Bruce Reyes-Chow

As I was looking at some of the pictures from Easter at MBCC I realized that I have never really posted many images of the church.  Easter at MBCC has always been interesting because most of our folks leave town to visit the parental unites over Easter.  As we grow, we are slowly starting to [...]

Due to a variety of reasons – mostly too many freaking people were come to church – about six months ago MBCC decided to intentionally transition from being a “Pastoral Church” to being a “Program Church.”  You can see the definitions and characteristic’s of each congregational size in the article, How to Minister Effectively in Family, [...]

First coffee in the "sanctuary" and now this?!?!?! And this?!?!?!? As part of our Series "Re|Creation: Meeting God in the Here and Now" we added a few elements to our "normal" worship experience.  In order to expand the ways that we might experience God, we invited folks to participate in any or all of the [...]

[photo by pepe50] The world has a fascination with the next big thing.  We are enthralled by size, power and explosions metaphorical and real.  The church is the same way, especially those of us in the church already. A good example of this is  Mission Bay Community Church, where I serve as the pastor.  Because we [...]

Always hoping to balance people’s needs and wants around all things church and community, we would like to get some feedback about our Sunday services.  Please take a moment to fill out quick quick quick online survey ONLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO MBCC AT LEAST ONCE.  [TAKE SURVEY] [image: clker/freeclipart]

Many of you know the saga of the church plant.  Like wandering nomads, we move from place to place in the hopes that someday we may find somewhere that we can call home, maybe not permanently, but for a while.  MBCC has been in 7 location over our 7 years of existence and again, we [...]

[Photo by cobalt123] Sometimes I feel like churches or pastors that are “plugged in” have to apologize for being as such.  There is this assumption that because we are technologically proficient, we lack understanding or connection to other ways of being church and community.  Boo. Now I have posted on this phenomenon before and some reactions [...]

Mission Bay Communities Church’sAlmost-Annual All-Church PicnicMonday, September 3 No plans for Labor Day?Now you have something to do! You are invited to join this great group of folks for a day or fellowship, food and fun!  This invitation is for you if . . . You live in or around the SF Bay Area You [...]

[h/t to Tony Morgan] Outreach Magazine is putting together their list of Innovative Churches.  And while it would be flattering to pastor a church that was nominated to be a part of this list, it does raise at least one question, "What the heck does ‘innovative" mean?" Labels suck!  I use them with reckless abandon [...]

Last night MBCC was asked to be a site visit for a Presbyterian Church (USA) Congregational Transformation event that was being held in the area.  There we about 45 pastor types from all over the country who are committed to congregational health and vitality.  I rambled on for about an hour about pastoral leadership in [...]

Golly Gee Whiz God . . . we are growing.  People are actually coming to church, they are beginning to engage in community, they are in need of pastoral care, programs, fellowship . . . AND all the while, the church should be well administrated AND, Oh yeah, there must also be a thoughtful and [...]

Like most churches, most people want to always get along.  But what fun is that?  Let me say that I serve an amazing church where folks can really engage in a spiritual journey pretty free of many of the obstacles that exist in other church settings.  Sure we have our "stuff" but for the most [...]