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LIVE from SADDLEBACK.Part 3

In purpose-driven gathering 2008 on May 21, 2008 at 12:33 am


PREACHING Panel…

Jentezen Franklin: Preaching is more important that administrating. We must remember that.

Can’t plan way ahead. Does 4 series each year like on family, etc. BIG on focusing on messages that speak to the kids and youth.

Fast for power in preaching, especially when you feel a loss of the power.

Refuse to become a “professional”. Don’t get comfortable with your material, study yourself full, pray yourself hot, set yourself free.

Tim Keller: Get with the people to have not just bones, but flesh for the sermon.

Takes a week in June and plans out a year. Reads big books as necessary back grounds for the series. (Liturgical year: Father/Son/Holy Spirit).

By the end, they shouldn’t always be in a position to “take notes.”

Erwin McManus: (was an unscheduled surprise…not on the agenda at all) Part of the process is to dream. People need us to imagine and dream what their lives can be like…it will help them escape the track for what they were created to be.

He thinks he is having a conversation with LA when he is planning his series out. Whether public or in the church congregation questions, etc.

Help answer the why?

Kerry Shook: What does the church need right now? Balance according to purposes. What kind of action do we need to take as a congregation. What purpose needs revved up?

Live it out at the home, power to preach comes out of your priorities. Can’t change the world unless you are being changed yourself.

Love people where they are at and challenge them for what they can be. (His Dad’s quote)

Jud Wilhite: Delegate and block time so you can communicate well. Don’t excuse this time…find a place you can be alone and drop everything else.

Use a team to help plan. Plans a 12 month run.

Tell stories out of your life. They are funny!

Speak to the broken and you will always have an audience. Not just the Pastor of the church, but a product of the church.

Warren: Fire-up, build-up, comfort, encourage, are the areas that we need to cover.

Don’t ask, What should I preach on…instead: who should I preach too?

Keep an e-file or file. He has stuff for 20-30 years waiting to be preached in a file.

Be ready for local, national, world crisis…they WILL happen. Be ready.

This is it for tonight…Good night :) Will be back @ it tomorrow.

blessings and peace.

the REAL mac vs pc battle royal @ saddleback…

In purpose-driven gathering 2008 on May 20, 2008 at 11:52 pm

OK friends…here we go. Tony Morgan throwing down the gauntlet on the PC vs. Los Whit who is pounding the forbidden fruit.

Who will win this battle? It’s a cage match to the death. Let the sparks fly and the hard drives crash.

Look @ los trying to convince Tony about an apple app and Tony is getting ready to throw that left hook resting on the chair. It was ugly, and all caught live on U-STREAM. (content not suitable for children under 16).

Your call…vote on the winner.

LIVE from SADDLEBACK.part 2

In purpose-driven gathering 2008 on May 20, 2008 at 11:35 pm

amazing day hanging with the biggest church leaders in the country. if there is an evangelical terrorist, this would be a target.

not sure why one of the biggest churches in America has no plugs in the auditorium, so my cpu died and it was recharging in the backstage area, where they were filming, so i couldn’t get it back too soon. Here are great notes though to finish Rick’s first session HERE from PERRY NOBLE. Session 2 HERE.

The ustream.tv is #1 right now across AMERICA. Amazing. God is good, and American can see that right now. Pic i took from this AM.

Stand Out Points from Evangelism Ideas:

  • Meeks: Don’t do evangelism for the church to grow, but for the BODY OF CHRIST to grow.
  • McPhearson: The cries of the hurt were heard by God and should be heard by us as well.
  • Batterson: We are educated far beyond our level of obedience. They use market place evangelism right where you are in every day life. Church is a tag-team sport. Congregation tags us when they bring their friends and we tag them back when they leave the church and go out into the marketplace.

Great stuff all day.

peace.

