Archive for April, 2009
Can Women Plant Churches?
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by frank.
I ran into an interesting blog post by Dave Ferguson today, “Do you know any female church planters?” In the United States… unfortunately no. It is quite interesting, our culture is quick to push for women’s rights and encourage progress for the opposite sex in other countries but there are still some interesting career areas [...]
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Knowing Others In Small Groups
Posted on 30. Apr, 2009 by frank.
Coming up with icebreakers for your small group can sometimes be a challenge. As leaders we get bored or simply tired of the same old thing. Often we will skip this key relational time for our groups because we can’t find something meaningful or fun to do with everyone. Bill Search, author of Simple Small [...]
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When You Want People To Listen
Posted on 23. Apr, 2009 by frank.
Do you ever wonder if people are listening to you? Have you ever asked the question, “Did that just go in one ear and out the other?” Do you ever find yourself repeating the same thing over and over again because you don’t think anyone is listening? I think this flight attendant from Southwest Airlines [...]
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Strategy and Practice in Small Group Life
Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by frank.
That is the subtitle for Dave Treat’s new website, Thinking Small. At one time Dave was leader for small group ministry at Granger Community Church, before joining the church staff at Willow Creek. Later he moved to the Willow Creek Association and joined the team there in the creation and organization of the Group Life [...]
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Are You A Tofu Christian?
Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by frank.
Diane is a member of our leadership team and I had the privilege of getting to know her better when we went with our evaluation team to Kenya to pursue aiding kids in the Mathare slums. I have a lot of respect for Diane and I learned that she has had Africa on her heart [...]
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A Powerful Reminder
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by frank.
On Easter Sunday Ben and the band played the while we watched the video during communion. It was inspiring and a really cool reminder of a change that should happen in our lives when we decide to live this life God’s way. Take a look at our passage for the day and watch the video [...]
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We Are The Church
Posted on 13. Apr, 2009 by frank.
On Easter Sunday we launched our child sponsorship for the children in the slums of Kenya and used the video below to have some fun kicking off the idea. We stole the idea from Community Christian Church, you can see their video here. I have to say, I think Kevin did a great job as [...]
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When Times Are Tough
Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by frank.
I’ve repeatedly shared with people the three ways I believe God communicates with us: Prayer and circumstance – God will give us impressions about things we pray for, and show us things during the course of a day through what is happening around us. The Bible – God will reveal things to us while reading [...]
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Child Sposorship With CMF International
Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by frank.
Next week we will be rolling out Child Sponsorship at CCV. So many people asked how we can help the children we met in the slums of Nairobi and this is the first way. Over 500 kids are waiting on the list to be enrolled in the school. A school that will connect with Jesus, [...]
