It’s Beginning To Smell A Lot Like Easter

Huh?Come to one of our four Easter Celebrations -- 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, or 11:30 -- wait until the very end, and you'll see what I mean.The Easter services bring the Voices series to a rousing conclusion.The band is ready. The singers are ready. The A-V and lighting...

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First Serve Launch

The venues are ready.The people are expectant.The Spirit is waiting.First Serve launches tomorrow morning.It's a focused, simple way of mobilizing large numbers of people from the Good Shepherd community to be involved in meaningful ministry throughout the Charlotte...

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Voices Starts Sunday

Words have power.They can wound and cripple. They can heal and inspire. They can drive us to our knees or lift us off the ground.Wherever we find ourselves, wherever we are in our story, we have been shaped by the words spoken into our lives.You're no good. You are...

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LoveDare Week Four

LoveDare has its finale this week.I happen to think we've saved the best for last.It's called After The Thrill Is Gone and it will be all about the impact of your mind on your closest relationships.Once again, this series has showed us the power of branding and focus....

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More Cool, Free LoveDare Stuff

So yesterday was the second week of LoveDare.The sermon focused on I Corinthians 13:5: "[love] is not rude." I talked about the reality that many of us say things to our families, behind closed doors, that we would never say to people in public. How sad. My prayer is...

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LoveDare Week 2 — Finishing School

This is a door. And it has everything to do with Sunday's message, which is called "Finishing School." It's the second in the LoveDare series. To see what in the world it has to do with a door, you'll want to be at Good Shepherd. Sunday. 8:30. 10:00. 11:30.

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LoveDare, Week One

Here's the video that closed our service Sunday:Jerry & Eleanor helped bring home the point that is the foundation of LoveDare: lead your heart, don't follow it.If you haven't signed up for the LoveDare Pathfinder Group launch on Wednesday night, there's still...

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As It Is In Heaven

So what happens in heaven?Mitch Albom wrote about Five People You Meet In Heaven. Belinda Carlisle let us know that she believes Heaven Is A Place On Earth. Led Zeppelin sang, a bit more memorably than Ms. Carlisle, about the stairway to get there. And Jesus, of...

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Perception Vs. Reality

This past Sunday, Eric & Karen Bromby did this sketch for us.Inspired by The Skit Guys, this piece came just before the sermon. Just before the sermon.It was hard to preach after being shredded like that, but it was worth it.

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Prayer In Hi-Def

I got HDTV for Christmas.Once you get that kind of picture quality, it's hard to go back.So I won't.Hi-Def TV is just so clear, sharp, and vivid.What if prayer could be like that? Instead of something you do because you are supposed to, what if prayer could be the...

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