LIVE from SADDLEBACK .Session 1

In purpose-driven gathering 2008 on May 20, 2008 at 4:19 pm

Hey all…will be posting several times this week…go to posts before this day to see news, etc. from chazzdaddy. I will be updating the conference and other fun stuff. peace. Don’t forget, we are -3 hours out here…and btw, it is really warm :)

It’s definitely a white shoes day with the dudes I’ve been bumping into. Huge thanks to Roepke and Tony Steward for the invite to the green room where the big homies hang. Watch it all…

Watch the LIVE STREAM of the CONFERENCE when it is on each day here.

Watch the back room bloggers and awesome post-session interviews when on each day here.

Warren: When God wants to re-new your church, country, etc. he always takes it through these five steps and renewals:

1. PERSONAL: It starts in the heart.
2. RELATIONAL: Right with God and now right with others.
3. MISSIONAL: God wants to do something around the world.
4. STRUCTURAL: In your churches structure.
5. CULTURAL: (went to the restroom)…Think it was the final point of changing the culture around you.

Rick wrote down many young pastors 5 years ago to pray for them. 1/2 of them are gone now.

7 nationally known pastors in Orange County when Rick began. 4 have had affairs. Wow.

Ministry is a marathon, not a sprint.

How To Experience Personal renewal in our lives:

1) Learn to enjoy the grace of God. (2 Cor. 4.1)
He choose us, we didn’t choose him. We are just a trophy of HIS grace.
a. I don’t have to prove myself.
b. Never confuse PROMINENCE with SIGNIFICANCE. Your ministry matters to God.

2) You have to be authentic. (2 Cor. 4.2)
a. Obvious imperfections are a good thing. We don’t always applaud strengths, but weaknesses because we can relate.

3) Remember that it’s not about you. (v. 5) [heard that one before?]
a. If not, you will be bitter or burn-out.

More to come…my battery keeps dying. Watch for updates.

And no joke, I am back in the staging areas and out of no where, Rick Warren has me in a huge bear hug. That was fun. Scary, but fun.

peace…stay tuned.

random.

In New Hope News on May 19, 2008 at 12:44 am

thoughts.

  • What a weekend. We had an old-fashioned “alter-call” which resulted in really crowded aisles as people met the Savior and He “served” them this weekend. This series is stretching us all in ways that we have never been stretched before. Watch the message here when it posts soon. It was an amazing weekend.
  • I’m heading here tomorrow to CALI after being gone last week for 3 days. Been crazy, but the learning, growing and being ministered TO is so worth it. Pray for Tom and I. We want to take our personal and ministry lives to a whole nutha level.
  • So, in light of the travels, we saw The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian on a family day out after church today. All I can say is WOW. Take your whole family (maybe 1st grade and up) and then not only enjoy it as it was AMAZING, but talk about the spiritual aspects of the movie. There is so much CRAP that our kidz see and hear…HOW ‘BOUT IT MOM AND DAD? I shot the pic above from there.
  • Our ASHLAND CAMPUS has some HUGE decisions ahead of us including a CAMPUS PASTOR. Pray for us PLEASE! Got some big news possibly in the next 3 weeks coming. Stay tuned.
  • Pastor Jeff is doing a great job in his new role…send him an e-mail of thanks. That would be serving. And harass him about the picture. He looks like he is getting his annual “older adult” exam if you know what I mean.
  • This year is going to be OFF THE HOOK as we INVEST and INVITE with our TIME/TALENTS/and TREASURE. I have never been more excited and blessed about what is to come this year and beyond as we expand to 5 CAMPUSES and as we continue to GROW SPIRITUALLY in huge ways. Seriously, this place is OFF THE CHAIN.
  • My Mama comes home soon…YEAH!
  • I love this place…did I mention that? You all are amazing. THE POWER OF EVERYONE!
  • Lastly, I love my WIFE and my family…more than my job. My family is so way cool. I am so glad we are committed to each other. May it never change! I want that to be on the record:)

blessings, peace and love in the week ahead.

hate.

