Blogging Pastors
I never ceased be be amazed at the blog effect. It's amazing how many connections I've made via blogging. I met with two blogging pastors today.
This morning Tally Wilgis, from Focal Point Church in Virginia Beach, came to hang out with our team for our Big Idea Meeting. Very cool to hear about their story. I have huge respect for anyone who is part of the church planting tribe! We also picked up a cool idea from them. They are "four-walling" their theater and showing children's movies as an outreach. This last weekend they packed out the theater for Ice Age 2. Pretty cool way of letting people know you exist.
This afternoon I met with Rob Ketterling from River Valley Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota. He flew in for the day to hang out with some of our staff. I definitely got more ideas from him than he did from me! They've got a great thing going!
We actually met at a church planting event I spoke at last year and he got one of our Annual Ministry Reports. They ran with the idea and produced their own Annual Ministry Report that absolutely rocks!
I also got a couple sermon series ideas from him. They recently did a series called The Office and Deal or No Deal. I love the way they are redeeming culture by playing off those popular TV shows. Rob said they had eighteen decisions for Christ during Deal or No Deal.
Praise God and pass the popcorn!
This morning Tally Wilgis, from Focal Point Church in Virginia Beach, came to hang out with our team for our Big Idea Meeting. Very cool to hear about their story. I have huge respect for anyone who is part of the church planting tribe! We also picked up a cool idea from them. They are "four-walling" their theater and showing children's movies as an outreach. This last weekend they packed out the theater for Ice Age 2. Pretty cool way of letting people know you exist.
This afternoon I met with Rob Ketterling from River Valley Church in Apple Valley, Minnesota. He flew in for the day to hang out with some of our staff. I definitely got more ideas from him than he did from me! They've got a great thing going!
We actually met at a church planting event I spoke at last year and he got one of our Annual Ministry Reports. They ran with the idea and produced their own Annual Ministry Report that absolutely rocks!
I also got a couple sermon series ideas from him. They recently did a series called The Office and Deal or No Deal. I love the way they are redeeming culture by playing off those popular TV shows. Rob said they had eighteen decisions for Christ during Deal or No Deal.
Praise God and pass the popcorn!
3 Comments:
dude, rob ketterling is the real deal no doubt. we went to bible college together and i can tell you this for sure - there was no student i respected more than him. his heart to devote himself entirely to God's plan was unmatched. and his heart for missions... i'll just put it this way - there's a lot of people outside the USA that have been given a chance to encounter Jesus because Rob is serious about missions.
i'm so glad y'all got to connect. wouldn't it be cool to be able to get all your favorite people to meet each other somehow?
in a very real way, blogging is making that a reality more and more for me.
The blogosphere has had an undeniable affect on connecting pastors in a way that I have not seen before.
Combine that with Podcasting and wow, not only can you get insights in writing, but you can listen to some of the best sermons, leadership documents, etc from around the world.
What an amazing age we live in.
The Office was pure brilliance. I've never seen a series go over as well as it did. I would love to see other churches take this concept and work with it - understanding of our calling is important if we expect people to fulfill our Calling.
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