we are STOKED that we get to serve our community in this way. This is a new partnership with Project Sweet Peas – Greater Lafayette and we will be providing supplies for you to take home and make costume and outfits for the little ones that end up the NICU. You […]