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What
is Bayside?
Bold Biblical Preaching and Contemporary Worship
View the 2005 "Welcome To Bayside" Video -
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About Bayside:
The desire to redevelop the Willow Glen
Neighborhood Church church and to become a young
and thriving church community that would focus on
helping young families but serve people of all
ages in San Jose started in July 2002.
February 9, 2003 was our grand opening, the
beginning of the regular Sunday services of
Bayside - a church community.
A
survey taken a few years ago asked people why they
don't attend church. Their top three answers
were: 1. The people are unfriendly; 2. The
services are boring; 3. The messages are
irrelevant.
People
who visit our church continually comment on how
friendly our
church is - friendly but not overpowering. I
refer to our services as contemporary and informal
- by contemporary I mean that our worship services
are fresh and enjoyable. I'm not into weird
and way out, in fact, we place a high value on
worshipping God with reverence. But we still
like to laugh.
By
informal I mean that we don't hold to an outward
standard of spirituality - there's no dress code.
Feel free to dress casual. Feel free to
dress up. God is more concerned with the
worship in your heart than the wardrobe in your
closet! Informal also means relaxed - we
want you to leave our church feeling accepted and
energized. I want our church to be a refuge
from the struggles and problems we face daily.
"Be still and know that I am God,"
penned the writer of Psalm 46:10.
Our goal is to be a church with fun and enjoyable
children's and youth ministries, small home based
Friendship Groups meeting throughout the Bay area
and a vision for planting new churches every 5 to
7 years. We are also involved in helping churches
around the world through the support of
missionaries.
I
believe that the most important part of church
life is building Friendships: a deepening,
personal friendship with a living Savior, Jesus
Christ, and genuine, trusting relationships with
other Christians. Let me encourage you to
ask me about our Friendship Groups where there is
an opportunity to build friendships and study the
Bible. Feel free to ask about Alpha, a ten
week introduction to the Christian Faith that
includes dinner and a video.
Our
ministry is built on four key pillars: Teaching
the Authority of God's Word with relevance and authenticity;
Lifting high the name of Jesus through Worship; Believing firmly in
the power of prayer; and Sharing the love
and forgiveness of Christ with boldness. We invite
you to become part of our church family at
Bayside. Feel free to talk to me if you'd like to
know more about our church.
Your friend,
Mike
Thorburn
Read
about the beginning of our church in the
Willow
Glen Resident
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