Here are the breakouts I am doing. I would love for you to come to CPC this year. Michael Chanley has done an amazing job of keeping the things about CPC that have made it great and fixing some of the things that have kept some people away from CPC. There is a great mix […]
Here is a guest blog post I did over at life way’s blog. Do well meaning folks focus on the wrong things? I would say yes. I love Christmas not so much in the lights and decorate the tree way but more because it forces me to evaluate the things that matter most in my life. In
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I won’t leaving you guessing for months. I’ll just tell you. I am really excited to be in the last stages of releasing a book that I had a part in writing. It was a book project a few other great kids pastors from around the country came together to write a leadership book. It
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We are in the middle of a series called “Hope has come.” We are talking about how this Christmas we can help God’s kingdom come on earth. We have been talking about how we can spend less and give more. Check out this hilarious video our church’s video team came up with. If you don’t
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There has been a question that has dogged me lately, and it’s this. “Why isn’t there more innovation in Ministry.” I have thought about this for a while and the latest issue of Harvard Business Review is all about innovation. I read an article about the DNA of an Innovator, it really got me thinking. One of the biggest take
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1. Evernote – Amazing tool to organize and find information fast. Michael Hyatt loves it and has many blog posts about it check them out. 2. Producteev – Amazing to-do app I use every day. Love the collaborative aspects. Syncs to a cloud. Love it! Read more here. 3. GroupMe – Great tool for your team to
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This spring we are hoping to be opening the first of our Champions club’s in our Albany campus. We hope open one in our Utica Campus in a little over a year. What is a Champions Club? Glad you asked. The Champions Club is Lakewood Churches ministry to kids with special needs. It was started
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I am not sure what it is about social media that no one is on that I find so attractive. I left MySpace at the hight of it’s power to head for Facebook. I left Facebook for twitter and have flirted with Google+ A couple of days ago “Path” came out. So far I really
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When it comes to starting a special needs ministry or anything in life that is worth doing the hardest part is knowing where to start. The first thing that you have to do is deal with the ignorance factor. This is so huge because I believe ignorance is one of the biggest reasons churches don’t
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A couple of my very talented friends have new CD’s out. The first one is from a good friend of mine who actually grew up in my kids ministry he and his family are a big part of our church. Shaun is a gifted songwriter and did an amazing job on his début album. It’s
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