The two year-old grandson of Linda Ronsick, our Data Quality Administrator, died on Wednesday from an accidental drowning in a pool just a mile from the church. Linda’s daughter, the little guy’s mom, was distracted with putting sunscreen on another of her children when Benjamin fell in. Despite there being approximately 40 people in the [...]
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A few weeks ago when “Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You” was published in the Wall Street Journal and made a big stink in the IT community, Ian e-mailed the author. Imagine his surprise when one of his comments was quoted in a follow-up story last week (see #4 in the article) by [...]
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Sure enough, our short list of ChMS candidates is getting longer before it gets shorter. We’re adding ACS. And then there were five.
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Tony Dye and Chris McGuffin spent an hour on the phone with me today going over detailed plans for the RoundTable. I know our event in October will benefit from the insights they gained from planning and hosting the RoundTable back in April. Thanks Tony and Chris! If you haven’t signed up to come to [...]
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The time has finally arrived for us to begin our Next Generation Church Management System project (“NextGen” for short). We’re blessed to have Travis Morgan joining our team half-time this week to serve as project manager. Travis is already on staff at Resurrection as the Director of Operations for Resurrection West. He has brought in [...]
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Personal highlights from today … President Jimmy Carter: Carter was an entrepreneur from as early as 5 years old. Didn’t know that. This was more about Carter’s life than a lesson in leadership, but he has earned our respect for his humility and his genuine life of Christian discipleship. I’m inspired. Favorite quotes: It’s not [...]
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Personal highlights from today … Colin Powell: Promote a clash of ideas – a noisy system. Only people get things done. Any subordinate can come in at any time with any issue, scheduled or not. Optimism is a force multiplier. Things will always look better in the morning. War is a failure of diplomacy and [...]
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Ian posted pictures here this morning. Give a shout out if your church is also hosting the Summit and have pictures or stories to share.
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My personal favorite quotes from today … Bill Hybels: “Are you an owner or hired hand?” (referring to John 10:11-15) Carly Fiorina: “There is a gift in everything that happens to you.” Marcus Buckingham: “A strength is indicated when you do something that makes you feel strong, and you are the greatest authority on what [...]
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Will vendors be allowed to come to the Fall 2007 RoundTable? Yes! Vendors are our partners in ministry. They supply most of the technology we use for ministry. We hope to honor them and show our appreciation for their service. Accordingly, we encourage them to attend, participate fully in all the social times, participate fully [...]
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