Blog readership for September increased by over 25% – mainly thanks to your links and some positive press in the Rick Warren Ministry ToolBox. Here’s the most popular posts for the month (in case you missed them): The “One Month” Perspective Successful Church Planters Must Be Able to Recruit a Worship Leader Where There’s Slack There’s Lack – Part 8 … Read More
6 Sundays Ago…
It’s been 6 Sunday’s since I’ve preached at The Journey (or anywhere for that matter)….this is the longest I’ve gone without teaching on a Sunday since…well, maybe since I went in ministry in 1990. It’s been healthy, restful and positive (and some people might say the last 6 weeks at The Journey have been the best ever. Ha!). Today I’ll … Read More
The “One Month” Perspective
Sunday was a big day at The Journey – and you know how I love Big Days! We’ve been gearing up for this Big Day with Kerry Shook for over a month and it really paid off. We had a huge number of first-time guests and everyone was very receptive to Kerry’s message (almost 1200 in attendance and 102 first … Read More
One Month to Live Begins Today @ The Journey
Today at our Manhattan location we kick-off a four week series based on the bestselling book “One Month to Live” and the author of the book, Kerry Shook, is our guest speaker. Kerry is the pastor of Fellowship of the Woodlands in Woodlands, TX. His church was one of our sponsoring churches when we started in 2002. I can’t wait … Read More
Monday Proflections – September 1, 2008
Happy Labor Day to everyone here in the states. Here’s what’s happening with CLI and me that may be of interest to you: Monday – Journey and CLI offices are closed. We worked and prepared follow-up for The Journey on Sunday so we could enjoy today. Hope you are taking some time to rest and enjoy family too. Tuesday – … Read More