Thom Rainer provides twelve characteristics found in healthy growing churches. (Part 1, Part 2) This is the sort of community we’re seeking to cultivate at mgpc. Lists such as this point to our trajectory. We haven’t arrived, and our attainments in some areas lag behind others, but they’re the direction we know we should be …
Bob Anderson, who died on January 2, was not an actor, but choreographed a lot of swordplay in modern cinema from the original Star Wars movies (which I watch last week) to the Lord Of The Rings and many more. Apparently he even performed as Darth Vader in some combat scenes in the Star Wars …
Watch till the end. I’m sure there’s a sermon illustration here somewhere. Probably somewhere in Proverbs.
I’ve observed that when picking songs for church services around Christmas time new material needs to be incorporated sparingly because what people (regular and infrequent attenders alike) really want to sing are all the traditional songs. They’ll belt out the old stuff but stand there in polite bemusement during the new stuff. Mark Sumpter wishes …
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