Sweet Links

Here are links to some of my favorite blogs and sites.

Life in Student Ministry-Student ministry site that has some great stuff. Tim has great insights.
Monday Morning Insight-Good site about things going on in church life. A lot of the things make me laugh.
Church Relevance-Great stuff about design, leadership, and forward thinking. It has some great research stuff but putting it into short form. Very Good.
The Swerve-great post on picking people today. Good Stuff!
Perrry Noble-Very challenging and encouraging. I've been following Perry Noble for about 2 years now. Great leader. Unleash was amazing.
Tony Morgan-Very good blog on innovation. He is an incredible forward thinker. Tons of great thoughts

I hope you enjoy them.

Worship Set

It was fun to play with Nathan, Dean, Robert and Alex. They really rocked it!!! It was a blast.

Playlist:
Awesome is the Lord Most High-Tomlin
Friend of God-Gungor
Blessed Be Your Name-Redman
You Never Let Go-Redman
Yellow-Coldplay

Personality Test

Have you ever wondered what your personality is? Here is your chance.

click on this link to take a short personality quiz:
Personality Test

The Animal Equivelant is:
Lion=Choleric
Otter=Sanguine
Turtle=Phlegmatic
Camel=Melancholy

Leave a comment and let us know what your personality is.

Here is mine.
Personality: Choleric Melancholy
Melancholy-18%
Phlegmatic-15%
Sanguine-10%
Choleric-57%

Kid's Music

this video made me laugh. There is nothing spiritual about it, but it is funny. Especially if you have kids.



It would definatly make children's music more interesting.

What do you think?

Reflections

Thoughts about today:

Music was sick! the student band killed it! Their set list was:
Sing to the King
Mighty to Save
From the Inside Out
Here is our King

All I have to say is:
You've Got It Now Use It!!!!!!!
spirit fingers, toe-touch, hercky (sp?)

Spiritual Gifts

You might be wondering how to find your spiritual gifting. These assesments can help point you in the right direction. Remember your these gifts are not exhaustive. God is Huge!

Check out these websites to take an online assesment:
Gifted2Serve
Spiritual Gift Test
Ministry Tools

Leave a comment to let me know what your top 2 gifts are!

Facebook and other stuff

I’ve been a little busy lately so I haven’t had a chance to blog recently. I’m hoping to do it more even though we are approaching the birth of our son. His name will be Caleb Matthew just in case you wanted to know. I know he is already going to be one of the best looking guys along with Jonathon and Nate. We will get a chance to see the doctor next week and probably find out just how close we are to this incredible life.

I finally gave in today! To facebook that is. I have purposely rebelled against it until now. Every one has raved about it, so we’ll see. I love tech stuff! I’d love to hear what you think is best about facebook besides all those people popping on screen for possible friend request that I have no idea who they are.

New Things

I am always trying to find new ways to get faster at what I do. Efficiency is very important to me. It seems as though there are never enough hours in the day. (like no one else is feeling the same pressure). Over the past week I came across an awesome resource called Jott. It allows you to email, send text messages, update calendars, blogs, etc all through voice recognition. It was been amazing to work with. I am still finding new things everyday. Group text messaging is something I am working on. People are so mobile and it is often easier to text them then email to get a response. You should try it out. It’s well worth the look. Jott

Favorite Quotes

two inspiring quotes that are on my desk that I think are worth sharing.

Erwin McManus shared on a Catalyst Podcast an African Businessman in Tanzania told him:
We've been doing so much with so little for so long; we can now do anything with nothing.

Howard Hendricks said, If it is a mist in the pulpit, it is a fog in the pew.

These have been very inpiring to me. Just thought I would share. I hope they encourage and inspire you.

Something a little different

This summer we are going to try something a little different during our sunday night gathering for students. We are toying with the idea of doing several mission/service opportunities. This is very different then our typical sunday night environment that includes music, media, speaking, etc. Our hope is to help our students get out of the box. We live in a world where people want to serve but don't always now how. We are finishing up a series called, Where do I fit?. We are hoping that students will begin to understand how they take part in God's plan to redeem the world.

Do you do things different during the summer?
What are some of the things you have done?
What is your favorite thing about the summer?
What do you dread when it comes to the summer?