•December 10, 2009 •
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With the current events between Newspring’s press release and Dr. James Duncan’s rebuttal post on his blog, I am conflicted.
I have been a long-time follower of Perry Noble’s blog (he is the lead pastor of Newspring), and have regularly watched their church services of from their website. I appreciate being challenged by Perry to dig deeper, follow harder, and serve more passionately. From the outset, I didn’t agree with some of his methods of speaking, but the content was good even if it was replete with anecdotes and personal stories.
Now with this whole mess being made completely public, I feel like I’ve been punched in the gut, but at the same time had my eyes opened.
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•October 30, 2009 •
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So this has been one of the most interesting weeks I’ve had since being at FGF. Wednesday I showed up in the morning to a flooded out church. Come to find out that a pipe had burst under our foundation slab. All in all, it was looking a little bleak, and we started the ball rolling on moving our church services to a different site until repairs could be made.
That was Wednesday.
Thursday the leak detection guys came out and pinpointed the ruptured pipe. It’s all of about 3″ below the slab just outside the bathroom. Yes the slab will have to be jackhammered to get at it, but just a very small portion. What was originally looking to be a very long repair job turned out to be one that could be done in a day. Also on Thursday, we got water flowing to the fellowship hall so we’ll be able to have church there this Sunday.
By the way, if you’re reading this, and you don’t have a church home and you live near Hercules, Ca…we’d love to have you worship with us!
That was Thursday.
Today I got the final estimate from the plumbers and the cost for the plumbing repair should be a LOT less that I had originally thought. So far it looks like what will cost the most and take the most time is getting the offices and the bathroom put back together. Amazing! This is one of those times where I just shake my head in wonder at how God works. Not so much the circumstance, but at how quickly we were put at ease about the severity of it. I know I immediately jumped to the worst possible scenario in my own mind. I’m pretty sure some other people did as well.
Speaking of that…
In the last 48 hours so many people have stepped up offering to help. I can’t tell you how humbled and honored I am to be your pastor, FGF. Seriously. Can’t wait for Sunday!!! See you there.
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•October 19, 2009 •
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Our little saga is about to end. If you’ve been following along, you remember that our spa has gone through a few phases:
1) No power = dead spa
2) Right power + wrong wiring = blown fuse
3) Right wiring + wrong power = no heat
That brings us to where we are now:
4) Right power + right wiring = hot water therapy bliss
Continue reading ‘The Parable of the Spa (part 4)’
Posted in Christianity, Followership, Leadership
•September 14, 2009 •
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Every week we take time during our service to get out of our seats and meet & greet the people we’re worshiping with. It’s something we’ve been doing for years, and it is one of my favorite times on Sunday. I make it a point to try to talk to every person in the church during that time.
Recently, as I was shaking hands with one of the long-time members of the church, he said, “I have one request.” Curious, I asked what his request was.
“Preach like you’re pentecostal.” Continue reading ‘What is pentecostal preaching?’
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