It's a small world

Today I had the opportunity to join a conference call with several other believers from across the country. The network our local church is affiliated with has started prayer conference calls to help bring believers together and establish national prayer coverage for what God is doing. Today there were intercessors from New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and maybe others.

I have been using conference calls at work for a long time. At least once a week I am on the phone with coworkers from the UK, India, and all over the USA. It is great to see that the Church is starting to use technology like this to expand relationships and help bring connections.

The City Church

This week I and twenty, that's right twenty, others from my church are at the FMCI East Coast conference. Last night was awesome!!! Ken Blackwell, former Ohio Secretary Of State, was the speaker. His word was engaging and challenging. I would love to be able to hang out with that man for a while. If you ever get the chance to hear him speak TAKE IT!

This morning the first session was a panel discussion. They had three twenty-something speakers who were given the question, "What would the church look like if your generation was in charge?" I filled up a page with just bullet point notes that I am going to take home and chew on. It was excellent!!!

One of the ideas that really spoke to me what the idea of the church without a building. That can rock your world! I have had the idea for a while now that we should consider the city we are in to be our "church". Not just the meeting place we meet in on Sundays. I want to expand this idea a little more in me...

Well, gotta run to the next meeting.

Will anyone read our Church Brochure?

We had our first meeting in our new building today. We had a brunch. About once a quarter we host a community worship and intercession night, called "Refresh," at a local auditorium. On the Sunday after Refresh we meet at 11:00 AM to allow extra rest, and we have a brunch.

One day as we were talking about the new location I mentioned that I would like us write up a brochure. Now I have the task of doing exactly that! :-) So I started doing some research... you know... I typed "church brochure" in my Google toolbar. I was immediately attracted to an entry with the title: "No One Reads Your Church Brochure." It is on a blog site called "Church Marketing Sucks." Wow! What a title for a site. I guess it gets the point across, doesn't it?

So, I read through that post and a few others that I found. Now I am struggling to write something that will be worth the paper it is on. I think this first version will be more evangelistic in nature. I want to raise awareness in the neighborhood and stir some interest in our church. There are so many thoughts and ideas. What to leave in? What to leave out? I know it will come together, eventually. :-)

New Building

Today is our last Sunday at the School building we have been meeting in. After Celebration today we will all be packing up our chairs and equipment and moving down the road to our new location. I am excited about this move. The new location has a little more room and I think it will be a really nice place to meet.