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30 September 2008
Thanks for all your support!
Unfortunately, we didn’t win the 91.9 contest. It was close—51% to 49%. We started slow (about 20 percentage points down) and were closing fast, but, as we said, it was over at 20,000 votes.
Oh well, it was fun and it means a lot to know how much our praise and worship team is loved at [...]
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29 September 2008
Our Church Band Rocks!
Finally, the end of the rainbow is in sight! Southbrook’s worship team is in the final for the 91.9, “Our Church Band Rocks” contest. Sorry of we seem like the church who cries wolf on this one. But this really is the final final this time!
At 10:00 am today the voting starts, and the fist [...]
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28 September 2008
Planting Seeds
Sometimes Churches are accused of being “too evangelistic.”
I’m not sure how you can possibly over-do telling others about Jesus Christ and what His death and resurrection can mean for them if they will trust in Him. Such a decision ranks number one in importance against all other decisions we make in life.
ALL other decisions.
More [...]
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26 September 2008
A.I. Kids Part 2
So what possible harm can it do to tell a kid he’s good at something he’s not really good at? It might even encourage him to put more effort in and actually get good at it.
Well, that’s one way of looking at it, I suppose. The other way is to call it what it [...]
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24 September 2008
American Idol (A.I.) Kids - Part 1
Before we know it, another season of American Idol will be upon us. It will begin as always with a tour of several major cities and a first hand look (and hear) of some of the most talented singers/musicians around. It will also come complete with a mind numbing glimpse into the lives of some [...]
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23 September 2008
Exciting News!
I’m thrilled to announce that Geoffrey Janes will be the Campus Pastor for Southbrook Monroe! The Janes’ are so excited about all that God has for them and the people of Monroe. This past week they said they could already feel the energy and anticipation from the launch team that continues to meet at Benten [...]
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22 September 2008
Can You Feel It?
We are getting close! Can you feel it?!
I felt it this weekend! I usually try not to preach on the weekends we have our four hour membership classes. This time the planets misaligned and they hit at the same time (actually, they almost always do). And then I got sick on top of that so [...]
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19 September 2008
Top 10 Reasons You Should Already Be Inviting Your Friends to Southbrook
10. They can get to know the ropes before the Grand Opening on Oct. 26th
09. There might not be enough personal invite cards to go around.
08. We’re actually already meeting as a church.
07. The new building might actually fill up faster than the old one did—in which case you and your friends might end up [...]
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18 September 2008
No Complaining, Final - Proper Channels
How do you handle conflict and tension?
So what gives? We can’t ever complain?
Complain? No.
Help? Yes.
Remember, complaining accomplishes nothing but harm. However, with every complain comes an opportunity to make things better. Complaints reveal something that isn’t right—structure, attitude, profit, leadership, followership, etc. But mumbling and whining isn’t going to improve any of it. It just [...]
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15 September 2008
No Complaining - Part 2
Complaining takes many different forms—’contructive criticism, whining, sulking, the silent treatment, protests, and sarcasm to name but a few. But suffice it to say, they’re all wrong. But here’s something you might not have thought of before. And if you’re not yet motivated to stop complaining your way through life you maybe want to take [...]
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15 September 2008
No Complaining
Do people really even know what this is? Complaining, I mean. Because so often its mere mention raises hackles and brings quick rebuttals like:
“What, now we can’t voice our opinion?”
“I was just stating the facts?”
“I guess we can’t speak up unless we’ve already agreed to drink the Kool-Aid, right?”
“Don’t we need to lay out an [...]
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14 September 2008
Guest Blogger: Max Lucado
Well, sort of anyway. I’m getting ready to write about a peculiar and worthless habit many of us have. I’m talking about complaining. Isn’t complaining one of the most bizarre things we do? Think about it.
When has complaining in and of itself ever changed anything?
Answer, never. Except maybe to make matters worse.
Yet we persist.
Think of [...]
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13 September 2008
Weekend Update
Due to the crowds that have been coming of late—members and regular attenders need to shift over to one of the less slammed services. Relief will be here (at least for a little while) in exactly one month as the doors to the larger worship building open up. For now, however, the crowds are turning [...]
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12 September 2008
Bit by Bit - The Last Bit
This is the final part to my little three part series, “Bit by Bit.” If you need to catch up go here first and then here, and that should get you all squared away. And I can wait. I got a little bit of time…
Done?
Cool.
So what’s the bottom line for what Bill Hybels calls, “The [...]
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11 September 2008
Bit by Bit, Part 2
To catch up on this one, go here and read yesterday’s post (part 1).
So what is it that causes a majority of church decline? Pastor burnout? or Waning influence in once prominent, or at least, promising congregations?
Bill Hybels calls it “Incrementalism.”
In his book, “ax i om [ak-see-uhm],” he mentions this killer in the chapter [...]
