Archive for October, 2006
« Previous EntriesPractical Steps To Accomodate Growth
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006We have seen a sustaining surge in attendance at The Point Community Church. There are several things we are doing in order to accomodate the increase:
Expanding the seating area, adding chairs and reconfiguring the placement of the stage.
Asking church members and regular attenders to sit toward the front and in the middle, allowing easy access [...]
A Uniter, not a Divider
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006Joshua Harris has a post on the New Attitude blog that is particularly relevant. There are times when the church (as in a Kingdom sense) is not focusing on the cross that unites. Rather the focus is on what divides: worship style, contextualizaton, or methodology. It is the cross that unites. We can ‘do’ the [...]
In Christ Alone
Monday, October 23rd, 2006“In Christ Alone” is a new song that we sang yesterday at The Point Community Church. This song embodies our hope, our joy and our testimony. Sometimes the lyrics of the songs we sing can get lost in the rhythm and beat of the music, but it so very crucial that we pay close attention [...]
Batter Up!
Thursday, October 19th, 2006In case you haven’t noticed or possibly you aren’t coming to The Point Church, we are seeing more and more folks come, return and make it their home. With growth comes challenges, opportunities and the exposing of weaknesses. Growth is affirming, humbling and challenging on so many different levels. I had breakfast with one of [...]
Nice Article
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006The following is a brief article by popular, GenX worship leader, Jami Smith. I found it reading some articles by Louie Giglio, founder of Passion Conferences.
Will we survive this worship trend? Will we emerge as worshippers of God or trend followers? I am asking God to alert my senses to what is cultural Christianity and [...]
PostScript Post
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Ok, so my friend that I quoted in the previous post called. He lives out of town, read my blog and called to clarify his context. I feel better about his clarification. He agrees, many churches go so far into the creative element that the message gets lost. Which is a shame if you think [...]
Biblical Worship
Monday, October 16th, 2006In our study of the Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life, I am teaching on Worship this Wednesday. This is based on the book of the same name by Donald Whitney.
Some of my notes so far:
God does care about the content of our worship as well as its spirit. We can be very sincere, and [...]
This Pastor’s Appreciation
Friday, October 13th, 2006Recently, my church observed Pastor Appreciation Day. I was humbled by the outpouring of love and support by my congregation at The Point.
I want to take this opportunity to mention some Pastors that have made an impact on my life and minstry.
Bro. Maguffey and Bro. Harvey at Cane Run Baptist in Lexington. They pastored my [...]
Affirming Call
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006NeverThirsty.com has an article called “A Call: Teach The Bible“. Here’s a particularly provocative excerpt…
“Some churches have heard the alarms and have responded. Not everyone is interested in the solid teaching of scripture, but not everyone wants to know God either. What type of church should we look for? We should look for pastors [...]
Sincere Thanks!
Sunday, October 8th, 2006Today was Pastor Appreciation Day at The Point. I had no idea. It was a complete and total surprise to me. Apparently, last week while I was gone to a conference in Minneapolis, the plans began to take shape for this day. Over the past week, several of my church family began work on an [...]
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