Work With Experts
Posted on 12. Apr, 2011 by frank.
As I continue to grow as a leader, I find myself frequently appreciating the giftedness of experts. There is something unique that a specialist brings to the table when trying to accomplish a goal. I’ve seen it time and time again as I’ve worked with publishers, graphic designers, musicians, and educators around the country. Today [...]
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Creator Communication – Prayer
Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by frank.
I’ve always felt that there are 3 main parts of communication with God, prayer is one of them (I’ll be posting on others soon). However, prayer isn’t something that comes easy for many Christians, but its an essential part of being a Christ follower. Early church records from the book of Acts demonstrate the importantce [...]
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Free Group Resources
Posted on 14. Feb, 2011 by frank.
I’m constantly looking for free resources that are available for leaders. One of the great resources available is put out by smallgroups.com, and they call it the Small Groups Digizine. Basically it is a digital magazine that they allow me to provide you right here! Here is a few of the of articles in the [...]
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Providing Hope For Kids
Posted on 08. Feb, 2011 by frank.
Kids Hope USA is a great partnership for our church with tons of potential. It is one of the few Christian organizations that provides the church access to the public school system. Plus, God can use you to change the life of a child forever, and He just may use that kid to change you [...]
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Busy Does Not Equal Meaningful
Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by frank.
This term crowded loneliness has come up in our church because of a study we started called Making Room for Life by Randy Frazee. When you think of loneliness what kind of person comes to mind? Perhaps someone who can’t leave their home due to illness? Or maybe someone in a nursing home? When I was a kid [...]
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Free Sermon Series and Graphics
Posted on 10. Jan, 2011 by frank.
One of my favorite sermon series I’ve ever put together was Googling God. Each week is based on questions collected from the congregation. Now obviously a question series is not an original idea, but what I came up with was tying the thought to the internet search engine, Google. I first came up with the [...]
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I Thought This Was Cool For Christmas
Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by frank.
Apparently this spontaneous event occurred in a mall in Niagara Falls, NY and was organized by Alphabet Photography to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. How cool would it have been to be part of that! I love it when something that honors God goes viral!
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Beyond the Great Omission
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by frank.
I had the privilege of working with Brian Jones and the team at Christ’s Church of the Valley for almost 10 years. I’m so grateful for experience and preparation they had given me as a leader. If you missed his main session at the North American Christian Convention you can view it below. He asks [...]
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Christmas Eve Radio Invite
Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by frank.
I just got back from working with the Cumulus team in downtown Rochester and they were awesome to hang out with. We’ve decided to put a Christmas Eve invitation on the radio and ask our community to spend the evening with us at Hope Summit. We’re looking at running the clip 10-14 days before Christmas [...]
