I found an interesting blog about the effect of technology on social structures. Dan Edelen reflects on how one of his neighbor’s sons was dropped from the social radar and implications of a disturbing trend. Read it here.
Thank you to Jimmy Davis for his post.
Archive for the ‘Discipleship’ Category
Social Oblivion in a Hyper Connected World
Posted in Discipleship, Networking on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tracking “Reaching Out”
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Missions, tagged Church Growth, Discipleship, outreach on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the more difficult things to track at Park Lake is our “Reaching Out.” I find comfort in being able to quantify results. How many are in Worship or How many are participating in Small Group Bible studies this week? But, this simply eludes me. Ministry does not happen at a specific time [...]
Using Twitter & Interactive Worship
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion, worship, tagged Discipleship, Twitter, worship on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Moving people to deeper participation in worship is a goal of discipleship. Meaningful participation escapes many. After all only so many people can preach, sing, take up the offering, or read scripture. But that is not the whole of meaningful participation in worship.
One church has utilized Twitter to involve the congregation in worship. [...]
Purpose
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion, tagged Discipleship, Local Church, purpose, Tim Randolph on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a while. I have tried to not be neglectful, I have just been busy with other internet related endeavors. Our webhost for the church converted to php5 at the end of April. For most that means nothing. For us it meant that our phpWebsite based church website stopped functioning. phpWebsite is a [...]
5 Generations Working Together?
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Professional Development, tagged Discipleship, Local Church, Professional Development, true course ministries on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
True Course Ministries is having a training event at the end of the month on generational distinctives. This looks like a don’t miss event. TCM’s partners, TWMGroup and Chick-fil-A, are sponsoring the event with TCM. Below is the announcement.
Flip-Flops & Dress Ties:
Exploring Generational Distinctives and their
Value to Your Staff and Organization
Join the intriguing dialogue
Gather [...]
So What Is Important…
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion in America, tagged Discipleship, Local Church on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this thought posted Monday on architecture and the arrangement of your church. I think it is important to those of us who would be disicples to consider the architecture/layout of our churches. Park Lake’s facilities, like many churches, is a hodgepodge of 50 years worth of building programs. The years have left us with interesting [...]
Meeting People Where They Are
Posted in Discipleship, Local Church, Religion, Religion in America, World Views, tagged ministry, students, technology, young adults on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A YouTube video by Professor Michael Wesch and the 200 Kansas State University students in his ANTH 200: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology class in the Spring of 2007 has been burning up YouTube and the blogosphere. A Vision of Students Today highlights the issues of how contemporary students learn, what their needs are for learning [...]
Walk For Life 2008
Posted in Discipleship, Home Groups, tagged Home Groups on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CareNet of Central Texas is holding a Walk For Life on April 5th from 9-11 AM @ the Baylor Track. There is a kickoff party for the event on Friday, March 7 from 4-6 PM @ the CareNet Pregnancy Center (4700 W. Waco Drive). They ask that you contact Stella (254-772-6175) if you plan to [...]
Operation C.R.I.S.I.S.
Posted in Discipleship, Home Groups, Missions, Religion, Religion in America, WRBN, tagged compassion project, Discipleship, home group on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
712 Franklin Ave
This morning was Food Pick Up for Operation C.R.I.S.I.S. We were expecting about 3,000-4,000 pounds, but only 500 showed up. Twice a month we pick up food from the Capital Area Food Bank in the parking lot of the Church of the Open Door. We then take it to OC on Franklin [...]
The Ruth Project: Waco Immigrant Services Center
Posted in Discipleship, Home Groups, Local Church, Missions, Religion, Religion in America, WRBN, tagged compassion, Discipleship, home group, immigrant on February 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This morning I met with Carmen Branscum. Carmen is a Social Work Intern at the Ruth Project here in Waco. The Ruth Project is joint venture of both the Waco Regional Baptist Network and the Isaac Project of Buckner International. She came to talk with me about what they do and how we can [...]
