Dear Pastors, I have come across a local musician who you might be interested in taking a look at if you have need. His name is Steven Moore. He and I have...
Perry Fruhling
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Jun 1, 2009 7:41 pm
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Trying attachment again... ... -- Rev. Perry J. Fruhling St. Mark's Faith & Life Center 8300 C Ave NE Marion, IA 52302 pfruhling@......
Perry Fruhling
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Jun 1, 2009 8:51 pm
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I am wondering if anyone has any new or creative themes for a fall stewardship emphasis... in the past few years we have used: "Blessed to be a Blessing"...
Brent Campbell
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Jun 2, 2009 8:10 pm
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Senior Pastors Conference on Monday, Oct 12th thru Thursday, Oct 15th As mentioned at our annual gathering in May, there is a similar gathering each year in...
Pastor Barnett is out of the office until August 16th and will not be reading or responding to emails until after this date. I'll get back to you as soon as...
Ronald Barnett
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Jun 6, 2009 10:56 pm
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Looking for brilliant ideas on how to increase the number of churches and people in our communication pipeline for TheAfricaSummit.org being hosted at Our...
Greetings, Here at Bethlehem in Aberdeen, SD we are starting a search for a Director of Welcoming and Serving Ministries. Please pass this word along to...
Dear Colleagues, This list had some lively conversation a while back about the model of including children at the beginning of worship before dismissing them...
This email is a good start. I will forward your email on to our Mission Africa Team here at Mountain View and encourage them to share it with others they are...
Glenn Zorb
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Jun 24, 2009 8:19 pm
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Here is another brilliant idea totally unrelated to the Mission Africa- We had to turn down one excellent candidate for our associate pastor position and he...
Glenn Zorb
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Jun 24, 2009 10:48 pm
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What do you use as resources for: 1) various ages of parenting classes? 2) strengthening your marriage support groups? 3) divorce care? Brent Dahlseng "May...
1. We use the video class kits from Bluefish. People seem to like them. A little judgemental, but that can be a teachable time. They are by a couple, Dr. Les...
jbarsch@...
Jun 25, 2009 3:18 pm
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Beth Lewis was kind enough to share copies of the leaders guide for new series on Ephesians (at our recent gathering). The preaching & liturgical helps (hymn...
Meant to mention that The preaching and liturgy supports (free downloadable PDFs) are for God's Standard or Gold Standard: Studies in Proverbs by are by Ronald...
Thanks for posting this info, Bob! Much appreciated. In addition, Peter Mayer has posted free downloads for Mp3 players of the music to accompany God's...
Lewis, Beth
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Jul 1, 2009 11:29 pm
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After signicant decline between 2005-2008, overall worship attendance at 4 weekend services is up over 5%. Our Traditional Informal Saturday 5:30 PM service,...
Come as you are. Pastors in jeans and casual shirts, athletic or hiking shoes. All out contemporary. No liturgy. Band w/ lead guitarist. Some nights they...
Tim Housholder
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Jul 2, 2009 6:17 pm
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Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. Casual dress. We try to "speak" 3 musical languages at Trinity, Ashland and Saturday night is Southern Gospel. Sunday morning in...
Pastor Sanford Mitchell
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Jul 2, 2009 6:38 pm
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We just ran into something that I haven't experienced in 19 years of ministry--two families asking for their gifts to ministry (one a building fund commitment,...
Kendallk64@...
Jul 2, 2009 9:45 pm
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Now that's one to take the cake (whatever that means!). I have never experienced that -- only someone who moved, continued to give through Simply Giving,...
Les Svendsen
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Jul 6, 2009 8:06 pm
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Friends, First Lutheran, Ellicott City, MD (Baltimore) is about to embark on a search for youth (and family) ministry leader. The potential here is huge....
Eugene Kern
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Jul 7, 2009 3:32 pm
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We actually encourage one of the parents to walk the kids out of the service and leave them in the classroom with their teacher and then return to the worship...
revglennz@...
Jul 7, 2009 11:52 pm
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1) Holden Evening Prayer on Saturday evenings at 5:30pm has about 100 (has been the summer only, exploring this year round) 2) 8:30am traditional= 300+ during...
Tom Pietz
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Jul 9, 2009 6:44 pm
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Our Saturday evening (5:30 PM) service is blended with light Contemporary Christian Music led by a praise team band with several vocalists, guitar, drums,...
Glenn Zorb
gzorb@...
Jul 9, 2009 7:46 pm
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My intent in asking this question is not to get into a discussion on the merits or demerits of the sexuality statement and recommendations, but wherever you...
Hi Jeffrey, We are having an assistant to the Bishop come in this month and do two identical presentations to get the congregation up to speed on the matters....
Pastor Sanford Mitchell
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Jul 13, 2009 8:10 pm
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Weekly on-line eNewsletter and probably a Sunday morning announcement, depending on the news. Not a congregational letter and not the monthly newsletter; as no...
P. Kevin Murphy
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Jul 13, 2009 8:24 pm
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Jeffrey, Â I don't want to be evasive, but my response really does depend on the outcome. Â If the recommendation passes all five votes, I know how my...
Our plan is to nail the Sermon on The Mount and the Sermon on the Plain on all of the church doors. Let them deal with Jesus. Jim On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:53:29...