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That's Right...The Dream Center has come to New York City. I have not yet had the chance to attend, being that I just found out about this last night, but I can't wait to hear Matthew Barnett and PressPlay bring it on Monday Nights. I did hear that PressPlay is even better than they were over 5 years ago when I last heard them.Apparently the Dream Center New York has been here for 5 weeks now

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This Sunday we conclude our Accelerate Series with the Habit of Friendship. As I was getting the message notes ready I realized that this message is already beginning to speak to me. Here are a few verses that stick out to me so far."Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family." - Provers 18:24"If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will

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Here is another song by Lincoln Brewster that really spoke to me. You can listen to it here.Your Love won't deny meEven in the storm you find meYou called me from the darkness to your lightYour hand ever leads me, Lord you're never gonna leave meYour teaching me to fight a better fightLet Your Glory ShineLet Your Glory Shine Through MeLet Your Glory ShineI Know Your the SaviorYou've taken every

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I came across this song today by Lincoln Brewster called Today is the Day. When I listened to the lyrics and then wrote out the lyrics I could not help but think that this song is a lot like my life. You can purchase the song through iTunes.Here are the verses:I'm casting my cares asideI'm leaving my past behindI'm setting my heart and mind on you JesusI'm reaching my hand to yoursBelieving

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Little 8lbs 4oz. Jonah Wrigley Engle was born August 9th (my birthday too) at 5:16am. He is the softest and most content baby I've ever seen. We have to keep him out of the nursery because all the baby girls wanted to be next to him.

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This past weekend Perry Noble of Newspring Church delivered a message about discovering God's will or purpose for your life. Watch the video here.I loved the part of the message where Perry says "Sometimes we must leave the place we are currently at so that He can reveal more of Himself to us."Would you be willing to leave if that was God's will for you, or would you listen to those who want you

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On Saturday we held the annual Journey Beach Baptism at Jones Beach. Over 50 people were baptized in the rough waves of Jones Beach. Here is a the Group Picture:Highlight Video Coming Soon!!

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Tomorrow is the beach baptism. Over 50 people are already signed up to be baptized at Jones Beach in Long Island.Over 200 have already been baptized this year at The Journey.

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I will officially become a DAD in less than 4 weeks.It's so much fun to feel the baby move, kick, and roll around in my wife's belly.The due date is August 18th so you don't have much time to send your presents our way.

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The next Message Series at The Journey will be called Accelerate. This 5 week series will talk about* Bible Study* Prayer* Generosity* Being alone with God (Solitude)* FriendshipLooking forward to a killer video idea for the "Solitude" message.

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Tonight begins the new season of Project Runway on Brovo.I must say there is a lot to learn from that Tim Gunn person. He's favorite saying is "Make it work" What are you currently working on that may not be going as you had planned and you just need to "make it work"?

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Today I attended my first ever eSeminar with Adobe. The seminar was on creating a workflow from AfterEffects to FinalCutPro. These two programs by nature do not work together, but by working through Apple's Motion they will.Now I can create graphics in Photoshop or Illustrator and work with them all the way through to FinalCut.I would have never know this if I had stopped learning once I left

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Recently we have been trying to have an element on our Sunday's that we call the WOW factor. This is the element that makes your guests say WOW, creative I know.For instance a couple of weeks ago we had a huge Cereal Bar (for free). We didn't just have one or two kinds of cereal, no, we had almost every kind of cereal imaginable. We also upgraded our Peppermints in the bathrooms and elevator to

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I noticed the other day that I have not posted in over a month.I do check other people's blogs everyday, but I'm just terrible at putting something on my blog.It is my goal to post everyday for the next 3 weeks. Maybe after that time it will be a habit for me. And maybe just maybe I'll be able to say something meaningful.I'll need you're help to keep me posting, so encouraging comments are

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Sometimes the church needs to quit saying they will pray for the needs of the people and actually do something about them. We are called to be doers of the word. Who's needs is Jesus calling you to meet today?

