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Archive for January, 2007

The New and Improved Discipleship Map

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

We’ve got a new and improved Discipleship Map! There are a few aesthetic changes. But more importantly, there are some great new opportunities on there for 2007! I’m so excited about these core discipleship groups that we will be offering to NCCers to help them grow strategically and systematically in their discipleship journeys.
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Discipleship Atlas

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

The new NCC Discipleship Atlas is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow, and we are very excited! Here’s a sneak peek at the cover, and you can view the entire magazine at the NCC website.

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Instead of posting the notes from the Leadership Retreat breakout session (C.1) on inductive Bible study last week, I have opted to break them up into a series of posts for the next few Bible Drill Wednesdays.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 – All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, [...]

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ZoneGathering Book Review

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

This week we launch a new Book Review feature on ZoneGathering.com. Every other week throughout 2007 an NCC leader will review a book that has some relevance to our efforts to “Be One, Make One, For One.” The titles will touch on topics across the spectrum from personal growth, evangelism, discipleship, and missions [...]

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This morning marked the arrival of NCC’s newest member: Eloise “Ella” Kimberly Schmidgall.
Little Ella was born at 5:13am this morning, 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and 21 3/4 inches long. Pastor Joel and Nina couldn’t be more proud (although I’m sure they hope she isn’t late to everything like she was her due date).
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Weekend Summary - January 27-28, 2007

Monday, January 29th, 2007

It’s fair to say that there has never been a weekend like this before at NCC. And hopefully there won’t be another one! But it was actually a lot of fun, and I think the Union Station production team deserved a little lighter work load for once. This one will go down in NCC history.
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Retreat Photo: Don’t Put Me in a Box

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

If you happened to miss the retreat, you missed out. I mean with Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, and my head randomly stuck in a styrofoam triangle, how can you go wrong?

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