Archive for October, 2009

Five Reasons To Be In A Small Group For Life

Posted on 24. Oct, 2009 by .

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At the Group Life Conference this year Andy Stanley shared five reasons that he will be in a small group for life.  Here they are: 1. It’s the easiest place to invite un-churched people to, especially if they are not ready for the whole Sunday morning experience. 2. It’s often one of the only contexts for [...]

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Keep The Bible Fresh – Bill Donahue

Posted on 24. Oct, 2009 by .

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In our small groups or classes, it is always a challenge to keep the bible fresh as a leader or teacher.  At the Group Life Conference Bill Donahue shared a few different methods to help us do a better job at keeping the Bible fresh: Guidelines to engage the text: Study the bible for yourself, [...]

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Using Social Media in Small Groups

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by .

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Relationships are an essential part of the Christian life.  To follow Jesus and his teachings means we live in community with God, and community with others.  The challenge we face in our culture is the busyness it creates in people’s lives. The very people that we are called to ministered to, and I believe social [...]

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A Church That Burns Bibles?

Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by .

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I’m quite shocked that a pastor would do this with his church. That’s right, Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, NC is planning a book burning and bbq this Halloween. Among the books are any Bibles that are not the King James Version. After looking at the video below, if you had a chance to [...]

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Google Voice – My New Favorite Phone App

Google Voice – My New Favorite Phone App

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by .

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Google Voice is a favorite new tool I’ve begun using this year.  Don’t confuse this with the voice activated search on your phone, Google Voice is a new phone number assigned to you by Google.  A phone number that saves you, your friends and family time and frustration.  People don’t have to make a decision to [...]

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Church Announcement Obesity

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by .

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At our churches we want people to know what we have to offer when they show up to a weekend worship service.  However, as our churches grow (and we have more to offer) traditional verbal announcements just don’t cut it anymore. Unless you seriously want people to sit there and listen to a talking head for 10 [...]

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How To Succeed With Social Media

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by .

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Guy Kawasaki tweeted these tips about the twitter elite and Kem Meyer also recently posted them in a blog post.  The source of the following rules really originated at the 140 Conference and were more focused on twitter but I think you can apply the principles to any form of social media (twitter, blogging, facebook, etc.)  [...]

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Get Up Outta That Funk Emotionally

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by .

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Over the last few weeks we’ve been talking about the funks we sometimes hit in life.  Spiritual funks, emotional funks, and vocational funks.  This past Sunday I spoke about the emotional funks we can find ourselves in and how we can address it by choosing to safeguard joy in our life.  If you missed it [...]

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