Alcune persone dimenticano o aspettare l'ultimo momento per ottenere mamma un fiore o scheda. I fiori possono essere costoso se acquistato presso il negozio individualmente, ma possono essere acquistati per meno di cinquanta centesimi per ogni fiore in massa. Il tuo gruppo può probabilmente spiegare a un fioraio supermercato locale ciò che si sta tentando di [...]
Anche se abbiamo una dozzina di punti qui di iniziare vitale outreach l'idea di base dietro Gentilezza Outreach è abbastanza semplice. La mia tendenza è quella di saltare in qualcosa che trovo eccitante e ad agitare le acque il più possibile. Le cose a volte suscitando crea complessità. La vita scorre solo quella direzione. Come altri catturano l' [...]
Spring is here and this season is a great opportunity to reach out to your community and show them God’s love in practical ways. Here are three great outreach projects that are perfect for spring: 1. Free Car Wash This is an effective, practical service. We offer a car wash every week in the summer. [...]
Patrick ha vissuto una vita di tragedia trasformata in vittoria. Questo è presumibilmente perché celebriamo 17 marzo mangiando cibi irlandesi speciali e bevendo birra verde. These are supposed to be celebrations of a life redeemed. This time of year there is a lot of hoopla around a lot of silliness that has little to do [...]
Ho avuto il piacere di incontrare Steve Sjogren in una conferenza ha promosso presso il Kings Island Inn in 1989. I should have known something was up when I lost one of my 2 front teeth setting up the sound equipment (a story for another time, but feel free to insert your favorite hillbilly joke [...]
Non molto tempo fa mia moglie ed io eravamo seduti nella nostra cucina, preparare una bella cena famiglia. Suddenly our doorbell rang. Going to the door we saw Ghebremariam, a 38 year old woman from Eritrea who works for Mariam. Ghebremariam is a refugee from Eritrea, a neighboring country to Ethiopia. She had to leave three [...]
I’m not sure when the term ‘servant evangelism’ first came into play. In the early days of the Vineyard movement, Steve Sjogren was the first voice I heard talking about focusing an entire church community around the idea of serving outsiders through practical, applicable acts of kindness. My Vineyard church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa has [...]
It seemed I had tried it all! From dropping thousands of eggs from a helicopter to sending out what seemed like millions of postcards, but our church was not getting the “results” that everyone else had gotten. I hired coaches and mentors who told me “how” to plant the church. I did everything by the [...]
John Chapman, alias il mitico "Johnny Appleseed" era un missionario che allungò la mano per nativi americani della Ohio Valley agli inizi del 1800. He Had Simple Tools His primary planting tool was a stick! Do you have a stick? When his current stick wore out he found a new stick. I heard recently through [...]
I have to admit that I used to hate cats. I never understood why someone would want an animal that hides 20 hours of the day and hisses at you the other 4 hours when it decides to grace you with its presence. I see all the “cute” kitten pictures girls post on Facebook and [...]