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
Greg Surratt at The Journey Today
Today Greg Surratt, Senior Pastor Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC, is speaking at all four services at The Journey-Manhattan. I’ve know Greg personally for a couple of years, listened to his sermons/podcasts for even longer and been a fan of Seacoast for as long as I can remember. Greg has been super-gracious to us and our multi-site expansion. I know … Read More
A Saturday Leadership Quote: See the Future Before Others Do
“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. ” — John Sculley, Former CEO of Apple
Beach Baptism Video Montage
Our annual Beach Baptism is tomorrow (Saturday, July 26) at 2:30pm at Jones Beach on Long Island. If you are in the area, stop in and join us – all the details are here. To prepare for the Baptism we recently put together a montage of previous beach baptism videos. I think its pretty inspirational. Here’s the link: For more … Read More
How to Survive an IRS Audit
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I’m being audited by the IRS. The case is ‘almost closed’ although there are still some minor paperwork issues to be handled. Hopefully everything will be settled by August. As it turns out, everything was ‘proper and in order’ with my 2006 return but I did learn some important lessons. First, I was … Read More
Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – 2 of 8
SYSTEM #2: THE EVANGELISM SYSTEM Today, we’re moving ahead in our new Wednesday blog series, “Where There’s Slack There’s Lack.” Last week, we kicked off by examining your Weekend Service System and calling out the slack. Have you spent some time working on that system since last Wednesday? What kind of changes have you made? This week, we’re going to … Read More
Stewardship Seminar – Video Webcast – Last Chance!
In less than 48 hours, we will be doing a video webcast of my Stewardship Seminar. Why don’t you join me for the event? It’s Thursday, July 24, from 9:00am – Noon Eastern Time. Here’s how it works: – I’ll be teaching the seminar live here in NYC to a great group of pastors – You will watch the video-stream … 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
Immediate Action
Today I’m teaching at all four Journey-Manhattan services and I’m challenging everyone to do a Servant Evangelism project right after the service. I’m giving them a bag of SE material and sending them out to ‘Do It Now!’ I did this a couple of years ago and about 20% of those in attendance did it – I’m praying for 50% … Read More