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xmas thoughts

In My Life, New Hope Stuff on December 10, 2007 at 1:26 pm

No…xmas is not taking Christ out of Christmas for me, it is a quicker type today…It is also the Greek letter Chi, which represents Christ. While it might be secular to remove the word Christ with an X…which some might do, dig a little deeper here. I will always prefer “Christmas”, but I thought I would get the mind warming on that one…

One of my most anticipated moments of all year…Christmas Shopping! No really, Tiff and I do all our shopping in one day and then have a great dinner together. It’s a tradition I really look forward too.

Christmas Caroling? We will invade the nursing homes Monday, December 16th. Meet @ the Loudonville Campus @ 6:30pm. Let’s take the birth of the King to the community!

Billboards are up…Wooster (Rt. 3), Ashland (Rt. 42), Perrysville (Rt. 39)…Cool Stuff.

The TREES series has just really been cool. God is stretching and shaping me. This week will be no different as we look at whether we are Real or Fake…praying I lean toward the right side.

Wootown is scheduled to be in their new building this weekend. The team is doing an outstanding job. It was a happy, but sad, last day at the High School (unless you are on the set-up team…in tt case, all happy. Pray for us all that we will survive this week…

I am reminded that it just takes a small hole for sin to creap in…I must train my eyes, my mind, and my heart for action to stay pure and just for the Savior. (Scripture says to not give Satan a foothold…or even a pin hole I would guess?) That is always so hard on Monday’s don’t ya think?

Is Tom’s nose going to make it? Stay tuned. 50 Evolution teenagers came to volunteer last night for the Kidz Event? Amazing.

Our Xtreme Kidz Ministry did an amazing job last night at their Christmas Production. Thanks to all the parents, kids and directors. You are amazing. As Tiffany just commented. Look around the auditorium…only kids can get some of these more “hardened” cases to come to the church. “The power of a child.” –Tiffany Hill

Christmas Eve…5 services, 1 in Wootown (maybe more?), 4 @ the Loudonville Campus…all the times are different and the services are all the same…see the site.

Lastly…according to the re:gurge blog poll, most of you like Christmas so far.

blessings and peace.

morning

In Devotional, My Life on December 7, 2007 at 4:52 pm

Having a bad day, week, life? I have bad days all the time. Yes, Pastors have those too, probably more than you would ever think. So, I had one of those last night. I am reminded of a passage that is so true for those of us connected with the Savior who always takes picks us up, who always brushes us off, who always sets us back on the path. And who makes His mercies new every morning:

21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.

23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;

26 it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 3:21-26.niv


life is messy.


blessings and peace.

snow and staff

In Church Leadership, Church Staffing on December 5, 2007 at 1:44 pm



I love snow. It’s great for my a.d.d. Did I mention I love snow…

Anyway, a nice little Alberta Clipper rolled through…(I am a weather junkie). I also love to golf in the summer as you know, and SKI in the Winter. So, here we go Lord-willing!

Our newest staff member who is really young and just married this year can’t get to work until they plow him out. WHY? He drives a BMW. What are we paying him anyway? Just kidding. It is actually an older, but nice real-wheel drive BMW. And of course he lives in Wooster, because if he lived in Loudonville, he would own a truck with a snow plow on the front.

Anyway…Here are some great staff reminders to warm you up that Mark Batterson posted on his blog…read them, whether you have church staff or not. #7 is something that I had to learn and also the e-mail rule will tick more people off than you might imagine, especially volunteers.

Staff is like an extended family. We fight, we love, we support, we battle on in the name of Jesus. Though we are fairly short-staffed, we have an amazing staff, who do the work of several people, so the above stuff is even more important when you are a big church in a small town with limited funds.

In regard to what Mark said about “continually coaching”…I just had a conversation with Pastor Jeff Cooper last night about “continually coaching” as he will begin to handle more day to day operations at the Loudonville Campus so I can focus more on running the 3 campuses, teaching and leading. It is so very true.

The other part I might add is that you must know how to coach a person based on who they are and what their core identity and personality are. You can’t coach everyone to be like you. Play to their strengths and shore up to coach their weaker characteristics.

blessings and peace.

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