On Christmas Sunday, we didn’t hit 250 people in worship, but we did have an increase in attendance of 60% over our average and, in spite of the weather, about 15 people more in our Christmas Eve service than my recollection of last year.
Now, I’m not trying to play a numbers game here, but instead [...]
I hope you are all taking me up of the challenge of making me remove my beard on Sunday, December 20. If I do have to do so, I’ll leave church right after the Hymn of Commitment and (hopefully) return in time for the benediction, beardless. (I am also hopeful I won’t have a ton [...]
Following our current round of Unbinding the Gospel meet-ings, a week ago Sunday I put forth a challenge to the FCC worshipping community. It was a challenge that contained both a gimmick and a gift. The gimmick is that if all of you together invite enough people to have 250 in worship on [...]
As I told someone the other day, I can feel myself getting my game face on to gear up for the height of the Crazy Season. The Crazy Season (a cultural phenomenon I defined for myself) began in late August when the holiday decorations started appearing in Wal-Mart, and ends right after the Super [...]
