Category: Marketing
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Finding a church home: Journey Community Church
Several weeks ago I shared that our family would document the church search process. And this past weekend that search continued as we attended Journey Community Church in La Mesa. It’s worth pointing out right away that a ton of people I work with go to Journey and suggested that we check it out. Everyone…
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Finding a church home: Kaleo Church
Our first stop on the search took us to Kaleo Church that meets at the AMC 20 in the Mission Valley Mall. Obviously, this being the first one we’ve visited it was pretty high on our list of places to explore. And we weren’t disappointed. Parking is a non-issue obviously. The location is easy enough…
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3 Lies of Church Growth Experts
Right now there are a lot of people making a lot of money telling churches how they can grow. Along the same lines, there are a lot of church boards and pastors wasting a lot of time discussing church growth strategy. An observation. Have you noticed that churches that want to grow (100 to 1000…
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Finding a church home: Pre-search thoughts
This week marks the beginning of a new era. For the first time in more than 10 years Kristen and I begin a search for a new church home. Sure, there were other searches before– but they were always tied to employment so that’s a little different. Now that I don’t have a church job…
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Marko busted: The Pinnacle of Loserocity
If you’re in youth ministry, you know Marko. He’s the President of Youth Specialties and an all around fun guy. This spring he challenged youth workers to join him in a contest they created called, “Are you a bigger loser than Marko?” It’s a take-off on the hit show… and a bunch of people did…
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Twitter takes off in Youth Ministry
In the last two weeks Twitter has gotten extremely popular among Youth Ministry people. The two biggest Youth Ministry companies, Youth Specialties and Simply Youth Ministry put their Twitter accounts in this weeks newsletter. (YMX was ahead of them by a couple months on this one!) And it seems like every youth pastor around is…
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Disagreeing with the Alma Mater
Do you ever have times when you look at your college and you go, “What are they thinking?” That’s how I feel about my alma mater, Moody Bible Institute lately. Actually, I don’t have a single problem with the education they are providing. The longer I’ve been away from MBI the more I’ve appreciated their…
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Taco Liberty Bell
My favorite April Fool’s joke of all time was brought to you by Taco Bell. In 1996, they ran the ad below in 6 major newspapers across the country announcing that they had purchased the Liberty Bell. Taco Bell Buys The Liberty Bell In an effort to help the national debt, Taco Bell is pleased…
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Do you need a resume? It depends.
Recently, Seth Godin made this statement on his blog. I think if you’re remarkable, amazing or just plain spectacular, you probably shouldn’t have a resume at all. The reason is simple. If you are really, really good at what you do [remarkable] the resume is just a formality. I’ve been on plenty of job hunts…