Click on my picture to be a friendYesterday @ our Management Team meeting we spent the first hour of our meeting in prayer. I am so excited about a group of leaders that wants to start the decision making process only after being saturated in prayer! (see here for “The rest of the story)
One of the things that we realize as pastors [...]
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Currently I’m reading Hesselbein on Leadership - a valuable set of insights on leadership for any leader!
I am really intrigued and impressed with a concept that Hesselbein keeps referencing, “Planned Abandonment.” This is a Peter Drucker concept but one that Hesselbein has introduced me too.
Some quotes about this concept…
“We must practice ‘planned abandonment’ and give [...]
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WOW! We had a great week of ministry!
- Our Kids JAM (Jesus And Me) team led the service. It was GREAT! I was so proud that
I cried on Saturday night as I watched our team lead the service! A few things about the
team:
- They are all volunteers - I LOVE YOU GUYS!
- They are not [...]
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In a time when Hillary Clinton is running for President; Condoleeza Rice is the Secretary of State; Oprah Winfrey is a formative voice in social affairs; Stacy Snider is the chairman of Universal Pictures; and Joyce Meyer is a leading preacher of the gospel… women still seem to have a tough time finding their place [...]
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I’m really excited about several new hire that we just made!
We have just hired Justin Michaeu as our new Communications Manager. He will be serving in a full-time capacity.
Justin comes from The Martin Group - an award winning marketing and graphic design group in Buffalo, NY. He has just been nominated as a “Rising [...]
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A couple of days ago I posted about a retreat that our Management Team and Church Board went on (see here).
We discussed the fact that administrative structure can be a barrier to growth.
We confirmed the fact that as our church grows we must continually be adapting our administrative structure to accomodate and facilitate further growth.
Let [...]
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Talk about extremes! Check out the diverse experiences in weather, clothing, and temperature from Florida to New York…
From there…
To here…
From there…
To here…
But at least I always have “The Ladies”…
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We just came back from the sonogram today and it looks like our fourth child will be a little girl!
The lady that did the sonogram said, “I wouldn’t bet my house on it, but it looks like a girl!”
Hurray!
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I’m reading a great book right now… Words to Winners of Souls by Horatius Bonar. Written in 1860, this book still has profoundly timely wisdom for every follower of Christ.
A few quotes that are gripping me right now include…
“Our position is such that we cannot remain neutral. Our life cannot be one of
harmless obscurity. We [...]
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Two weekends ago our Management Team and our church board went on a retreat. We left on Friday night and returned Saturday night.
We went to Olmstead Manor in Ludlow, Pa. We had a great time and got a LOT accomplished!
For the retreat we all read through the book Go Big and allowed it to serve [...]
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