Leadership
Jesus Jingles
What the hell are JJ’s? Jesus Jingles are a derisive term that Christian artists use for “praise and worship” songs and Contemporary Christian Music (aka CCM). Think Christian Kitsch …… and imagine Britney Spears trying to do a song … with “deep lyrics” lyrics by Slim Dusty… that mebntion Jesuys fifty million times a verse […]
The Life of the Anglican Communion: A Way Ahead
Commission ACNS 3844 | SOUTHERN AFRICA | 17 JUNE 2004 Submission from the Archbishop of Cape Town to the Lambeth Commission The Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Province of Southern Africa The Life of the Anglican Communion: A Way Ahead 14 June 2004 As the Lambeth Commission on […]
Favourite hymns and songs
In my view the best half-hour on Australian and British TV is the BBC’s Songs of Praise. I emailed asking for the ‘top 50’ Got a nice letter back saying they hadn’t worked that out, but had done a Favourite Hymns program (below). Shalom! Rowland Croucher Songs of Praise Factsheet ~~~ Favourite hymns 06/01/02 From […]
Mark Twain on Christ
“If Christ were here [today,] there is one thing he would not be — a Christian.” ~Mark Twain~
The First Sermon
The First Sermon… The first sermon preached each Sunday is not by the pastor, but by you. You preach a message of good cheer when you say “Good Morning” to those you meet as you are parking or are near the church door. You preach a message of welcome when you slide over in the […]
Official Handbook of How to Fleece the Flock for Fun and Profit
Rule number one: Before embarking upon this enterprise of fleecing the flock for fun and profit, one must establish oneself as a special “Anointed” spokesperson for God. This can be accomplished in several ways. a) Learn the official “Anointed” Christian buzzwords. You can begin with repeating the word “anointed” in your conversations, making sure that […]
The Last Meal
I found this a powerful reflection to utilise in the context of the Last Supper. http://privatehand.com/flash/request.html
Another fundraising idea
From a netfriend: I’m not sure you’d would run with this one since it’s untested, but I’ve always wanted to give this one a try. Plan a horrible fund-raising activity that’s complex, time consuming and just plain dumb and tell your congregation/youth group/tennis club/etc that they have to be involved unless donate $10.00. ;-] I […]
Another fundraising idea
From another netfriend: I’ve always wanted to run this fundraiser, however no church I’ve been connected with have ever been keen enough to take it seriously…. or me seriously for that matter. The idea comes out of the need to support people within the community to do something, whether to be NCYC or Interns in […]
Tom Bandy’s ideas
From a netfriend: I worked my way through Kicking Habits a couple of times, and Christian Chaos. Kicking Habits proposes a paradigm of church that revolves around small discipleship groups rather than committees. Bandy writes that our mainstream church structures are designed around a system in which the maximum number of people have a say […]
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