Neighbors accuse church of too much joyful noise. (via @latimes) What’s the balance between being a blessing to your community and risking annoyance? Discuss. “Is this a church?” Sidonie Smith said as she stood outside Grant...
Every church in America has a guest problem. They may have a huge number of guests showing up each week (a great problem). They may not have had any guests in months (an awful problem). But if the “regulars”...
Around these parts, we talk a lot about serving our guests as well as our members. And that’s a great concept, as long as people behave themselves. When they don’t complain about the parking, when...
Yesterday we covered the six times in a weekend service that you should strategically plan to address your guests. But what about times when you should strategically plan not to talk to them? Any time you would...
Let’s start with the basics: we should aim to talk to our guests all the time. When they show up on the weekend, they are our honored guests (that’s why we call ’em guests, and...
I heard it again last weekend: another story from one of our guests who had contacted someone about something, and that someone never got back with them. Nor did the next someone. Or the next....
(Remember kiddies, if you’re new to T34A, click on the bold print to see the original article.) Ravi Zacharias on Postmodern Architecture. (via @_MichaelKelley) File this under A for “awwwww snap.” He said, “This is America’s...
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...
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...
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:...
