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Volunteers? They’re Everywhere!

Posted in Church, tagged , on February 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Every pastor would say they could always use more help. More volunteers. Well, check out this clip from NBC Nightly News. It tells of the increasing trend of volunteers investing their time and their own resources towards the political campaign of their choice. What a challenge! If a political candidate can rally individuals toward a [...]

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Simple Church

Posted in Catalyst Meeting, Church, tagged , , , on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today in our monthly Catalyst Gathering we discussed a great book and approach to ministry. The book is entitled Simple Church and challenges the reader to turn from a complex approach to ministry and to simplify. The four main aspects we talked about today are: Clarity Movement Alignment Focus Here’s a few challenging quotes from [...]

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Being ‘Value’ble

Posted in Church, tagged , on February 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

As a pastor we are always on the look-out for who can add value to our church or organization. Especially with my job of recruiting for open staff positions at our church plants, even more so. Something God’s been showing me is how Christ often took what is a normal human approach and put it [...]

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Recession? Maybe not

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Check out this video I came across produced by none other than Drew Carey. All we here about on the news today is the fact that our economy is approaching a recession and that our middle-class is slowly disappearing. Well, maybe we’re a little better off than we thought.

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Manic Monday – Phenom

Posted in Manic Mondays, tagged , , on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This week’s Manic Monday idea is a new sermon series. With the continuing trend in our nation of a fascination with celebrity this series capitalizing on this idea. The series is called ‘Phenom’ and deals with true phenoms throughout Hebrews 11. Each message would deal with different character traits that have led to their “Celebrity [...]

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Fine Arts

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I drove out to Ohio to be a judge for the Ohio District Fine Arts Festival. I just got back today and am a little tired, but it was a lot of fun! I got to see some real ministry in action, as well as catch up with a few, ‘old’ college buddies! Hopefully [...]

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Free Resources

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some of you may not have checked this out before, but I have a resources page on this site with various free resources for pastors and churches. I just added a few new resources – you can check it out here.

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Behind the Scenes

Posted in Church on February 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Being a pastor can, at times, be a taxing thing.  Being a solo pastor at a church even more so.  Sometimes it’s easy to feel as if no one cares.  As if you’re in this battle all alone.  If that’s you today, I just wanted to remind you – God hasn’t forgotten you.  You are [...]

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God Asks For Our Best

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I wanted to share with you a powerful excerpt of a book I’m reading by Max Lucado, A Love Worth Giving: At the age of six Susie’s most treasured possession was a string of pearls.   The fact that they were fake didn’t bother her.  She wore them everywhere and played with them every day.  [...]

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What a Blast!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

We had a ton of fun tonight at Chuck E. Cheese with all the MCM Pastor’s Kids! We enjoyed some delicious pizza, I got to watch the kids go crazy with tokens and then we topped it off with McDonald’s ice cream! It was a lot of fun, and I don’t think the ice cream [...]

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