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November 8, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Reason We FED BODIES In The Middle Of A Series On THE VALUE OF SOULS
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 Read the full article...
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November 7, 2016
Stop Hunger Now Event Rewind
Yesterday . . . 2500 people . . . On two campuses . . . Packed this many meals . . . Which means that overall we’ve packed ONE MILLION meals as a church. A milestone I celebrated with a backhand gong bang.
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November 3, 2016
Stop Hunger Now — Nov. 6 Radical Impact Project — FAQs
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 Hunger Now will ship them to hurricane-stricken regions Read the full article...
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November 2, 2016
A Mixed Emotions Kind Of Note
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 years now, Read the full article...
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November 1, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Things You Need To Know About #Invite9000
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 challenge for the people of the church to Read the full article...
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October 31, 2016
The “Priceless” Sermon Rewind
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 while motivating people to value the souls of other folks Read the full article...
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October 28, 2016
“Value Of A Soul,” Week 2 — Priceless
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: But I’m telling you about “Question” because Read the full article...
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October 27, 2016
Strategically Sweet. Or Sweetly Strategic.
On any given day, I’m called on to make a number of decisions. Usually, those decisions are strategic in nature: how best to align the staff, how most effectively to extend our influence, how to maximize the impact of our facilities. Sometimes I find those decisions easy to make and energizing to implement. At other Read the full article...
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October 26, 2016
Methodist Emotion
Most of us in this current era assume that Methodists and emotion have an uneasy, awkward relationship. Now: Good Shepherd has its share of worship enthusiasm. There’s clapping, amen-ing, and even the occasional “WOOH-ing,” especially at our 11:30 gathering. So, while we’re not aisle running or altar flailing, we are often emoting. Collectively. And that’s Read the full article...
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October 25, 2016
Top Five Tuesday — Top Five Hills I’ll Die On
Have you noticed people want you to take a stand these days? To make your decision, your position, your viewpoint known. It’s true in politics, it’s true in theology, and it’s true in Methodism. And in thinking on these things I’ve realized that there are some topics on which I won’t compromise. In some cases, Read the full article...
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