Here’s what’s happening with me and CLI that may be of interest to you this week: Monday – In addition to the usual follow-up from Sunday, I’ll be following-up with the 57 people who were baptized on Saturday at our Beach Baptism (see tomorrow’s post for our follow-up process). That’s a record for one of our beach events – God … Read More
100th Blog Post
This is my 100th Blog Post. When I started blogging on April 13, 2008, I was already late to the game….so I had a lot of catching up to do! Today over 1000 people read this blog each day (with gusts up to 5000) and I’m having a blast sharing content and observations with you. The bottom line: I’m committed … Read More
Monday Proflections – July 21, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with me and CLI this week that may be of interest to you. Busy week…. Monday – The CLI store has been down for maintenance all weekend and will be down for most of today. Updating software is always a pain but we had to upgrade in order to continue to serve you. You data is safe … Read More
Be Ready to Reward
Imagine something with me for a minute… Let’s say I walked into your office right now and said, “Hi, I’m Nelson Searcy and here’s $1000. I want you to use this $1000 to improve your church.” What would you do? What’s the first thing that pops into your mind? Would you invest in your volunteers? How? Would you do something … Read More
Monday Proflections – July 14, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with me and Church Leader Insights that may be of interest to you this week: Monday – In addition to the usual Sunday follow-up, we are following up on our three newcomer receptions from yesterday. I was privileged to host in two of the three locations – 30 newcomers in Jersey City and then over 60 in … Read More
Monday Proflections July 7, 2008
I’m looking forward to the upcoming week. Here’s what’s happening with me and Church Leader Insights plus a free resource that may be of interest to you: Monday – I’ll be in the office all day for the usual round of meetings. One of the highlights for me is the Sunday debrief. Here’s a free podcast that Jason and I … Read More
Monday Proflections – June 30, 2008
It’s the week of July 4th and a vacation time for many people. I’m even taking a few days later in the week so it’s a pretty relaxed week, but here’s what’s going on that may be of interest to you: Monday – In our various staff meetings today, we are continuing our discussion of ‘how to wow’ – I … Read More
Monday Proflections – July 23, 2008
I’m looking forward to another great week here in the greatest city in the world: Monday – Today is staff and worship planning meetings. One exercise we are doing today as a staff is asking the question “How do we WOW people when they first walk into church on Sunday?” I’m looking forward to this brainstorming meeting – I’ll post … Read More
Monday Proflections – June 16 – 21
Here’s at what’s going on this week with me and Church Leader Insights (CLI) that might be of interest to you: Monday – I’m away today for a writing day – working on my next book (I can’t tell you the title yet but one of the goals of the book is to bridge the gap between attractional and missional … Read More
A Big Party Today
Kelley and I are in Atlanta today where our families are all coming together for Alexander’s 2nd Birthday (which is officially June 19). Alex is enjoying life in suburbia as you can tell in this pic: