It’s the Friday of Labor Day weekend, a memorable time to me since I married my wife on this holiday weekend twenty-four years ago. (I reported about our wedding earlier this week.)
As a result, I start this week with my friend and fellow church planter, Joe Miller in Tacoma, Washington, who earlier this year posted a video experience that he and his now-wife Suzanne had on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno back in 1995. As it turns out, this experience was Joe and Suzanne’s actual “first date” and the first time his parents ever saw his wife-to-be! It’s a great story; click here to watch it and to read the rest of the “back story” that accompanies it.
George Bullard, a well-known church consultant, is currently developing a series of articles that list 25 characteristics of “churches most likely to exist ten years from now” on his website. This article, his 14th to date, suggests that your church’s survivability depends on where it is on “the church lifecycle” (yes, churches do have a lifecycle, too, just like all living things). You can get to the article here and it will lead you to the other characteristics he’s listed. You can also get to the lifecycle chart by clicking here.
Tony Morgan has posted a series of items recently dealing with the multisite phenomenon in North America over the past few years. His latest article is on “Mistakes Multisites Make” and can be read by clicking here. Tony, who’s strong speciality is in the area of leadership, will be coming to High Tide Church, one of our churches in southern Delaware, with his “Tony Morgan Live” day of teaching and learning experiences on Friday, October 2. You can register for the event here.
It’s college football time again and that means anticipation of another big year for my team of choice, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Annually, my friend, fellow church planter and ‘Bama enthusiast, Adam Feldman, posts his thoughts on the coming season at his website. Last year he did an excellent job of anticipating the tremendous year they’d have (actually he expected 10-2 instead of 12-0, but who’s counting?). So, I’ve linked here to his prognostication for the 2009 season as well for those of you who may want to check it out.
Finally, this week has been significant in the lives of Beatles fans everywhere. The Beatles: Rock Band video game, along with the digitally-remastered upgrade of 14 titles, hit the shelves this week. So, in honor of “Beatlemania 2.0,” here’s a Chick-Fil-A tribute (bet you didn’t see that coming, did you?) by comedian Tim Hawkins to the tune “Yesterday.” Have a great week everybody!
Moving at the Speed of God 