Monthly Archives: September 2009

Innovate 09 Session 7: People’s Choice Storyteller & Church in the Sticks

Here’s Session 7 via my tweets. Every body has a skeleton that allows u 2move. Every church needs accurate structure that strengthens, not limits the move ofGod#innovate096 minutes ago from web It’s not the size of the church, but the more »

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Innovate 09: Session 4: Stories and Granger Film Fest

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact. — Robert McKee Stories have the power to change us. Everyone has a story When we tell more »

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Innovate 09 Session 2: Original or Recycled?

Tim Stevens, Session 2: Original or Recycled? There’s nothing like being a part of a church where people are meeting Jesus for the first time.  Following Jesus is a process through various stages. Samplers: Investigating the local church and who more »

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Innovate 09 Session One: You Don’t Have It All Together, Neither Do I

Innovate 09 is LIVE! I’ll be blogging my way through the sessions.  Dig in and join the conversation.  Mark kicked things off with “You Don’t Have It All Together, Neither Do I.”   Everything is instant, global, and permanent. Tectonic more »

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idochurchonline.com

Online church is an exploding phenomenon. One article claims, "At least 35 churches, among them some of the best known in America, are doing internet Campuses with more jumping on board all the time. By one estimate, as early as more »

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Baptism Through the Eyes of My 10 Year Old Photo Genuis

Baptism is a sacramental moment.  As a pastor, few moments rival the sacredness embodied in the water, as I become a conduit for grace, facilitating a holy moment of surrender and faith between each individual and the Lord Jesus.  Each baptism is special more »

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342 Stand Up

This past weekend, 342 men and woman surrendered their lives to Jesus and received amazing grace.  342.  That number is significant because behind that number is 342 individual stories of catalytic decisions and transformed lives.  One story from “the numbers.”  more »

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I’ve Got a Secret

This past weekend Mark said, "Grace is always opposed to earning (Eph2:8-9) Grace is not opposed to effort (Eph2:10). We can't earn by good works, but they are a loving response to the grace of a good God." The same more »

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