Danny Wahlquist Blogspirit Blog

1 Welcome new volunteers with a picture and short introduction.

2 Cast the vision for an upcoming event and ask for help.
3 Spotlight one of your best volunteers.
4 Celebrate birthdays and milestones, such as a volunteering anniversary.
5 Share prayer requests for volunteers, the ministry, and the church as a whole.
6 Announce this week’s lesson and allow volunteers to download an outline.
7 Post ministry stories that show the true impact of what they do.
8 Answer common questions.
9 Publish photos from the weekend or a recent event.
10 Familiarize them with the staff in whatever fun way you like.
from The Blogging Church by Brian Bailey

"The choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate has all sorts of interesting political implications, which are being diced and parsed as I write. But I’m more interested in the long-term cultural implications of the choice of Palin, whether the McCain–Palin ticket wins or loses in November, for one of the most vexing horizons of impossibility in our culture: the abortion rate among unborn babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome."

from http://www.culture-making.com/post/the_best_thing_about_s...

"The presentation on Sunday is called “Has the Family Tomb of Jesus Been Found?”  This is certainly to be discussed at the water coolers on Monday.  And you as a Christian should be ready with some reasoned questions of your own (asked in the right spirit).  So join me for this special message in our series on Tough Questions – Honest Answers.  And please pray for wisdom and insight for me as I prepare."

from http://www.immanuelbaptist.org/

"BibleMap.org integrates Google Maps and the ESV text to create an interactive Bible atlas.

You browse to a chapter in the Bible, and all the place names are links. Click one of the names to go that place on the map. Then click the pushpin to show some background information on the place."

from http://www.esv.org/blog/2007/01/biblemap.org

"In this new era, our challenge is to harness the power of science to ease human suffering without sanctioning the practices that violate the dignity of human life," Bush said in the East Room of the White House after vetoing the measure.

from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204375,00.html

Photo courtesy of the University of Virginia.

Belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the World and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources.
--James Madison

"LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Being biblically grounded and church-centered is essential to true Christian spirituality in a postmodern culture, Donald Whitney told students Feb. 4 at the 2006 Collegiate Conference at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary."

from http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22708

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Chris Tomlin led all artists with nine nominations for Dove Awards when nominees for Christian music’s top honors were announced Feb. 1 in Nashville, Tenn.

Others with multiple nominations for the Gospel Music Association’s annual awards are the David Crowder Band, Relient K, Natalie Grant and Joy Williams, each with six; and BarlowGirl, Third Day, Switchfoot, Jeremy Camp, Casting Crowns, the Crabb Family and Israel Houghton, each with five.

Winners from 42 categories will be announced during the GMA Music Awards April 5 at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. The show will be aired in national syndication between April 15 and May 21.

http://www.gmamusicawards.com/

http://www.gmamusicawards.com/categories/

"Strategy involves asking a series of tough questions: What are our unique strengths as a church? What are the critical issues of our community? Which of those can our church effectively influence? Do we have a structure to move our people to those needs? Are we willing to commit resources, staff, and people to make an impact?"

from "The Church of Irresistible Influence" by Robert Lewis

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