Archive for May, 2008
My Wife In Sermons
Posted on 30. May, 2008 by frank.
I must mention my wife or my kids in at least half of my sermons as illustrations. Sometimes it is funny, sometimes it is a serious illustration to make a point. But what do our families really think when it comes to us pastors using them as sermon illustrations. My friend Steve recently sent me [...]
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Will Gas Prices Change Church Attendance?
Posted on 28. May, 2008 by frank.
Gas around my area is quickly approaching $4.00 per gallon and I can’t help but wonder how it could change church attendance as prices continue to rise. I remember when we first moved to PA in the late 90′s we would drive for an hour to get to a church. We did it because an [...]
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Rowing Across The Pacific
Posted on 27. May, 2008 by frank.
Roz Savage is an inspiring woman that is rowing across the pacific ocean. She departed from California at midnight last night and is going to be blogging from a PC in her high tech row boat. Here is a bit from her first entry after departure: Last night, at a few minutes to midnight, I [...]
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Military Memories
Posted on 26. May, 2008 by frank.
It is days like today (Memorial Day) that cause me to reflect on my military experience in the Air Force. While I discovered that security and law enforcement wasn’t a real passion for me, I did like the Air Force. The memories I have from that experience are good ones. Plus the military helped me [...]
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Church Pirates
Posted on 26. May, 2008 by frank.
Pirates aren’t just looking for prey on the oceans anymore. They exist in the church too. Churches that are near and dear to my heart have experienced this. I have spoken with church staff, board members, and leadership from churches that have added pastors to their staff that ended up to be church pirates. They [...]
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Small Groups 2.0 – Task Groups On The Web
Posted on 21. May, 2008 by frank.
In my previous posts on this topic we covered Small Groups 2.0 for social groups and traditional (study) small groups. In this post I want to cover task groups. Some churches that are working on being churches of groups instead of a church with groups classify their ministry teams as small groups as well. These [...]
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Cities From Space
Posted on 20. May, 2008 by frank.
I have always been fascinated with space, it goes with my hobby of watching and reading sci-fi. But the real stuff I find just as cool. One of my favorite places in Washington DC is the Air and Space Museum. Just a few years ago we ended up visiting five times in one year! It [...]
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Small Groups With Evangelistic Impact
Posted on 19. May, 2008 by frank.
One of my favorite stories to share is from one of the very first groups that my wife and I started. It was a group that we started for single young adults and it filled up pretty quickly as this was a growing demographic in our church. I remember specifically it was a Tuesday night [...]
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Missions In Mexico
Posted on 18. May, 2008 by frank.
A team of about 30 volunteers spent the last 7 days in Mexico building two homes for families in need. My first foreign missions experience was working with a family in Amman Jordan. They lived pretty well but it changes you forever when you see how the poorest of the poor live. Kevin Stone (our [...]
