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Our church board is SOOOOO cool! I just love these guys! I love the fact that our church is committed to our mission of bringing people to Jesus and building them up in that relationship! Here’s an e-mail that I just received from one of our board members (Charlie Canon)… Paul, Thanks for keeping us stimulate and thinking [...]
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We’ve got a really cool board here @ Northgate! One of the things that we are currently wrestling with is how to move beyond the 1,000 mark. There are four transitions that need to take place in order for this to happen. 1) The role of the pastor 2) The role of the board 3) [...]
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I just bought four new books that I can’t wait to read! 1) Leading at a Higher Level – Ken Blanchard 2) Simply Christian – N.T. Wright 3) Blue Like Jazz – Donald Miller 4) Tom Peters Essentials Design – Tom Peters I think that every pastor should be well read in at least four [...]
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I’m working on this week’s sermon and thinking about convictions. I’m looking for examples of convictions that you have. What are some things that you deeply believe? They don’t all have to be serious either! Some of my convictions: 1) That I am a better husband, father, pastor, and friend when I am well-rested, and fully surrendered to [...]
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One of my favorite bloggers, Tony Morgan, has posted a few blogs on what kind of music we should have in the church. In his latest post he asks, “Should Christ-followers use music to “speak a bit of life” into those that are unchurched? And, is it acceptable to use that type of music in church [...]
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I am excited! We have hired Anthony Hoisington to lead our new ministry to 18-30 year olds! He will also be leading worship at our 6 p.m. Saturday service and our 11 a.m. Sunday service! Anthony’s latest release is called Relevant Worship. This project, the combination of two bands (Adelaide and Elektromat), is a local [...]
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If you’ve never checked out wikipedia, you should! It’s an online, open-source encyclopedia! I use it all the time! A couple of guys/geeks took this idea to the extreme… now I’ve gotta get back to work!
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OK, by now you know about the Ted Haggard story (a prominent Christian leader falls morally – for more info see here). I’m finishing up my sermon for this weekend and I think I’m going to lead off with this story. The crazy thing is that this whole scandal is making people skeptical of their [...]
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We’ve got some really cool stuff happening @ our south campus! Check it out here
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2 weeks ago we presented a challenge to our church to “Take the nine week tithing challenge.” There were three stipulations: Tithe (i.e. give 10% to God) at every pay period for the next nine weeks(end Dec. 31) Carefully manage the other 90% (if you lose at Vegas the bets off!) Watch for God to do something [...]
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