Archive | January, 2010
Rich or Poor

Rich or Poor

The following is the first guest post we’ve had here…and who better to do it than James Cherian!
Teaching on Sundays really isn’t one of my favorite things.  Even though I only do it once in a while, I usually start getting nervous about it three weeks in advance.
By the Thursday before I teach, I have [...]

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What’s In a Name?

What’s In a Name?

bob.wilson.blog is, let’s face it is a pretty lame. While we are in the process of upgrading the overall theme of the website, we are also wanting to come up with a name that doesn’t stink.

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Flipped

Flipped

Sometimes however there are other answers… for example sometimes the reason is because, we think it’s fun. For example we often get asked, “Why do we occasionally ‘flip’ our Sunday morning worship service?”

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Week of Prayer & Fasting @ the Vineyard

Week of Prayer & Fasting @ the Vineyard

If you’ve been at the Vineyard over the past couple of Sundays, then you’ve probably heard that we are taking this next week as a week of prayer & fasting. While we’re sure some of you have had some experience with prayer & fasting in the past, we recognize that for many people this may be the first time, they’ve actually had an opportunity to be part of something like this. So, I thought I’d take a few minutes, explain why were doing this, & then give a bit more information on what fasting involves.

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Move Along…Nothing to See Here

Move Along…Nothing to See Here

I am in the process of changing the theme on my blog.

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Don’t Forget Your Coat On Sunday

Don’t worry, the heat is working fine!
This Sunday when we talk about generosity, we are asking everyone to please a good winter coat that you would be willing to donate to those in our community who could use them.  We are asking for nothing stained, ripped, or otherwise in less than really good shape!
Hope to [...]

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Why Don’t We Have a Men’s/Women’s Group (part 2.)

Why Don’t We Have a Men’s/Women’s Group (part 2.)

Yesterday we started answering the question, “Why Don’t We Have a Men’s/Women’s Group,” here @ the Vineyard, by talking about the vision of our church.  The conclusion of that post is below (if you didn’t ready yesterday’s post, everything will make much more sense if you start there!):
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Our philosophy of discipleship is again, Connect with [...]

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Why Don’t We Have a Men’s/Women’s Group (part 1.)

Why Don’t We Have a Men’s/Women’s Group (part 1.)

There are certain questions that those of us in leadership here @ the Vineyard get asked a lot.  So I thought that we’d take some time over the next few weeks and answer some of those questions.
I figured we’d start with one we’ve heard since we first had men or women coming to the Ithaca [...]

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Haiti Update

As some of you know, our church is part of a group of Vineyard churches that are involved in planting Vineyards down in the Dominican Republic.  Three pastors from our partnership have headed down to the DR, to connect with the churches down there, and have gone into Haiti as well.  Over the next several [...]

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5 Favorite Posts of the Past Week

Here are the 5 blog posts I enjoyed the most this past week.  Hope you find them helpful:
Michael Hyatt: Friends, Critics & Trolls (an older article, but re-posted this week)
Tony Morgan: Platform
Seth Godin: Amplifying Complaints
Perry Noble: (actually 2 by Perry this week)  What if the Pharisees had Twittered?, What Keeps Me Focused as a Leader?

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