18 Inches to a Better Guest Services Team
Giving your guests a better experience doesn’t take as much work as you think. Sometimes, all it takes is 18 inches. A foot and a half. That’s about what it takes for a volunteer to...
Author: Danny
This Is Not Normal
Yesterday afternoon marked the launch of the eighth campus of the Summit Church. Summit Blue Ridge kicked off with two services, a huge army of volunteers, and over 600 people in attendance. As I wandered...
Flashback Friday: Blowouts and Banjo Music
A completely true tale: …so we made it off of I-40 and pulled over at a gas station in Rose Hill, NC, home of the world’s largest frying pan and a town where the motto is...
Thursday Three For All: Productivity Edition
Let’s ease into the 2014 edition of the ol’ blog, shall we? (Yes. We shall.) It’s a new year, and new years mean new resolutions, new resolve, new get-out-there-and-kick-your-day-in-the-face type of stuff that will cause...
Christmas at DPAC
Day one is done. Last night we saw well over 4,000 people brave the December downpours and fight downtown traffic in order to experience the first two of five Christmas Eve services at the Durham...
Flashback Friday: O Holy Night
Christmas season doesn’t officially begin until this song blasts through my speakers. 2009 (original post): Tonight is the Night… 2010: O Holy Night: The Mystery Revealed You’re welcome.
Thursday Three For All
Four Reasons Why You Might Feel Disconnected From Your Church. (via @NathanRouse, HT @JustinKBuchanan) Don’t read the post without also hitting the comments. Yes, I agree with all four of Nathan’s points, but I also know...
Whatever It Takes: A Love Story
You’re looking at my friends Ryan and Morgan, and my friend-that-I-haven’t-yet-met, Charlie. Charlie is an orphan from central Africa. Scratch that. Was an orphan from central Africa. A few months ago, a court declared Charlie a Doherty....
A Job Well Done…Is Rarely Noticed
I managed to snap this photo on the fly yesterday morning at our Brier Creek Campus. I say “managed to” because Sandy – the lady in the picture – is like a Windex Ninja. She...
DPAC: Serve’s Up
DPAC is back. Last year’s services at the Durham Performing Arts Center were a high-water mark for our church. We swung the doors wide open to our community, inviting them in for two days as...
