Archive for November, 2008
I think today is a very important day in preparation for Thanksgiving. My up bringing was such that Mom & Dad put a lot of time into thinking through everything for Thanksgiving so as to make the day awesome. Then on Thanksgiving day we ate, we celebrated with family, we watched football, we would play [ READ MORE ]
It happened again. I’m lying in bed with my mind going a hundred different places and then BOOM an idea comes that gets me all fired up! I’m so excited. I turn to tell Jenny but she is already asleep. I’m bursting with excitement. I can’t sleep – I can’t sleep – I can’t sleep [ READ MORE ]
What a morning! We ended the Awake Series. I’ve posted the entire series notes here. This has been one of my favorite series we’ve done at thebridge. Worship was rocking as always! Jeffery has been coming to thebridge for a month now and has taken over the lights. This morning he was trying some new things that created a [ READ MORE ]
Your profits are glowing While your prices are growing. You’ve taken away the #2 meal; I have to ask what is the deal? Off the menu also is my bagel order of choice. I’m calling you out; I’m raising my voice. I can get a double cheeseburger for a dollar, But why is it more for one that is smaller. Your happy meals get weaker [ READ MORE ]
This summer we aggressively searched for the best strategy of small groups for our context. The end result was jumping with both feet into a Growth Group strategy found in Nelson Searcy’s book Activate. Because we are still a very young church we were able to make a sweeping change without any hurdles. We cast vision [ READ MORE ]
We are aggressivly pursing a retreat opportunity for thebridge and our community in February. Originally we had landed on a marriage retreat but I have recently been juggling another ball and am curious what others think. [polldaddy poll=1121180] [ READ MORE ]
I just sent out our second survey ever at thebridge. The first one we did went out to 20 people and we got 3 responses. Not the healthiest of percentages. This time around I chose to go with survey monkey and was really impressed with the simplicity and usability of the site. You can create [ READ MORE ]
Had some hilarious conversations about Twitter this week. Today is one of those days I would have used it a lot. BridgeView Center blessed us again and is letting us set up early and have practice tomorrow night. Had lunch (neither of us ate) with Levi Picked up a bunch of boxes for the sleepout It’s raining and it’s [ READ MORE ]
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I’m so pumped about our sleep out tomorrow night to raise awareness about the homeless. We didn’t get verbal with any specific goals but I’m hoping that we raise over $5,000 and have over 30 people. I know of a few donations that will be coming in next week from some area businesses and this [ READ MORE ]