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Why Should the Church Grow?1. Because God's Word Commands it. Matthew 28:19-20 Make Disciples - Baptize Them - Teach Them Mark 16:15, Luke 24:46-48, John 20:212. Because the needs of the people As long is there is one person without Christ in our area we must keep reaching out.3. It's Selfish not to want to grow. 2 Corinthians 5:14, 1 Peter 3:94. Because Jesus Believes in Church

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During our staff meeting yesterday our lead pastor talked to us about Church Growth. Over the next couple of post I would like to summarize what he talked about.There are three kinds of church growth:1. Biological Growth - aka believers are making babies and populating the church2. Transfer Growth - aka Church Hopping3. Conversion Growth - aka unchurched people are coming developing followers of

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We used a song by Mute Math called Control a couple of weeks ago as our walk out music. This song has some of the best lyrics I've heard. Here are some one liners from the song.*Take Control of the Atmosphere*There is no better loss than to lose myself in You*Surrender somehow becomes so beautiful*There is no better find than to find myself in You*There's no reason for us to breath unless

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This is a post copied off of Tim Stevens blog. What a great post. Last week in a meeting, Mark Beeson started on a rant about maturity in the church and what it means. It was good. Real good. In fact, we told him he should write about it on his blog soon! Well, he did, last Friday. Check it out:Three days ago Rick Warren proffered this question for me to mull over. What is the mature

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Here's my baby's first every picture. This has to be the coolest thing ever.

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I have spent most of the day today cleaning up after the previous person(s) who have worked in my position. I could tell after just 30 minutes that no one had thought of cleaning or organizing in a long time. I found files from 2 years ago and team rosters of people who don't even live around here anymore. It makes everyones job easier if you stay organized. If you don't need it, throw it away

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I just finished reading/ taking Strengths Finder 2.0. As a result I learned a lot about the way I think, which I found interesting because I like to learn apparently. Here are my top five strengths.1. Analytical: Whats the root cause? Why?2. Discipline: Everything has its place, put it there.3. Includer: How can I make you feel happy?4. Learner: What's new, I want to know5. Responsibility:

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What you want to be will determine how you act. If you are currently a church of 150 people, but you want to be a church of 1500 people what are you acting like? To be a church of 1500 people you have to act like you already are a church of 1500 people. If we are not acting or thinking large we will continue to stay like we are.Have you felt like you are not growing or maybe you see spurts of

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Genesis 6:6 Gods regrets ever creating people, it broke his heartEver done something that seemed right at the time, but then you notice how wrong it really is. Or, you think you do something nice for someone only to get the cold shoulder in return. This is what man did with God. Man walked with God - Man turned from God.Genesis 7:16 God closes the door of the arkThe ark was a life saver for

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Nothing is more frustrating for me than a lack of planning. Being in a creative field, I cannot stress the importance of planning ahead enough. Nothing is usually done right the first time. At least nothing is done the best the first time.You may be able to pull something together at the last minute, but that will show in the end. When putting a production or message together it is a must to

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In Genesis chapter 4 we see the story of Cain and Abel. Cain grew up to to a farmer and Abel became a shepherd. When harvest time came Cain and Abel brought the results of their work before God. Abel brought the best of his firstborn lambs and Cain brought some of his crops. The first thing I notice here is the words best and some. Abel brought his best, Cain brought some. On top of that

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The other day I picked up a new book to begin reading. About half way through the first chapter it hit me that I have spent lots of time in the past months reading several different books, but was not reading the bible nearly as much. After upon further reflection it became even more clear to me that I have never really read the bible all the way through. So I put the book down that I was

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Here it is the new promo for the Mix08.

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Why is it that we search around looking for answers to life's question on television, school, books, and friends? When everything we are looking for is found in the bible. Really, how is that we can sit and watch two hours of American Idol or two hours of fat people trying to lose weight, but we are unwilling to get off the couch and exercise our spiritual bodies? Was it not Jesus who said in

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Here is the new Mix '08 promo video. Check it out and let me know what you think. The Mix '08October 31st - November 1st in Iowa CityNovember 14th & 15th in DesMoines

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I'm currently reading the book by John Ortberg entitled If You Want To Walk On Water You've Got To Get Out of the Boad. In the current chapter it talks about the parable of the talents. One person was given 5, another 3, and one person was given only 1 talent. In the end the ones given 5 talents and 3 talents took them and used them to multiply their reward. The person give one talent hid his

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