First Sunday at Carmike
We finally arrived at Carmike for worship! Everyone gathered in one theater to celebrate. David Martin, of www.ontrackministries.org , was our guest speaker, in keeping with our current series, The Amazing Race.
Next week we start kids connection classes in their own theaters.
This is also a great time to evaluate and recalibrate all we are doing. This isn't just a location and equipment upgrade. We are all revisiting the vision and purposes God gave us for St Joe. I look forward to a summer of growth, both within those we have already reached, and in attendance as new people discover St Joe, now worshipping in an easy to find worship location.
What a humbling opportunity...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Portable Signs and Banners
Want portable signs for your church? I've googled this for two weeks now. Finally got some great answers.
Signicades seem to be the easiest, most portable option. You can't buy direct from the manufacturer and most distributers are wholesalers who only sell to sign companies. I even told her I might re-sell them to churches....nope, couldn't buy them from her.
Finally, Sign Warehouse came through for me. I await for my six signicades to arrive, at the best price I could find on the web (about $60 each). A local decal making company will create the lettering, our logo and directional arrows. I cut out the middle man for the sign cost, and am keeping my design local (to ensure it is correct). It also lets me tell more people in our city about our church, "which is now meeting at Carmike Cinema..."
Signicades are hollow plastic boards, which lock out into an a-frame like sandwich boards. Plasticades (the brand) come in a variety of sizes. Our are the largest, 46inh x 36inw. You can fill with sand or water improve stability in wind. Drop them as you drive through the path to your church entrance, fold up and stack them as you leave. When your application sticker or lettering gets worn, you can purchase sign fronts as well with special fasteners. Or, use velcro and create interchangeable banners to stick onto the signs (not really our favorite option).
We also had to create a lightweight, yet large sign for a high traffic, 40-50 mph street, to tell them we are now at the Carmike. A 4x6 double banner sewn together like a pillowcase will slip over a pvc pipe frame, with 5 ft legs on each side for stability. Yellow with blue lettering (blue matches our logo colors) stands out the best (black and yellow is standard advice for street signs). We'll sandbag the legs to keep the banner upright in high wind. Ask me in a few weeks how it really works with our Indiana winds...
No more 6 foot wooden plywood a-frame signs to lug to the street corner.... I'm eying those to saw into panels for our new equipment carts...
Want portable signs for your church? I've googled this for two weeks now. Finally got some great answers.
Signicades seem to be the easiest, most portable option. You can't buy direct from the manufacturer and most distributers are wholesalers who only sell to sign companies. I even told her I might re-sell them to churches....nope, couldn't buy them from her.
Finally, Sign Warehouse came through for me. I await for my six signicades to arrive, at the best price I could find on the web (about $60 each). A local decal making company will create the lettering, our logo and directional arrows. I cut out the middle man for the sign cost, and am keeping my design local (to ensure it is correct). It also lets me tell more people in our city about our church, "which is now meeting at Carmike Cinema..."
Signicades are hollow plastic boards, which lock out into an a-frame like sandwich boards. Plasticades (the brand) come in a variety of sizes. Our are the largest, 46inh x 36inw. You can fill with sand or water improve stability in wind. Drop them as you drive through the path to your church entrance, fold up and stack them as you leave. When your application sticker or lettering gets worn, you can purchase sign fronts as well with special fasteners. Or, use velcro and create interchangeable banners to stick onto the signs (not really our favorite option).
We also had to create a lightweight, yet large sign for a high traffic, 40-50 mph street, to tell them we are now at the Carmike. A 4x6 double banner sewn together like a pillowcase will slip over a pvc pipe frame, with 5 ft legs on each side for stability. Yellow with blue lettering (blue matches our logo colors) stands out the best (black and yellow is standard advice for street signs). We'll sandbag the legs to keep the banner upright in high wind. Ask me in a few weeks how it really works with our Indiana winds...
No more 6 foot wooden plywood a-frame signs to lug to the street corner.... I'm eying those to saw into panels for our new equipment carts...
Friday, February 23, 2007
Books on my nightstand, desk, in my car (ie. mobile office) or wherever else I recently sat down to read...
Consider going to my friends at www.anchorroom.org for your purchases
Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch by Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas, Regal
We just attended their Launch Conference in NYC. Very practical how-to...wish I had it when we launched.
