Every week someone asks “can you get this announced today?” or “why isn’t my _______ in the announcements?”
Someone else asks “why do we take time to read the announcements?” and someone else wants to know “why didn’t I heard about ______?”
Some may think we are choosing favorites … and everyone thinks that “fair” is a biblical mandate! (NOT!)
How we connect to the people we want to get our message to is important to all of us, and it’s becoming harder and harder to break through all the noise and clutter in life.
Whatever you believe, we all know this; the way we communicate is changing, and it’s changing fast. This video shows how change is making it easier to reach a wider audience, but harder than ever to actually connect to it.
I’ve had my Blackberry Storm for about a month now and it’s just what I’ve been waiting for. I been using a Palm for about four years (I need to use it for phone calls too, so I have to have Verizon) but I was in the middle of my contract when the Storm came out so I put it off as long as I could. I got the upgrade free after a generous discount from my mom … (thanks mom).
Sunday was another one of those “deal maker” days for me.
I’m the kind of guy who needs a shot in the arm every once in a while to keep me motivated. I have a hard time with the “status quo” … I need to see things progressing, be a part of something “new”. When life around me starts to feel “normal” I get uncomfortable. I start looking for things to change.
For the past five weeks we’ve been teaching (@MapleGrove) a series called Miracles. This week we used the illustration of Jesus’ first recorded miracle in the Bible – when Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding.
One of the questions I frequently hear from unconnected people in the church is “we need a church directory”. These are usually people that have been in church for a while, or been at another church where they had some form of printed directory. Read more…
