The office

We just moved to a new office across town.  It has five separate offices, a reception area and a place for a fridge and a copier (which we don’t have yet – waiting for a good deal).  There were people in and out today.   It was a busy place.  Busy places are fun places.  It [...]

Intimidation

We’ve had over 700 people at church the past two weeks. I thought I was doing good starting 20 small groups this fall. Now I’m way behind based on attendance numbers. As I look to the future, realizing that we could well be over 1,000 people before the end of the year [...]

1st Time Guest calls

Each week I make calls to first time guests.  Conversations are generally short and sweet.  I’m just trying to let the guests know that we’re glad they came to worship with us.  I also want to see if they have any questions about the church.
Every once in a while something funny happens during the conversation.  [...]

An interesting sight

I was driving through the Target parking lot on Saturday, about to cut through the Chick-fil-a parking lot, when I noticed a group of guys standing around at the far end of the Target parking lot.
Then, to my surprise, I noticed one of the guys standing there urinating on the ground behind his car.  He [...]

Trouble growing a church

I just got an email from a church in that is doing research on why churches are not reaching as many people as they’d like to. Here’s what the email said:
Most congregations would agree that eaching their community with the gospel of Jesus Christ is the mission of their church, but they [...]