Archive for November, 2008

Let’s Be Thankful

Posted on 25. Nov, 2008 by .

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My brother Dave wrote this the other day:

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Momentum In Ministry

Posted on 24. Nov, 2008 by .

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Catalyst is touring doing one day leadership seminars around the country and a pastor I have respect for (Dave Ferguson) recently attended. I had to re-post Dave’s notes from a talk that Andy Stanley did on gaining and sustaining momentum: When we ask churches that are experiencing momentum, “Why?” they will often respond, “God is [...]

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What Do You Take For Granted?

Posted on 20. Nov, 2008 by .

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I know that it is so cliche but I often begin thinking about the things I am thankful for around Thanksgiving. The holiday has always been an important one for our family. Growing up as kids, my brothers often enjoyed it more than Christmas because we would get together with our extended family, and make [...]

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Stripping Church – Seeking Life

Posted on 16. Nov, 2008 by .

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Stripping Church – Seeking Life. That is the new slogan for Vince Antonucci’s church plant in Las Vegas. He recently announced the church’s name on the project website, Verve. Here is his explanation for Verve as his choice: The meaning of verve: (1) Energy and enthusiasm, as in movement or in the expression of ideas, [...]

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Comedy Night – SOLD OUT

Posted on 15. Nov, 2008 by .

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Last night I took Shelli to our comedy night at we had way too much fun! Our two comedians totally killed it and many who were there laughed until they cried. Adam Flora, one of our interns, summed it up well on his blog. Read what Adam wrote below: So my church hosted an event [...]

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Churches Dissapearing In the UK

Posted on 14. Nov, 2008 by .

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The below video is an interview with a gentleman (Sir Roy Strong) who is behind an initiative to turn abandoned church buildings, in his country, into a useful community space. It is really too bad that these churches didn’t maintain that type of attitude while they still had people in them. That is one of [...]

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Jesus Christ and Santa Claus?

Posted on 13. Nov, 2008 by .

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I’ve got Christmas on the brain since we are working on our December sermon series and Christmas Eve services. They seem to be getting close fast and we have a ton of work to do. In my web travels for series research I ran across this humorous video by one of my favorite art dudes [...]

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Starbucks and Church Marketing?

Posted on 10. Nov, 2008 by .

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As the church grows and changes over time it adopts/learns marketing strategies and principles from successful companies. But what if Starbucks applied church marketing and strategies to they way it operates?

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New Building Construction

Posted on 06. Nov, 2008 by .

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I can’t believe how fast this is all happening. If you are coming to church on Sunday you will see a BIG change. They are starting to put all the steel up for the new building! Before you know it we will be planning our grand opening and moving in. If you are not up [...]

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