My indoor beach volleyball has entered the nexus of confusion.
We have not lost a set yet this season (a set is 3 games)
We are on top of the ladder
We all turned around tonight and realised….. we are the old farts of the competition. Seriously.
All of us are closer to 40 than 30…most of the teams we play against are 20-30…..
I doubt this nexus will continue….but I am enjoying it while it lasts!
A great crowd in at church today. Despite the fact I am sick sick sick, it was great to be at church.
An interesting comment from a visitor, who normally attends another church.
His comment, you have a real mix of all types of people, and we do.
About 50 kids under 12, a stack of parents, a few (very few) 40-50’s and a good amount of the ‘silver hairs’.
It is truly a generational church.
We try hard to do the blended type service well.
Most church growth manuals tell you that this does not work.
But with our songs, our worship leaders pick a good mix, but they are down in a contemporary style….but this seems to resonate with 99% of people.
This morning I caught a senior lady singing along pre service to one of the newest songs we do. That made me feel great…..
I read a lot, and read widely, and I think there is truth is a lot of material. But somehow our church does not have to follow the rules.
Here is the video that Q made up for our upcoming Angus Buchan Mighty Mens conference….
Men….don’t miss it!
He became a Christian when he was 18, after being raised in a distinctly rough and poor family. After some experiences, he became a missionary in flood ravaged Bangladesh.
He came and spoke to us pastors on some very interesting and stimulating points, including the vexed issue of pastors and finances……
here are some points he made…
Stuart Robinson
Crossway Church
those young people who give you the most grief…also become your best leaders
“Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”(Benjamin Franklin)
I have started a new Facebook group, entitled, ‘My name is Mark Edwards’. The only requirement is that your name is Mark Edwards, middle name irrelevant….
I started it two days ago, and have six members so far, from all around the world.
I know this says something socialogical….but I dont quite know what, yet. If indeed it says anything.
I watched a facinating documentary last night on networks, and I was particularly drawn to the ideo of hubs of networks, entitled, “How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer“. “We used to think the way in which web pages, power grids and people tied together was more or less random. But recently two young physicists independently discovered that fundamental laws govern networks”
As I watched this fascinating documentary, the theory put foward was that everything in the world could be analysed in the paradigm of networks, and every network had hubs…or as I might designate them, hives of activity. The reference to Kevin Bacon is a throwback to the idea that every Hollywood Actor was seperated from Kevin by only a small amount of degrees.
This theory is fascinating in its application to church work.
Both in the church being a hub of activity within the community, and the leadership of the church. I believe in leadership through influence, consultation, prayer, community.
The position is nowhere near as important as the influence, and being a hub.
Edit: you can download this documentary here
