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Responses to the I-Heart Revolution

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For all of you who took in the I-Heart Revolution movie, I love hearing how God stirs hearts. Please write down your thoughts. This should get you started: As you took it all in, how would describe what God was stirring in your heart to DO? ...

Worship Is Week 1

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[vimeo width="480" height="270"]http://vimeo.com/6587703[/vimeo] Thoughts on our vision for a church of extravagant worshipers. ...

Reasons to Pray

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[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/5789336[/vimeo] In thinking about what we want to accomplish in the next year and our vision for the church, we're reminded of the importance of prayer. ...

Community Surveys

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[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/5219045[/vimeo] A glimpse of what the surveys helped us realize about our community. ...

The Mall Process

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It is a faith-building blast to find myself in very serious discussions about opening our church in Washington Square Mall.  Our trustees gathered last night to discuss it again.  The consensus has been that the idea makes sense.  Beginning years ago, I remember asking God to do a work in our church where something like Washington Square Mall made sense.  That’s what I am still praying.   And, honestly, my prayer has been that we, as a church ...

The Summit-Edge solution

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Keep in mind, there is much more to say but I'm trying to boil it down as much as possible. Our Senior Leadership Team took a couple of days this week to attempt a final wrestling with the Edge /  Summit debate.  We knew we needed to make a decision and move forward.  And we have. Here is a "Top 10" list of things to keep in mind about our proposed solution: PROBLEM.  We have an undeniable problem. We have never attempted to ignore, hide ...

More Summit-Edge discussion.

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We told everyone to watch my blog for updates on what is happening in the Edge-Summit discussion.  In this post, I want to give you a peek into why the question doesn’t have an easy answer and has not finally and fully been answered.  We are committed to resolving the issues and coming down on a plan within the next week.  In ...

Summit-Edge Vision Questions

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We might as well say it:  we’re in a weird spot with more questions than answers at this point. Edge growth at 11 is stuck for the time being.  It’s prime time and we have filled it.  Edge 9 has enabled us to move more people in and we should continue to do what we can do to fill it too.  Then what?  Where do we go in the ...

My Leadership “Signposts”

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My Leadership “Signposts” I’m not sure why I decided to call them by that name,  but I have for the last several years.  I counsel people all the time:  when confused or in need of direction from God, always look BACK to the “signposts” –those times when you WERE clear and had direction from the Lord in a ...