The Simple Church book tells church leadership that the journey towards simplicity must involve clarity, alignment, movement, & focus.We do a lot of things wrong at Good Shepherd, but in this current series Heroes, I feel we are living into that powerful...
Tomorrow night we will hold the season's last Thrive Alive event back in the place where it all started in July: the fountain at the center of the RiverGate Shopping Center.Here's what you can expect:It starts at 7 p.m. and ends at 10. Feel free to stay for the entire...
Yesterday was one of those days that makes me love being a pastor. The look and feel of the service was just right. The music was strong. The visuals made it so you didn't just "hear" the message; you "saw" it as well. But most importantly, many, many people responded...
I know I always get excited about new series around here.And Heroes is no exception. In fact, I think it might be the best one yet.You'll love the videos, the banners, the T-shirts, the music.And oh yeah. You'll love the truth.The source of this week's truth is John...
The Pathfinder launch was terrific last night. I had given a description of it and prediction for it here.It showed the power of simplicity: we promoted this one thing and promoted it heavily, it is now our one way of starting new small groups, and it has easy...
What if I lose my job?What if she's pregnant?What if he doesn't come home tonight?What if she gets in a wreck?What if he doesn't get into college?What if I get caught?What if, what if, what if.Living in the "what ifs" leads to a life of anxiety and stress.Come out...
Thrive Alive has been really good. All summer.We had about 400 people at the first one in RiverGate, 200 or so at the second one at PlazaFiesta, and then 300 at Winget Park.So this Saturday will be the best one of all.On the Good Shepherd Lawn. Inflatables. Food....
Things Jesus Never Said has been a hit.In fact, this series has brought more people into my office for prayer and advice than any other series. That increase is behind Tuesday's post. This Sunday, the thing he never said is "store up for yourselves treasures on...
For years, Good Shepherd attempted to do small groups the conventional way.You get some leaders, get some groups going, and when new people express interest in getting in a group, you try and get leaders to contact and invite them. Or try to get them to contact...
Many of you who were at church on Sunday have asked for a copy of the pledge we used to close out the service.The pledge originally came from Saddleback Church in California; they used it as part of a worship service celebrating their 20th anniversary as a church....