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Archive for April, 2008

Women in Leadership?

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

This weekend, Pastor Mark addressed the women in leadership issue in 1 Timothy. I blogged some of my own wrestlings with that passage on my personal blog earlier this year, and you can access that here. It’s got links to good resources on both sides of the issue in case you want to personally study [...]

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Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

At the leadership summit today, Pastor Mark talked about the importance of staying hungry and staying foolish. He posted his thoughts on evotional.com here.

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Radical Hospitality with Joel and Heather

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Pastor Joel and I just returned from a Radical Hospitality experiment on Capitol Hill. Is there a greater expression of hospitality than Five Guys burgers? I don’t think so. Talk about bringing God’s provision into people’s lives!
We’ll share some of the things we learned at the Leadership Summit this Saturday. Here’s the detailed info:
NCC Leadership [...]

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This is Part 9 of our Spring Leadership Lesson Series: Radical Hospitality. As we lead our groups and ministries, we must strive to forcefully advance the Kingdom of God through strategic evangelism, exponential discipleship, and sacrificial service. Hospitality is on the front lines of such an advance.
Today, we will explore the ministry of adding value [...]

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Small Group News

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

It’s always fun to read small group news from around the world, right? Check out this story from Lark News. It’s hilarious!
OWENSBORO, Ky. — A small group from Rolling Hills Christian Church arrived at a place of unprecedented honesty with each other last Tuesday when they discovered that nobody in the group actually liked anyone [...]

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Bible Drill Wednesday: No Smell of Fire

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

I am in an accountability/Bible study group with some amazing women, and we have been going through a Beth Moore study on Daniel: Lives of Integrity and Words of Prophecy. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we have been challenged by our study of the book of Daniel [...]

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