I am pumped about Celebrating Easter with all of you, April 12th.  As you can see from the post a couple of days ago, we have billboards going up this week.

I am also pumped up about the staff here at PSM.  When I go to them with big plans, they don’t flinch.  Instead, they either dream bigger or they simply find a way to execute the plan.  One prime example is Harry Fleming (or as Jacob used to call him…’the Harry One’.)

Check out the mailer he designed for our member and guest lists.  Over 700 of these will be sent out.  BTW that is 700 households reaching over 2000 people.  Anyway, it is a cool, little glossy postcard with a refrigerator magnet attached on the inside.  We can all pull off the magnet and stick them on the fridge, computer, or where ever.  How did he get such a great idea?  Well, we saw a similar one from Ed Young’s pastors’ conference.  But, I have to say that Harry took it to the HNL.  Sorry, Ed!  (HNL stands for ‘hole nutha level’ for all you scratching you heads right now, and it happens to be Ed’s favorite line of all time).  I am sure Ed would be proud that we took the idea and improved.

I met this morning with Rudy, Lorraine, and James about plugging in all the youth, ushers, greeters, children’s workers, security, etc into the mix.  It will be a great weekend of unity as the whole church works together for the common good.

Not too long ago, I was struggling with the concept of Read the rest of this entry →

When you have multiple services at your church on one weekend, it is always nice to have some variety.  (Not just in the schedule, but also in the spiritual realm.)  If you are looking for one person to bring all that you are looking for in uniqueness, I am not sure you could find anyone better than John Ragsdale.   When considering guest ministers, a pastor must insure that the guest will support and embolden the vision and method that flows already.  If nothing is flowing, then the guest is needed to breakthrough the wall so flow starts.  The pastor is responsible for making sure the guest is the one to do either of these things.  I must be extremely protective of Read the rest of this entry →

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