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Welcome to Fall Semester 2006! Our small groups are growing, our leadership base is expanding, and we need to buckle down for a wild Holy Spirit ride this semester.
Since we are reorganizing our leadership structure, we thought we would take a step back today on Thursday Leadership Lesson and let you know who’s who. [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Ryan Zempel

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Today we shine the spotlight on one of my favorite people in the whole world. Alright, I gotta go ahead and admit it. He is actually the favorite. I know I shouldn’t play favorites when it comes to the zone leaders, but I just can’t help myself with this one.
I met Ryan Zempel back in [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Sarah Owen

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Sarah Owen has been leading small groups for seven years. And most of that time was spent patiently leading women’s groups. Give her a standing ovation!
Sarah is skilled at Bible Study, works as a legislative director on Capitol Hill, owns a great movie collection (though most, unfortunately, are on VHS), knows lots of Broadway songs, [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Kim Hill

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Last week, you met Zone Leader Brian Hill. This week, we cast the spotlight on his wife, Kim. Just between you and me, I find it kinda funny that these two met in debate class. Very appropriate! Like Brian, Kim is passionate about discipleship. She has invested her [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Nathan Gonzales

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Nathan Gonzales was a member of the original zone leader team (which also included Leslie Adams and Brian and Kim Hill). I distinctly remember the night I asked him to join the team; I was kinda nervous because I didn’t really know Nathan that well and I wasn’t really sure exactly what I was asking [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Alan Alvarez

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

I honestly don’t remember when I met Alan Alvarez for the first time, but he quickly became one of my favorite leaders (evn though I don’t really have favorites) . And after several years of toil, I recently convinced him to expand his influence by becoming a zone leader. Alan has blessed my [...]

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Tuesday Spotlight: Heather Gonzales

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

I remember the first time I met Heather (then Hirschy) Gonzales. We met at Johnny Rockets to talk about small group stuff. We were both former NCCers returning to DC. We were also the only two Heathers at NCC at that time. Heather has been faithfully discipling folks at NCC for several years, and it [...]

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