Why We Say “Attend One, Serve One”
On our First Impressions Team at the Summit, we try to get by with just a very few rules: never be rude to a guest. Serve where you’re wired. Never feed ’em after midnight. But...
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Why You Shouldn’t Join A Church
I believe in the local church. I love the spiritual body of believers that God assembles in cities and towns and neighborhoods all over the globe. I love the diversity, the community, and the viability...
Give It Away
This weekend the Summit played host to representatives from a couple of different church staff teams. They were spending time with us in order to observe some of the ministry initiatives they’re intending to launch...
Dancing with the Elephant: Develop Your Systems
In yesterday’s post, I talked about the importance of defining the win when it comes to pulling off a large scale event. Knowing the event’s nature, the budget you have to work with, and the...
Dancing with the Elephant: Define Your Win
In my role at the Summit, one of my hats is to help run point for some of our larger-scale events. Things like Church at the Ballpark, The Gospel Summit, and Christmas at DPAC fall...
Not-So-Silent Night
As I type, we’re wrapping up day one of Christmas at DPAC, and getting prepared for two more services on Christmas Eve. It has been – in short – amazing. Freakishly amazing. Our First Impressions...
Christmas at DPAC
If you live in the Raleigh-Durham area, you’ve hopefully seen the billboards, commercials, and inviter cards promoting Christmas at the Durham Performing Arts Center. These five events over two days is the Summit Church’s gift...
Flashback Friday: Template It
This one’s for the pencil-pushing, numbers-crunching, spreadsheet-making organizational nerds out there. Merry Christmas. If you’re a leader who tends to run regularly recurring events, you need an event template. Weekly events are one thing: you...
ThanksWeek: Dream Team
It’s Thanksgiving Week here in the USA (G’day, British readers!), which means one thing around the Summit offices: It’s quiet. That’s true. Many of our staff is traveling, we’re in the very brief lull between...
All In Means All In
Our church is currently smack in the middle of a series called “All In.” If you’re not a part of the Summit, All In is a movement that is part capital campaign, part mission...
