We had a great staff meeting this morning and one of the phrases that came out really struck me. The comment was that the staff are the chief servants. We choose to give all that we can and wear ourselves thin. Weather the word “chief” fits or not (there are tons of servants at Antioch) […]
So I started thinking on the road down to California what lessons I’ve learned since we planted Antioch a little over a year ago. The question has been banging around in my head ever since… Here are my thoughts as they stand right now (I’m certain I’d change something if I kept thinking about it,
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We had a garage sale to help raise funds for Uganda today… below are the lessons that I learned. #1 Don’t have a garage sale in Bend during November #2 Don’t have a garage sale in Bend during November #3 See the first two lessons…
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Dave Rogers of Ransom Wear will be spotlighted on the FOX evening news tonight in Bend during the 5:00 and 6:00 news hours. KTVZ was put on to Dave and Ransom Wear through a person at Antioch. I’m beginning to be amazed at how many domino’s seem to be falling all around!!
There are now 155 people on the HUB (Antioch’s Online Community). It’s just getting started… make sure you’re signed up and have set up your personal profile!! It’s amazing to me how online peering or networking quickly and easily ties groups, people and churches together with data and personal information!! I’m currently reading through Wikinomics
The High School Group had their annual “Great Pumpkin Chase” scavanger hunt tonight. There were 6 different teams that used clues to find different homes where they had to “earn” a clue for finding the next stop. It’s the second year that we’ve been one of the stops. We went easy on them and only
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The human rights sermon series at Antioch kicks off this Sunday… It’s weird, I feel like this Sunday’s service – more than any other, is what I would want new people to come and be a part of. It’s not that it’s slick… it’s not because of the music… it’s not because of some super
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Just an update: Rick McKinley, who is the Lead Pastor of the Imago Dei Community in Portland, will be joining us at Antioch on Sunday, January 6th. We’re excited to have Rick kick off the new year for us instead of speaking Dec. 30th, which was the original plan. Rick is solid and it should
Last Sunday was the one year anniversary for Antioch public meetings… Today, I was writing down the date and realized that 10/31 is the anniversary of our license from the state two years ago. Lest you think our anniversary has to do with Halloween (and therefore Antioch must be jinxed)… I will point out that
I hated missing Worship Sunday… I heard it was amazing. Anyway, here’s a neat picture of Tom Monson working on his painting during the service.
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