In prayer on May 15, 2008 at 12:04 am

I hate sending out e-mails like this, but it is part of the fallen world we live in. I am so thankful for ETERNITY and REDEMPTION. I am also glad that the church provides an ARMY of support to hold people up in their time of need. Thank GOD for people who are part of HIS BRIDE the CHURCH.

How else could we get through things like this:

Dear New Hope: I need to give an update on Jessica and Brant Berry who were at the Mayo Clinic this week to see top doctors on her liver cancer. They were given the news that even with a liver transplant, that there might not be long for her to live after the transplant, if they do one. They are not sure if they will even put her on the transplant list for that reason. Please pray for the committee that will meet will push through to allow a transplant. If there is no transplant, they will go in and take as much as they can out of her that is impacted by the cancer, but will not be able to get it all.

We at New Hope have made an appointment with a NEW PHYSICIAN for Jessica and Brant to go see. His name is the GREAT PHYSICIAN and he actually created Jessica in her mother’s womb and knows all about her. We will go to Him now as the earthly doctors are not giving much hope. We will ask HIM to do surgery that no one else can do. To give NEW HOPE to those with NO HOPE. He will answer as we lay at HIS feet on behalf of the Berry’s who have come so far in their walk with the Lord and each other.

Let’s assault the Heaven’s for Brant and Jessica and their 2 small kids (Kiya and Dakota). Let’s watch HIM do what the doctors say is IMPOSSIBLE. With GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! I still believe what GOD says is true. Thanks for standing with them and all the hurting in the world. There is much suffering all over the place right now.

Leave a word for them if you feel led…i will print them out for them. Click on COMMENTS below.

peace.

lots of news.

In china campus, New Hope News, prayer on May 13, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Hello New Hoper’s! The first thing I want to do is to let you know that my Parents and all of the people in the region of our China Campus are OK. They were not affected by the earthquake. It was located to the northwest from where they live. Thanks so much to all of you who called and e-mailed your concerns. Please continue to PRAY for those affected in CHINA from the earthquake and MYANMAR from the cyclone . What DEVASTATION the world is seeing recently. May God show HIS power and compassion and bring the focus to HIM. This did not take our God by surprise. Our hearts must ache as HIS does and we must PRAY.

Next, last weekend was amazing. If you were with us on any of our MOTHER’S DAY services…they were amazing. Our LADIES were blessed in big ways as we served them by setting up a SPA with massages, hand waxing, lots of FOOD, free flowers, and many other touches that showed how much we value them. Tiffany, Melinda and Nikki did a great job sharing from their HEARTS. It was a great day, for all, not just the ladies! Thanks to all our STAFF and VOLUNTEERS for pouring out their HEARTS to serve our LADIES!

Please don’t forget that we need to continue to head out to Landoll’s Castle to help with the clean-up when you can. Let’s be a huge BLESSING in Jesus name. They self-insured the restaurant, which means that they need all the help they can get. Call the church office with any questions. We will also hopefully be sending some relief to their workers when our budget allows. Last weekend though well-attended was not strong with regulars as some couldn’t come on Saturday, and our giving was down. We expect to be back to normal this weekend, and that will allow us to help their workers from the overflow of our GENEROSITY. Let’s keep pressing on!

The final few weeks in our HOW series are going to be amazing. You won’t want to miss them. I am beyond excited about what I am teaching on this weekend. Bring a friend or 2 and let’s continue to pray for ALL our CAMPUSES and for our ability to INVEST and INVITE and use our TIME, TALENTS and TREASURE to keep ROCKING our COMMUNITIES for CHRIST! I love this place. There are some HUGE things that are happening. WHY? The POWER OF ALL OF US.

blessings, peace and healing to all around the world who need HIS TOUCH right now.

future.

In future trends, marketing on May 13, 2008 at 2:45 am

oops…this never posted…an old one. must have a need for someone today. so whomever this is for…let me know sometime! It is months old…

Forget everything you have heard and know…and read this if you want to hear about the future trends of MARKETING. Great stuff.

(and don’t ever really forget what you know…it will come back to haunt you one day :)

blessings and peace.

ps: THE OFFICE is back. If you don’t like The Office…check your salvation.

mom.

