Archive | May, 2009
12,057,698

12,057,698

No that isn’t the new amount of money we need to raise for the building!
One of the guys I’ve discovered, and thoroughly enjoyed on Twitter is Michael Hyatt.  He is the CEO of Thomas Nelson, & every day he has helpful stuff on his site.  Well, one of the sites he mentions on his resource [...]

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Building Update

Building Update

If you haven’t been up to the new building in a few weeks, you’ll likely be pretty amazed to see how things have progressed lately.  The duct work that is already installed is impressive in it’s own right.
Currently, the landlord’s contractors are installing the plumbing for the bathrooms & kitchen as well as the HVAC [...]

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I Don’t Have Time to Write This

I Don’t Have Time to Write This

It amazes me how quickly my “free” time fills up.  This week was supposed to have lots of time for me to catch up on a few projects and even get a head start on a few others…but free time has a habit of evaporating…Did you know Monday was a holiday?  I had a great [...]

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Required for Leadership

I’ve been doing some reading and study for an upcoming leadership class.   And I’ve noticed one thing that has come up over an over again that is required to be a leader…might not seem all that profound, but here it is…you actually need to care about something.  There needs to be something that you are [...]

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A Summer of SEEK

A Summer of SEEK

I wanted to give a bit of information on an announcement we made during our worship services this past Sunday concerning our summer kinship schedule.  Although we normally have our summer kinships (our small group system) run from mid-June to late August, we decided to do something different this summer.  And for those who are [...]

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Being Remark-able

The talk above is from one of my favorite authors, Seth Godin (a fellow Western New Yorker too) talks at TED about being remarkable.  This idea that you are doing something that isn’t just “cool,” or “neat,” but is worthy of people making remarks about.  While many of his examples are business, it made me [...]

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Did You Know?

At the Vineyard’s National Leadership Conference last week, the theme was, heroic leadership in a time of change.  One of the speakers used the video below to illustrate just how quickly things are changing. Definitely worth a view.

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Renew Galveston Festival

Yesterday afternoon from about 11:30 am to 6:00 pm, over 1000 people from the Vineyard leadership conference headed into a neighborhood in Galveston and participated in the Renew Galveston Festival. The festival provided food for the poor who were impacted by hurricane Ike, as well as free hair cuts, and fun events for kids. [...]

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Cherith Fee Nordling

The speaker this morning was Cherith Fee Nordling.  (Cherith is the daughter of Gordon Fee). She did a great job calling us to give our lives wholly to God. Below are a few of the quotes that really stuck out to me:
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Q; What impact does the coming kingdom have on the children of the [...]

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My Critic’s Hat

My Critic’s Hat

Like most people I know, I own one.  I am trying to wear it less however.
When we got to the conference, we registered and got our materials, and one thing we got was a welcome letter telling us what to expect.  The last paragraph of the letter contained this sentence, “So relax, enjoy the fresh [...]

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