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Issue #361
9/17/2008
What to do when you feel taken for granted
by Rick Warren
Have you ever been taken for granted in ministry? If you’re a leader, you’ve probably felt forgotten at some point. In this issue, we’ll look at the example of Moses and learn what to do – and what not to do – when you feel taken for granted by those you serve. [more]
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How to increase small group participation
by Dick Whitton

Joining a small group is one of the most important steps on a person’s pathway to spiritual maturity. So how do you get people connected? In this issue, Pastor Dick Whitton offers six steps to help you increase small group participation at your church. [more]

Invitation: Billy Graham and the Lives God Touched
By Basyle and Aram Tchividjian (Multnomah/Random House, 2008)  

As Billy Graham’s 90th birthday approaches, his grandsons offer this book full of stories and photographs that explore the profound impact Graham’s ministry has had on the lives of multitudes of people. The grandsons decided to write Invitation after realizing they had seen a lot of books about their grandfather’s life, but nothing from the perspective of the everyday people whose lives were changed by his ministry. If you need stories that will inspire your congregation, this book is for you!

 
   


"God is love and he wants us to grow up to be like him. The height of maturity is not how much doctrine you know. The height of maturity is how deeply you love." - Rick Warren


"God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love – not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other." - 1 John 4:9-11 (NLT)


Simply Youth Ministry - Check out Doug Fields’ youth ministry Website. If you’re in youth ministry or know someone who is, you can get great resources here.
Mark Driscoll’s blog - Mark Driscoll is an active blogger with lots of great posts focused on helping pastors and other church leaders.
Purpose Driven Life Daily Devotionals - Sign up for daily devotionals based on Rick Warren’s best-selling book, The Purpose Driven Life. Send the link around to others in your church.
10 tips for worship leaders: How to enhance on-stage presence - This site has tips on enhancing your on-stage presence. If you’re not a worship leader, you might pass it on to some you know.
West Africa cardboard testimonies - Missionaries in West Africa share who they were before life on the mission field and who they are now.
40 Days of Love - Saddleback started a new campaign, 40 Days of Love, on September 13-14. If you’d like campaign resources for your church, Saddlebackresources.com offers campaign sermons, small group videos taught by Rick Warren, and Pastor Tom Holladay’s new book: The Relationship Principles of Jesus.


God’s P.A.T.H. for parenting: part one - Tommy Hilliker

A philosophy of leadership - Rick Warren

Requirements for offering perfect praise - Dwayne Moore

Guidelines for pastors on speaking about the election - Tobin Perry

Ask and you will receive - Mary Southerland


“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” - Sam Keen, from To Love and Be Loved

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” - Mother Teresa

The slow economy seems to be helping lottery sales. Of the 42 state lotteries in existence, 29 of them reported increased sales this fiscal year. At least 22 of those state lotteries have had record sales this year. - The New York Times (September 12, 2008)

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

“Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity.” - Michael Johnson

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