My friend Perry Noble, who is Pastor of an amazing church called NewSpring, is also a kind of professional cheerleader for other Pastors. We’re not really friends, I’ve never actually even met him, I just like reading his blog. Below is a summary of a recent post he made that is applicable to all […]
Category: Making Church Matter
Here in Timonium the Maryland State Fair is underway, the definitive sign that summertime is over. The passing of the season is always a little wistful and also exciting as we look ahead to my favorite season of the year, fall. It has been a quick summer filled with some significant accomplishments: our trip […]
Missionary activity renews the Church, revitalizes faith and Christian identity, offers fresh enthusiasm and new incentive. Faith is strengthened when it is given to others! It is in commitment to the Church’s universal mission that the new evangelization of Christian people will find inspiration. John Paul II/Redemptoris missio This has been a summer of some […]
This is an interesting time for our growing missions/service program. On Wednesday, Brain Crook (our new Mission Director) and I meet with the Director of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bill McCarthy. Bill is also a Nativity parishoner. We shared with him the conviction we have formed about mission/service, namely that we […]
Some more thoughts on our congregation and the positive signs of health and strength and maturity that I am witnessing. Here are five more: #6 Service This spring more people than ever stepped forward to get involved in “First Serve” (our program for people who want to get into a ministry). We have a strong […]
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I was thinking today about how healthy and mature our congregation is becoming. I know, I know, that sounds self-congratulatory and prideful. But I think on Father’s Day its OK to be a little proud of the family. No kidding, this is the most mature and healthy Church community I have ever been part of […]
Today we come to the end of our current message series, which is also the final series of our 2009-2010 season. It was a great year of learning and growth for me and hopefully for the church as well. Drive was the perfect kick off to the year, because it provided a clear, simple […]
Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here. Jesus replied: “You give them something to eat.” Luke 9.12-13 Luke’s 9th chapter describes an amazing scene, […]
Sorry, I am a little late with this week’s post.Memorial Day weekend is definitely the start of the summer season. Last summer we decided that we wanted to continue doing message series through the season, rather than concede the whole summer. But, we needed a plan that provided me with some weekends off, for vacation […]
This past week our staff went to the beach (Avalon) for our annual planning retreat. We made great progress in defining some of what next year (September 2010-May 2011) is going to look like: message series, children’s and student programs, major events, etc. We also discussed new structures for our work together. Until recently we […]
