Your Guests Aren’t the Problem
Last Sunday I dropped by a local fast food joint on my way over to the new Blue Ridge Campus. Join me in my flashback, won’t you? It was roughly 1 PM on a Sunday...
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Flashback Friday: Stop Muddying Your Messages
Are you a pastor? Preacher? Speaker? Ministry leader? Businessman? Marketer? Butcher, baker, candlestick maker? This may help end the white noise and drill down to the heart of your message: A unified message cuts through...
Thursday Three For All
Delight the weird. (via @ThisIsSethsBlog) How does this apply to the “overlooked and outsiders” that visit your church on the weekend? …it’s not everyone who wants a cup of coffee. Some want a cup of tea, or a...
Replicate.
You’re looking at a picture of this morning’s kickoff of the 2014 Connections Cohort. To give some context, last year we started a monthly meeting of anyone who’s paid to to Connections Ministry at the Summit:...
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...
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.
