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These next two weeks “The Ladies” and I are going to be taking some time off! The “TO-DO” list (yea, there’s a “To-Do” list…) looks like this… Hang out with “The Ladies” Read a ton! Do house projects (painting, laying a kitchen floor, finishing off closets, etc.) Watch movies Teach a class in Pleasantville, PA [...]
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The second breakout session that I attended was led by Jason Wilson, the Executive Pastor at New Spring… Staffing for Success. Some highlights for me… Their staffing ratio is one staff person to every one hundred weekend attenders. The typical staff/attendee ratio in their area is 1/50. They follow Bill Hybels approach to hiring (we [...]
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The first breakout session that I attended at the Unleashed conference was for senior pastors only. It was a Q & A with Perry. The highlights from this session… As the church grows your immediate circle of fellowship will get smaller. There is no way that you can be intimately connected with every person in [...]
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As noted earlier… the Unleashed conference was great! There were two main sessions and then a TON of breakout sessions to choose from. I went to the two main sessions and then to a breakout for “Senior Pastors ONLY” and then to a breakout called “Staffing for Success.” Notes from the two main sessions, led [...]
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Unleashed was AWESOME! We drove down (13 hours) and back (another 13 hours) in two vans… and learned WAY to much about each other… but it was a TON of fun! Three awesome volunteers from Kids JAM came with us… Rick, Denise, and Kathy! These guys are a huge part of the success of JAM! [...]
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I’m sitting in my hotel room now in South Carolina and my head’s spinning… for two reasons: too much coffee too many thoughts We (eight of us from Northgate and two from a church in Akron) left for S.C. @ 6 a.m. this morning and pulled in at 8:30 p.m. We’re at this conference. I’ll [...]
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Being a parent is one of the top three coolest things in my life (behind being a child of God, and husband of Sherri!)! “The Ladies” have such different personalities and we’re always working to find the most appropriate methods of discipline for each based on their individual personalities. Recently, for Reagan, standing in the [...]
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I can’t wait for our next sermon series! Starting on Easter Sunday we are going to teach a four week series called “Shattered… He’s Not Who You Thought He Was!” We’re going to be “shattering” some old misconceptions about Jesus. This is going to be a BIG “Bring” series! Start praying and inviting your unsaved/unchurched [...]
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Recently I’ve been asking myself this question, “Will it matter twenty years from now?” Today I answered “Yes.” It’s not like I’m looking for things to do this week! I’m working on three sermons, shooting video for two sermons tomorrow, preparing for our South Carolina trip with the staff on Wednesday, prepping for Management Team [...]
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The sun is shining! I see spots of green in my lawn! I think spring is coming! YAHOO! We had a great weekend of ministry! Some highlights… We are in week two of our Struggling With God series! Today Pastor Vern talked about “Struggling with God when I don’t want to do what He wants [...]
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