Today, our launch team handed out 16 cases of free custom labeled water near the Woodley Park Zoo metro station. That’s 384 bottles of water…in less than an hour! Can you believe it? The water label contained The Bridge’s logo and information about our September 9th launch. I’m still pumped. Many people were grateful for [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Free Agua
Posted in DuPont Circle, marketing, outreach, promotions, The Bridge, Washington D.C., water, Woodley Park Zoo on July 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ten Faces of Innovation Part 5: The Hurdler
Posted in church planting, creativity, innovation, leadership, Ten Faces of Innovation, Tom Kelley on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some Tom Kelley quotes to kick things off. “Hurdlers do more with less. They get a charge out of trying to do something that’s never been done before.” “Hurdlers know that you don’t always have to tackle a challenge head-on if you can find a way to sidestep it.” It’s easy to become [...]
The Open House
Posted in church planting, leadership, missional, Modern Times Coffeehouse, The Bridge, The Open House, Uncategorized, Washington D.C. on July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Our first “Open House “went well last night. Once we got to the Modern Times Coffeehouse, I found it to be more crowded than I realize. That’s when it hit me. “I have to cast the vision of our church in a room filled with unbelievers.” I was expecting the room to be empty. Boy, [...]
Ten Faces of Innovation Part 4: The Cross-Pollinator
Posted in church planting, creativity, innovation, leadership, Ten Faces of Innovation, The Bridge, Tom Kelley on July 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Cross-Pollinator creates something new by connecting unrelated ideas or concepts. This is where the fun begins! Cross-Pollinators know how to take ideas and concepts from an unrelated filed, industry, or environment and transplant them successfully into theirs. In my few months of church planting, all our ideas were not grafted from the church world. [...]
Ten Faces of Innovation: Part 3 (The Experimenter)
Posted in church planting, creativity, experimenting, innovation, leadership, ministry, Ten Faces of Innovation, Tom Kelly on July 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s always easy to stick with what is tried and proven than to try something new. The Experimenter is one who tries different ideas and approaches. They are willing to embrace failure as part of the adventure. At The Bridge, everything has been an experiment. Expression was a big experiment for us. There was no [...]
Ten Faces of Innovation: Part 2 (The Anthropologist)
Posted in church planting, creativity, ministry, Ten Faces of Innovation, Tom Kelly, Uncategorized on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The first face of innovation is the Anthropoligist. The Anthropoligist watches people. No, I’m not talking about stalking. In this role, we take time to observe individuals in our communities and surroundings. What are their behavioral patterns? Likes? Dislikes? Do they move fast or slow? Where do they shop? What types of things do they [...]
Coffee in the City
Posted in Buzz Conference, church in movie theater, church planting, ebenezers coffeehouse, Expression, mark batterson, national community church, The Bridge, Washington D.C. on July 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I got a chance to meet with Mark Batterson yesterday. Mark is a great guy. He is the pastor of National Community Church. He shared some great insights on church planting and having services in a movie theater. It’s a blessing to see how God is using them to impact Washington DC. They are located [...]
Innovation Break
Posted in 4th of July, family, priorities on July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we all know, today is the 4th. This means three things: 1) Mom’s birthday, 2) Hanging out with the wife, and 3) Putting everything else on hold to prioritize my family. Oh yes! And 4) Fireworks!
Ten Faces of Innovation Part 1: The Devil’s Advocate
Posted in church, creativity, devil's advocate, innovation, leadership, ministry, The Ten Faces of Innovation, Tom Kelley, Uncategorized on July 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Imagine this. You’re sitting in a meeting and present an idea that you are passionate about. Everyone begins to get excited, until someone says, “Let me just play the Devil’s Advocate for a minute.” Before you know it, your idea has been killed and buried…with a complementary funeral. Not only that, but now your cheerleaders [...]
Double Feature
Posted in family, leisure, live free die hard, ocean's 13 on July 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I decided to take today off and spend it with my wife. We did a double feature at the AMC: Live Free Die Hard and Ocean’s 13. We took an hour long stroll in the park between the movies. Tomorrow, it’s back to the grind of church planting.
