Issue #300
2/28/2007
Eternity talk – not just for funerals anymore
by Rick Warren
The only time many of us in ministry talk about eternity is when we're doing a funeral. But the people in our churches need to hear about eternity much more than that. We need to be constantly emphasizing how short this life is and helping them prepare for what's next. Help your people understand this and you'll change their lives on this side of eternity. [more]
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Celebrate Recovery Kit


The Purpose Driven Church Conference on DVD

 
 

  

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Using technology in a 21st century children’s ministry
by Craig Jutila

The message never changes but the methods do. That's just as true when you're communicating the Gospel to children as it is when you are working with adults. If you work with children, Saddleback Children's Pastor Craig Jutila suggests you look for ways to engage them with the Gospel through technology. [more]


Risk
Kenny Luck (WaterBrook, 2006)  

Kenny Luck, Saddleback Church's men's pastor, challenges men to risk everything on Jesus. This book is great for men who need to be challenged to go to the next level of their faith. The book tackles subjects like obedience, faithfulness, and evangelism. You'll also be able to find a workbook to help the men in your church study it together.

 
   


"Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you – your relationship with God." - Rick Warren



"I want us to help each other with the faith we have. Your faith will help me, and my faith will help you." - Romans 1:12 (NCV)



Does Saddleback exaggerate attendance figures? - This blog entry counteracts recent false rumors about how Saddleback deals with its attendance figures. It'll also be a great site to bookmark as a source of what's going on with Rick Warren, the Purpose Driven movement, and the P.E.A.C.E. Plan.
2007 Saddleback Worship Conference & Festival - If you're involved in putting together a weekend worship service – whether you're pastor, worship leader, or lay leader – the 2007 Saddleback Worship Conference & Festival will be a great time to learn, grow, recharge, and most of all – worship. Rick Warren, Tommy Walker, Jonathan Butler, Erwin McMannus, and more will be among those featured at the conference. Register by March 30 to get the best deal on rates!
My Utmost for His Highest - You can find all the text online – organized by date – for one of the most beloved devotionals of all-time.
Egad! Ideas - On this site, you'll find more than 1,500 free youth ministry ideas.


Former Saddleback Church singer among Top 10 girls on American Idol - Manda Gibson

Worship in a purpose driven church - Gordon MacDonald

Four levels of effectiveness among worship leaders - Dwayne Moore

Ask Rick Muchow: Should our small church have different music styles? - Rick Muchow

Using community to help with worship planning - Randy Elrod

Healing is a choice for a pastor - Stephen Arterburn

What I’ve learned on the way to 9,000 people per weekend - Perry Noble

Check your roots! - Mary Southerland



The United States would save nearly $500 million if dollar bills were replaced by coins, like the new golden George Washington coin dollars released earlier this month. - Source: TIME magazine (March 5, 2007)

"What God asks is a will which will no longer be divided between him and any creature, a will pliant in his hands, which neither desires anything, nor refuses anything, which wants without reservation everything which he wants, and which never, under any pretext, wants anything which he does not want." - Francios De Fenelon (1651-1715), found in The Book of Worship (Bethany House, 2007)

"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?" - Steve Jobs' question to lure John Sculley from Pepsi to Apple (in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple)

"Hope is the poor man's bread." - George Herbet

"The church that grows lets God be God. If we understand who he is and how he works, assume our rightful role, and permit him to be all that he is in us, revival will surely follow." - Lewis A. Drummond, Ripe for Harvest (Broadman & Holman, 2001)

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