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Posted by Mike Boyink
To truly take advantage of the Internet Christian leaders have to accept that church people can have and share their own opinions. Many of those opinions will be filled with falsehoods. I think this maybe one of the reasons why so many leaders reject the net. It has a lot of crap. What they don’t recognize is that it has lot of crap because most people have never really been taught how to interpret, apply or discern in church. What we see online is the fruit of a church that has depended on passive learning. This isn’t going to improved by adopting and implementing materials and programs that turn the local church in to a franchise. Full Post >>
Cuba Trip
Posted by Ed and Lois
As you may know Dave G, Barbara Y, And Linda S will be leaving for Cuba this Sunday November 21 for seven says I believe.
Barbara e-mailed a list of supplies still needed for the trip. They are as follows: craft supplies- lace and 1/2 inch ribbon - bare barretts so that woman’s ministry can glue bows and ribbons on them for decorative hair accessories, beads and bead making accessories, scrapbooking cutters etc.
Meds: over the counter painkillers adult and children, diabetes test strips, nebullizers and meds for asthma and allergies. Call or e-mail Diane G or Barbara Y with questions. Drop off at either Barbara’s or Dave and Di’s homes.
Sunday November 14, 2004
Posted by Ed and Lois
Manna Meets @ 10:42 AM at the Park Theatre
248 South River Avenue
Holland, Mi 49423-3201
Study: Want Community? Go Online
Posted by Mike Boyink
Nearly 40 percent of Americans say they participate in online communities, with sites around hobbies, shared personal interests, and health-related issues among the most popular. That’s according to a survey conducted by ACNielsen and commissioned by eBay.
Church Membership Cards
Posted by Mike Boyink
The most important component of this concept is that you’re gathering demographic information from the people who makeup your church. The pastor I met with actually has his congregation fill out a form EVERY week that asks all the demographic questions. He bases his questions around the same info that the city his church is in uses to measure the demographics of the city/county. This way he can make sure his church lines up with the city they are serving. Hello!
The church I grew up in used to pass those “membership tablets” every week. To me it always seemed like a silly waste of time, off-putting to visitors, and these days the fewer organizations collecting valuable “demographic data” about me the better.
How about you - would you be willing to swipe a “membership card” every week to help the church figure it’s place in the world out, or would it seem overly intrusive? Does it try to limit God’s ability to send just the right people, at just the right time?