How could we . . . a) receive "promise cards" (aka, pledge cards) for 2017 generosity; AND b) distribute "movie tickets" for our short film Sunday next week? Answer: "In The Long Run" (yes, title borrowed from chorus of an Eagles' song), a sermon with this...
In my occasional dark nights of the soul, I wonder: “is what I’m doing anything other than some motivational speaking on a Sunday morning?” Seriously: do people come to Good Shepherd or to any church simply to have their ears tickled and the hearts touched? To feel...
As a lot of you know, first time guests to Good Shepherd get a coffee mug delivered to their front door later on Sunday. We've been doing it that way for well over 20 years. What's unusual is to receive a thank you note in return for the mug. Yet that's what happened...
If you thought about it -- and maybe I'm the only one who did -- it might have struck you as kind of odd that we devoted an entire Sunday to preparing and packing 285,000 meals for people in Haiti while we are in the middle of a message series called The Value Of A...
Yesterday . . . 2500 people . . . On two campuses . . . Packed this many meals now headed for Haiti . . . Which means that overall we've packed ONE MILLION meals as a church. A milestone I celebrated with a backhand gong bang.
Frequently Asked Questions What Are We Doing? We are harnessing all our Sunday morning people and energy and campuses to prepare and package over 280,000 Meals Ready To Eat (MREs). Where Is All This Food Going To End Up? After we prepare and package the meals, Stop...
I received this poignant note on the back of a Connection Card this past Sunday. The author is a guy who, along with his wife, has been driving over an hour each way to get to Good Shepherd on a Sunday morning. My family has been coming to this church for about 10...
On Sunday, I (briefly) announced a new initiative at Good Shepherd called #Invite9000. Huh? Well, here are the top five things you need to know about the project and, more importantly, how you can become part of it over the next twelve months. 1. It's a...
How to . . . Prepare a church to package 280, 000 meals on a Sunday morning? Launch a new initiative (with its own webpage!) called #Invite9000? Connect stewardship with evangelism? Include a terrific faith sharing testimony video from one of our guitar players? All...
The song "Question" is typical Moody Blues: overwrought, self-serious, and, in spite of itself, pretty good. In fact, as a teen it made a brief appearance in my "All Time Top Ten Songs" list (and yes, I still make those lists in my 50s). Here it is:...