In cool ideas maybe, New Hope News on May 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm

I have the world’s BEST Mom and Mother-in…Mom. Sorry, you don’t. I do. They are both amazing. My MOM gave me the faith I now own. My other Mom stood by my side through thick and thin and helped us along with my Mom to start New Hope and now the Ashland Campus.

I LOVE YOU MOM’S! And my China Mom will be home soon…CAN’T WAIT!!!! I miss her dearly.

And my BRIDE is an AMAZING MOM to our kidz. God knew who I could be one flesh with. Love ya babe.

We do something really cool @ the Hope for Mom’s and ladies. We let them ENJOY that day with their family. Come on, you know that Mom’s help keep the church alive and running and they come and serve, serve, serve on Mother’s Day every year and all they really want is breakfast in bed and time with their family. So we only do Saturday Night Services on Mother’s (and Father’s Days)…and let them enjoy their families all day on Sunday. Our staff and volunteers are BLESSED big time by this honor. I know I am!

I know some people cry foul. Sorry.

As a Pastor, I never knew what it was like to be honored as a Dad or really have the energy to honor my Mom’s and Wife after preaching a bunch of services. So we worship on Saturday and enjoy the day as a family on Sunday. Isn’t that WORSHIP anyway?

Is family really important? We think so. So much, we risk people not coming to church for a weekend so they can honor their Mom’s and be honored. But of course our Mother’s and Father’s Days services are so off the hook that it is wildly attended, but even if they weren’t we would make that same call. This year includes: Free massages, chocolate, girly food, flowers, free stuff given away, Brad Pitt…you know, all that GOOSHY stuff you love! This year will be an amazing time of learning what it means (from ladies in the church at all stages in life) to practice the DISCIPLINE of SIMPLICITY and SOLITUDE. (I know those words are a foreign language to most of you…come let us help translate!)

So MOM’S and LADIES of NEW HOPE…enjoy your family and may they enjoy you. We cherish you and all you do, say and mean in our lives.

peace, love, blessings, and wash your hands after you pee…oops (flashbacks :)

pic: http://flickr.com/photos/lbutler/2012437712/

kidz.

In kidz, New Hope News on May 7, 2008 at 10:48 pm

I want to be the first to publicly welcome our new Pastor of Children’s Ministries and wife @ the HOPE…Jeff and Sarah Selph. They will join us June 1st!

I love Jeff and Sarah’s heart for reaching everyone, not just KIDZ with the GOSPEL. They are an AMAZING couple and it is my HONOR to have them join our staff. But beware…he is a RADICAL like me. I think we both almost got kicked out of my Youth Group a few times. (Mainly his fault of course:)

Jeff and Sarah were in my YOUTH MINISTRY when I was a Youth Pastor in Michigan. Yes…I spent time wandering through HELL in the state of MICHIGAN until GOD rescued my soul and brought me to the PROMISED LAND here in OHIO…GO BUCKS! (sorry guys…and btw, Michigan was a very cool place to live, just don’t tell anyone I said that:) But then again, look at the picture above and YOU decide about the genetics of Pastors born in that state…

That was 8 years ago. How cool and rewarding it is to Tiffany and I that some of the kidz we invested in are now in full time ministry and are coming to serve in the MISSION and VISION @ NEW HOPE.

FINALLY, after 5-1/2 years we have a long-awaited FULL TIME PASTOR overseeing the current and future leaders of the CHURCH. There is a long line of servants who came before and some have graduated to eternity that have put the LOVE of JESUS into our kidz…JEFF, now it is your turn to take the reigns…all for HIS honor and GLORY!

I pray that all of the kidz staff who are amazing, and those @ NEW HOPE welcome them with OPEN ARMS! And THANKS to ALL of you who are INVESTING with your TREASURE to make this happen. It wouldn’t have happened without the POWER OF ALL OF US being OBEDIENT!

welcome guys. NOW GET TO WORK!

pray always.

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