Archive for April, 2008
Small Groups 2.0
Posted on 30. Apr, 2008 by frank.
I have always been passionate about how God uses relationships to communicate with us. One of the great ways to cultivate relationships in the church is small groups (at CCV we call them Home Teams). But something new is happening with the development of all this Web 2.0 stuff, and social networking on the Internet, [...]
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Simple Things I Love
Posted on 26. Apr, 2008 by frank.
Quiet mornings Fresh coffee Lounging in front of the TV with my wife Having friends over for dinner and games Dunkin’ Donuts Reading the Bible with my wife at night Taking my boys to the park fresh cold grapes Stand-up comedy That moment where something new clicks in a child’s mind Hot chocolate on a [...]
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Charlie Bit My Finger
Posted on 26. Apr, 2008 by frank.
Apparently Charlie’s parents have not read to him the book, No Biting. I have a funny feeling I will see a live performance of this one with Michael and AJ. Take a look at this video that has been seen over 20million times!
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New Teeth!!!
Posted on 23. Apr, 2008 by frank.
AJ (Anthony James) has his first two teeth growing in. He is so proud and could not resist showing them off the other day!
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A Church That Leads The Way
Posted on 23. Apr, 2008 by frank.
I had to share this video of a church called Kinetic Church. They are leading as a church when it comes to forgiveness. They are a church plant much like we were when we first started and have store all of their stuff in a couple of trailers. Unfortunately much of that gear was recently [...]
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Youth Group Memories And Stuff Christian’s Like
Posted on 23. Apr, 2008 by frank.
I am addicted to a new blog – Stuff Christian’s Like by author Prodigal Jon. He wrote a recent post that brought back some youth group memories from my high school days… Stuff Christian’s Like #124. The Kid That Makes Out With Girls From Other Youth Groups.You had this kid in your youth group, I [...]
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Confrontation
Posted on 21. Apr, 2008 by frank.
I have been thinking a lot about confrontation lately. I spoke about it in a recent sermon, given counsel to a few leaders and volunteers, and wrote about it in a recent post (here). David Foster, author and pastor, recently posted 10 Signs It’s Time To Confront: 1. It’s time to confront when things aren’t [...]
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Powerful Reminder
Posted on 20. Apr, 2008 by frank.
I recently started helping to lead our efforts in Student Ministry while we search for a new youth pastor. After our Middle School and High School service, one of our interns baptized a student and I was reminded of our adult service, earlier that morning, where we showed the following video. Every time I watch [...]
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Proverbs – R – Us Part 2
Posted on 16. Apr, 2008 by frank.
A few posts ago (you can read it here) I mentioned that my wife and I are reading through the book of Proverbs together. The verses we read tonight, in chapter 16, that struck me all focused on leadership. I used these verses in my prayer time tonight. 10 A good leader motivates, doesn’t mislead, [...]
