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Over 1100 saved last year…now what?!

Posted on: Thursday, March 27th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

The first reactions are usually positive: “Wow!  That is simply amazing!”  “That’s more than most churches see in 100 years!”  “God is really moving over there!”  Then the skeptics and the cynics show up: “You’re making it too easy.”  “Who’s going to disciple all those people?”  “There’s no way that many people really meant it.”
 
When […]

1st Impressions

Posted on: Thursday, March 13th, 2008 in: Uncategorized

Part II,   Visioncasting and growing.
 
I mentioned in Part I (read it here) that we already had about 35 Greeters and Ushers.  What I didn’t  mention was that we actually had about 70 Greeters and Ushers in a 2-3 month rotating schedule, but… only about 35 of them would actually show up  for their assigned serve […]

Right Person for the Right Job! Part 1

Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008 in: 1st Impressions

By: Jay Foreman,

First Impressions Ministry Lead & Director of Home Groups.

Southbrook Church, Weddington, North Carolina
Way back in February of 2004, my wife Darlene and I visited Southbrook church for the first time. It was up at Providence High School in Charlotte , NC. We were in the “Church shopping” mode, and […]