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MapleGrove turns two

December 3rd, 2008

This week marks the two year anniversary of this ministry we call MapleGrove, and it has been an exciting ride. I’d like to share some of our accomplishments from this year. Read more…

Dean Craig church administration, outreach, worship

Fireproof for Marriages

September 6th, 2008

In two weeks our church is launching a church wide campaign using the backdrop of the new movie Fireproof.

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Dean Craig church administration, outreach, relationships, small groups

Top 10 Reasons I use Gmail

August 30th, 2008

I’ve been personally using some form of Gmail for testing purposes since it was first made available.  And for the last year I’ve been using it for all my business and personal purposes using their Google Apps hosted solution – using email @ my own domain names.  Here are some of the reasons why…

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Dean Craig church administration, google apps, mobile, productivity

options of distraction

April 22nd, 2008

Why do we get distracted?

When the team doesn’t know, doesn’t understand, or doesn’t agree with the vision of your organization there will be distraction. Why? Because they are not motivated by the same vision you have. And when someone is testing their own actions against a different set of filters, they make different decisions.

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Dean Craig church administration, misc ramblings, outreach

a day of training

April 18th, 2008

My friend, and fellow worrier, Chris and his new website assistant Janine from North Shore Church sat down for several hours today so they could learn how to use their new website.  He went home and posted his first blog entry already tonight.  I’m impressed.

So what’s the bid deal?  Is a website so important for a church?

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