Just Walk Across The Room by Bill Hybels, Zondervan
Considers the effectiveness of Engle Scale evangelism effort that sees conversion as a long term process for many, not an event. I like this book because I see God using me to reach people in very similar ways. I just celebrated a spiritual victory when my 5 years of praying and relating led that man to finally start living for Christ! One of many "long-term" efforts since we launched our church.
The Nomadic Church: Growing Your Congregation Without Owning the Building by Bill Easum and Pete Theodore, Abingdon
Wow, where were they when we started organizing? Practical strategies, task and leader descriptions, etc.
Pastorpreneur by Dr. John Jackson, Baxter Press, purchase at www.vqresources.com
Helps me communicate my vision and passion for the local church and church planting to business people. If I wasn't called to be a pastor, I'd probably be working to start a new company or business...
High Impact Church Planting by Dr. John Jackson, www.vqresources.com
Helps me evalutate future church plants and my current vision for our church
Development Barriers to Church Growth: Specific Leadership Challenges at Each Level by Dr. John Jackson, www.vqresources.com
Small booklet that packs a punch! He says in paragraphs what some have had to say in several books combined. Worth the price.
The Creative Leader by Ed Young, Broadman and Holman
I don't understand exactly how he organizes for preaching, but I sure appreciate his challenge to me as a leader to step it up and pull out all the stops.
Perimeters of Light by Elmer Towns and Ed Stetzer, Moody Publishers
Postmodernity explained so that even a novice can start to grasp it.
New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier by Bill M. Sullivan
go to www.200barrier.org for free pdf download of his previous manuscript and ppt slides
We're in the middle of applying his "10 steps" within our church
Community of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church by Steve Sjogren and Rob Lewin
Pick it up, put it down, pick it up again. Easy read and practical advice for planters.
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole, Jossey-Bass
Just started this, so can't say what I think about it yet
The Pressure's Off by Larry Crabb, Waterbrook Press
Only part way into it. Good reminder that the general principles of Proverbs is sometimes overruled by a Job experience. It's all about knowing and relating to God intimately, not about knowing what God can do for us. Thanks goes out to the worship attender who gave this to me.
Consider going to my friends at www.anchorroom.org for your purchases
Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch by Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas, Regal
We just attended their Launch Conference in NYC. Very practical how-to...wish I had it when we launched.
Just Walk Across The Room by Bill Hybels, Zondervan
Considers the effectiveness of Engle Scale evangelism effort that sees conversion as a long term process for many, not an event. I like this book because I see God using me to reach people in very similar ways. I just celebrated a spiritual victory when my 5 years of praying and relating led that man to finally start living for Christ! One of many "long-term" efforts since we launched our church.
The Nomadic Church: Growing Your Congregation Without Owning the Building by Bill Easum and Pete Theodore, Abingdon
Wow, where were they when we started organizing? Practical strategies, task and leader descriptions, etc.
Pastorpreneur by Dr. John Jackson, Baxter Press, purchase at www.vqresources.com
Helps me communicate my vision and passion for the local church and church planting to business people. If I wasn't called to be a pastor, I'd probably be working to start a new company or business...
High Impact Church Planting by Dr. John Jackson, www.vqresources.com
Helps me evalutate future church plants and my current vision for our church
Development Barriers to Church Growth: Specific Leadership Challenges at Each Level by Dr. John Jackson, www.vqresources.com
Small booklet that packs a punch! He says in paragraphs what some have had to say in several books combined. Worth the price.
The Creative Leader by Ed Young, Broadman and Holman
I don't understand exactly how he organizes for preaching, but I sure appreciate his challenge to me as a leader to step it up and pull out all the stops.
Perimeters of Light by Elmer Towns and Ed Stetzer, Moody Publishers
Postmodernity explained so that even a novice can start to grasp it.
New Perspectives on Breaking the 200 Barrier by Bill M. Sullivan
go to www.200barrier.org for free pdf download of his previous manuscript and ppt slides
We're in the middle of applying his "10 steps" within our church
Community of Kindness: A Refreshing New Approach to Planting and Growing a Church by Steve Sjogren and Rob Lewin
Pick it up, put it down, pick it up again. Easy read and practical advice for planters.
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole, Jossey-Bass
Just started this, so can't say what I think about it yet
The Pressure's Off by Larry Crabb, Waterbrook Press
Only part way into it. Good reminder that the general principles of Proverbs is sometimes overruled by a Job experience. It's all about knowing and relating to God intimately, not about knowing what God can do for us. Thanks goes out to the worship attender who gave this to me.
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