I read an interesting, well at least challenging and though provoking, blog by a worship leader I have a lot of respect for (Tim Hughes, we actually do a lot of song he has written) and he posed an idea, would churches today know it if the Holy Spirit wasn’t present during the service? Wow [...]
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With the beautiful weather we’ve been having lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the river. We are so blessed in the Northwest to have several awesome rivers really close, and when it’s hot I am happy to enjoy them all I can.
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This week is the start of our 52 week celebration of Bring Your Bible to Church Week. Remember when you are leaving the house to grab that old book and bring it with you.
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This week has the makings of being fairly quiet around to old office. Pastor Joe is off on vacation from today until next Monday(so don’t call him), this is a very important time for him. The Life Group I am a part of has just recently started going through the book of Hebrews and we [...]
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Ok here it is, and I need a lot of participation and feedback for this to work.
Challenge: Bring your Bible to Sunday service and your Life Group without fail, for the next 4 weeks. That will finish out June, and then we can come back together and evaluate the process.
(please comment to let me know [...]
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Yesterday was Pastor Joe’s birthday. He is now entering the stage of life called the “pre-30’s”. Make sure you give him a call or send him an email to congratulate him on staying alive this long.
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I have just read an article that I thought was somewhat amusing. It turns out that the New Kids on the Block are re-uniting for a concert to celebrate the 2oth anniversary of their album Hangin’ Tough. Now normally this would be of no interest to me but my first concert was the New Kids [...]
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Well, Easter is now passed. Whew! Now don’t think that we can all sit back and relax until Christmas.
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There are fewer than 4 days of inviting that can be done prior to Easter. Make the most of each encounter with friends, co-workers and family. People are just more willing to come to a church on Easter, but people often need an invite to make that actually happen.
I was talking with a pastor yesterday [...]
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On the horizon is a big time opportunity.
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