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Archive for February, 2007

FUSION is Coming!

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I just got 50 Fusion tickets in the mail today, specially priced at $15 each for leaders of National Community Church. Fusion is a gathering of 20- and 30-somethings who want to move from the mundane to the meaningful and live a life powered by faith. May 4-5- Mark you calendars!
Speakers include Donald [...]

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Bible Drill Wednesday: 31 Days of Wisdom

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

I know that we have already done a Bible Drill on the book of Proverbs, but I wanted to issue a challenge to our leaders to read a chapter of Proverbs every day for the month of March.
Why should we spend time reading Proverbs?  What could we possibly learn from these wise (and sometimes humorous) [...]

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Book Review: The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

The Problem of Pain
C.S. Lewis
Reviewed by Rick Shaffer
In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis tackles one of the main objections that people have to believing in God, and more specifically in a good God. His opening words of Chapter two (2) illustrate the problem that he addresses throughout the book:
‘If God were good, [...]

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Weekend Summary - February 24-25, 2007

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Surprise snow storm hits DC! To follow up my poison peanut butter story from last week, I leave you this unrelated link. Here’s what happened this week at NCC:
WORSHIP
(Union 11am)

All About You by Joel Houston
Enough by Jeremy Camp
Take My Life version by Chris Tomlin
One Way by Joel Houston and Jonathon Douglass

ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Union Service Schedule- Beginning [...]

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Go See Amazing Grace

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Looking for something to do this weekend? Go see Amazing Grace.
Why? First, its a good movie. It’s produced by Walden media (who also made The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) and it’s not cheesy. Part of me was expecting something with Kirk Cameron and bad acting, but this movie is the real deal. Heather [...]

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Foundations: The Growth of a Leader

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This is Part 3 of the Laying the Foundation series on Thursday Leadership Lesson. As we build our groups and ministries, we must ensure that we are building on a solid foundation. This series will explore characteristics of leaders who lay and build on firm foundations. Today, we will talk about growing as a leader. [...]

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Evangelism Opportunity: Friday Night Light

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This post brought to you by Team Leader Aaron M.
This Friday marks the launch of a new experiment for NCC – a street evangelism ministry. No, there is not likely to be any soapbox preaching involved, but during three Friday nights in this Season of Lent, NCCers will be going out to into [...]

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