I anxiously await the release of the first book written by my friend Ben Arment, entitled Church in the Making. Ben is the former lead pastor of Reston Community Church, who partnered with us in launching our first Expression at The Bridge. I haven’t read it yet, but have had the opportunity to pick his [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Church in the Making
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nudge
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Every once in awhile, God nudges us to move forward. Sometimes, we can give logical reasons for our decisions. We often find ourselves doing things that make sense. In some instances, God nudges us to do things that don’t seem to add up on paper or in our mind. After righting the pro’s and con’s, [...]
The Nine: Reason #5 – Trusting God for Outcomes
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This one is not so much a reason than it is a declaration. It is probably the most challenging one for me to face. As teachers and leaders, we love seeing a packed house. Part of us is excited about what God is doing and another part of us gets a sense of personal validation. [...]
The Nine: Reason #4 – The Power of Cross Pollination
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As you may know, cross-pollination is when pollen is transfered from the flower of one plant to another. It’s an exchange of knowledge and ideas resulting in cross-fertilization. Both entities enhance the other resulting in progress that may not have occurred if the one entity existed by itself. Our hope is that both services would [...]
The Nine: Reason #3 – Riding Momentum
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Like many of you, God has blessed us with momentum. We’re continuing to grow on Sundays. Our small groups are multiplying. God is raising up new leaders. More people are getting plugged into our volunteer staff teams. People are coming to know Christ. Attenders invite new people every week. Individuals continually express their excitement about [...]
The Nine: Reason #2 – Vision Over Space
Posted in Uncategorized on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you that are church planters or pastors may be familiar with the 80% or 70% rule. The rule states that a church should consider expanding when it reaches 80% or 70% seating capacity. This could be starting another service, launching a new site, creating an overflow room, etc. It’s based on the idea [...]
The Nine: Reason #1 – Provide Options
Posted in Uncategorized on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, I promised to give you five reasons as to why we are launching a second service at The Bridge. Here’s the first one: to provide options. We meet in a movie theater. Most movies have various show times: 12:15pm, 3:15pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:00pm, 10:15pm, etc. Customers simply look up the movie times and [...]
The Nine: Starting A New Service
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On February 21st, we’ll be starting a new service and series at The Bridge. I’m excited about us going to multiple services! The image on the left is a “9″ promo business card that we will hand out promoting our new 9:00am gathering. We’ll be showing this video, as well. This is another step of [...]
