Archive for General
Seth Godin Free Ebook
Seth Godin has just released an addendum to his book "Linchpin". Available as a free download in PDF format you can get it by clicking at this link
Looking Into The Future
I was reading Ed Stetzer’s blog where he commented on the denominational meeting of the Foursquare Church. As part of the election of a new president they prepared questionnaires which were completed by the two candidates for the position. The man who was elected president, Glenn Burris provided the following prescription for a church looking [...]
Propagandists And The Church
I’m currently reading "Under The Unpredictable Plant" by Eugene Peterson.
Speaking of the reality of churches and ministries he writes "Propagandists are abroad in the land lying to us about what congregations are and can be. They are lying for money. They want to make us discontent with what we are doing so we will [...]
Zig Ziglar Quoted
The most influential person [to] talk to you all day, is YOU. So you should be very careful what you say to you. -Zig Ziglar
Easter Campaign
We experienced a great Easter weekend, establishing a new attendance record for a single service, around 240 individuals in service for the weekend and 3 water baptized.
We used flyers in public places, postcard size invitations, members using their FaceBook statuses to advertise, invitation letters to guests on our mailing list and a paid advertisement on [...]
Facebook Advertising For Easter
Leading up to Easter we have started running a paid advertisement on Facebook. Clicking on the ad leads to a page on our website promoting our Easter service in the theatre of the local high school. Facebook estimates potential reach of the ad at 2 million Facebook users within a 50 mile [...]
Almost An Apple Evangelist
I picked up an Iphone about a month ago. So far the experience has been everything I expected and more.
I’m typing this post using the Wordpress app (free) which also allows me to quickly and easily add pictures from the Iphone. The one concern I had about the phone was typing on the touch screen [...]
Facebook Caution
(From LifeHacker.com) According to a study conducted by computer security company Sophos, anywhere from 41 to 49 percent of users (by age group) they test-requested friendship with on Facebook accepted their invitation. The problem, as they see it: After they became friends with people they don’t know, they’ve got access to dates of birth, email [...]
Socialnomics
The landscape of communications has changed rapidly, the way we get our news and entertainment, the way we connect with others.
While many have declared social media to be a fad it has become an important part of many peoples lives. The challenge for the church is to find new ways to leverage social media [...]
78th Anniversary Celebration In Ripples
This past weekend I was honored to be the guest speaker for the 78th Anniversary celebration of the United Pentecostal Church in Ripples, which also happens to be Cindy’s home church.
What a great time we had with Pastor & Sis. Decker and the congregation – God is doing some wonderful things there. Just this past [...]
