A few weeks ago, I posted on the launch of our K-Club Pilot Project -- a way of moving Children's Ministry out of the church building and into the neighborhood. You can read that report here.Anyway, at last week's K-Club, children were asked to name one thing...
It's Top Five Tuesday, after all. One of those weekly rituals that make me realize I tend to do the same thing on the same day of every week.How does music speak into the role of particular days of the week?By naming songs after them! Here are my five...
I am so glad we did what we did yesterday.Instead of a more typical "music-video-solo-sermon" format to reinforce the Not A Fan series, we turned everything upside down on behalf of the persecuted church.We had a multi-movement, multi-sensory, and multi-cultural...
I don't want to give away all the surprises about this coming Sunday's worship experience.Except to let you know it will be unlike anything we've ever done on a Sunday morning.You'll be challenged.You'll be enlightened.You'll be angered.You'll be moved.You'll be...
One of the benefits of listening to music instead of talking heads on the way to work is that I get to hear this guy sing:
Last night, Dennis Sult and I hosted the initial gathering of a small group of people who will help our church multiply the ministry of pastoral care.Dennis is our Director of Congregational Care, which means that he does the lion's share of visitation in hospitals...
Yesterday's message -- the third in the Not A Fan series -- was called Flexetarians.The one point "refrain" repeated in the last half of the message was actually a question:When is the last time following Jesus cost you something?It's a question I want people asking...
Flexetarians.Yeah, it was a new word for me, too.But now it's one of my favorite.To find out why, come for Week Three of Not A Fan.Sunday.8:30. 10. 11:30.
Last week, I posted on our Reveal Bible Class that is such an integral part of the Not A Fan series. You can read that post here.After last night's class, I received two more interesting reports about the experience. Check it out: Can I just tell you that...
Dr. Doolittle featured this rather improbable animal, aptly named the Push Me Pull You:Hard to make a lot of progress in that kind of body, isn't it?There are seasons of ministry life where I feel like that.Specifically: many times the church needs me to lead and I...