Archive for June, 2008

Today @ The Gathering – June 29

Today @ The Gathering we continued in the series, “You Got Great Potential,” with the message entitled, “You Gotta Stay Hungry.”

Today we dealt with the promise of Jesus that simply says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

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Small Groups as Programs are Failures Because They Have the Wrong Purpose

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Small groups in the context of the church have one clear, abiding purpose: to connect people in acts of service. That’s it. People get connected for social reasons in a thousand different places: at Starbucks, Little League, Boy Scouts, quilting class, dancing studios, painting class at the Y. Small groups… More

 

Why Small Groups as a Program is an Utter Failure

If you hang around the American church very long, you’ll hear this term: small group, grow group, e-group, something about groups. We’ve been taught by the current generation of innovators that small group, or if you prefer cell, is the cure for what ails the American church.

The problem is,… More

 

Today @ The Gathering – June 15

Today @ The Gathering we continued in the series, “You Got Great Potential,” with the message “Can I Have Your Business Card?” We talked about how extraordinary people multiply their efforts.

We started off being challenged to think of the possibilities. You can make one of these… More

 

Today @ The Gathering – June 1

Today @ The Gathering we continued in our current series “You Got Great Potential” with installment number three dealing with targeted energy.

In this series, we are dealing with the how-to’s of reaching your potential. All of us have it. The question is, are you living up… More