Pastor, Thanks very much for the input. I will take a look to see how it can be applied to our committee. The whole concept of "Communication" is a tough...
Ken Boccino
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Jul 1, 1998 2:00 pm
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One of the things I enjoy doing while I'm away from home is visiting a church and looking at it from a visitor's perspective. This past Sunday I had the ...
I95BERNIEW@...
Jul 5, 1998 1:46 am
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We prefer the more "let those that wish to be recognized speak". At each service, the Rector welcomes any visitors to St. Peter's and invite them to the...
Ken Boccino
kboccino@...
Jul 6, 1998 12:24 am
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We have a small fairly new mission church which meets in "the round". We give the visitor a choice between being acknowledged or not, wearing a nametag or not...
De Irons
mirons@...
Jul 6, 1998 2:04 pm
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Dee makes some excellent points. Congregations need to choose, do they want to do what makes them feel good (name tags, standup and identify yourself, etc.)...
Robert Norton
CDSXroads@...
Jul 6, 1998 3:07 pm
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Robert, Thanks for the good ideas. Since we're already divided into quadrants, this would be a natural for us. Next mission committee meeting, I'm going to...
De Irons
mirons@...
Jul 6, 1998 9:13 pm
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We are a very friendly church of just over 100 that attend regularly, and we are steadily growing. All of our members watch for visitors near them so they can...
Dan R Burnett
right-angle@...
Jul 7, 1998 2:22 am
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Those signals are pretty simple to read and our response occurs in a most natural but intentional way as you describe happening in your church which is about...
De Irons
mirons@...
Jul 7, 1998 12:21 pm
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I wanted to pass along information on a very good resource you may want to take advantage of. A magazine called "Your Church" is published bi-monthly and...
I95BERNIEW@...
Jul 8, 1998 2:25 am
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Is there a website that deals with the lives of the saints? I'm trying to start a new kids column on the "Saints of the Month" as they appear on the Episcopal...
Nancy Avery
nancy@...
Jul 8, 1998 8:57 pm
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Nancy: Have you looked at "Lesser Feasts and Fasts" published by Church Hymnal? Good info. on the church calendar saints and worthies that could be recast for...
Robert Norton
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Jul 8, 1998 11:37 pm
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... I applaud Nancy for adopting this teaching method. The Calendar of Saints is a wonderful vehicle for learning more about our Xian heritage, and can be...
Christopher Whitman
xopher@...
Jul 9, 1998 12:16 am
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This is a wonderful site and you can even get these biographies via e-mail. Dee Irons James Kiefer's Christian Biographies...
De Irons
mirons@...
Jul 8, 1998 11:02 pm
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Thank you all so much for the wonderful responses to my inquiry. It's tough for me to find things that might interest - and educate - our church children, as...
Nancy Avery
nancy@...
Jul 9, 1998 2:13 am
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In a message dated 7/8/98 10:18:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nancy@... writes: << I'm also considering a short - and ongoing - "dictionary of church...
WINIPOO@...
Jul 9, 1998 2:34 am
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... The address for James Kiefer's biographies is: http://www.louisville.edu/~bscurr01/christia/chrcal.htm Ruth Glaspey <reglaspey@...> in Traverse City,...
Reglaspey@...
Jul 9, 1998 2:51 am
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Here is the address of James Keifers page: http://www.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/home.html...
De Irons
mirons@...
Jul 9, 1998 1:34 pm
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... My parish includes this info in our stewardship package, since we emphasize offerings of time and talent as well as treasure. The packet is available to...
Adrienne Dillon
adillon@...
Jul 9, 1998 2:22 pm
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Nancy: In your church library or your Priest's, you should look for the book, Lesser Feasts and Fasts. This book will follow the monthly calendar of all the...
NStuhlman@...
Jul 9, 1998 2:51 pm
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Here's a list of Episcopal Things and Sewanee particular Things to get you started. http://smith2.sewanee.edu/gsmith/Texts/Sewanee/DictEpiscopalThings.html...
De Irons
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Jul 9, 1998 4:03 pm
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In a message dated 98-07-09 10:52:39 EDT, you write: << In your church library or your Priest's, you should look for the book, Lesser Feasts and Fasts. This...
WINIPOO@...
Jul 9, 1998 11:48 pm
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... involvement in ... Thank you, Bernie. I look forward to the list. I received the info about the list over Christia. I am a regular on Christia. I have been...
Gene Whitcher
restore@...
Jul 10, 1998 4:22 pm
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By way of introduction, I am a church growth consultant. We are called Church Development Systems, and we're located in San Francisco. We've been in this...
Robert Norton
CDSXroads@...
Jul 10, 1998 9:51 pm
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Hi everyone, One of the advantages of a list like this is that there are members from a number of different denominations and churches. Each of these...
I95BERNIEW@...
Jul 11, 1998 3:37 pm
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I found the following on the Web site of the United Church of Christ and thought you might find it interesting. Bernie Wagenblast This story originally...
I95BERNIEW@...
Jul 13, 1998 7:32 pm
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I learned about this list from a post to the Quaker list. I have just been asked to take over the newsletter of my monthly Meeting, so this was a very timely...
Teresa Powell
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Jul 14, 1998 4:06 pm
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... Hello, Terri. I have a new list about dealing with the spiritual realm according to the Bible. You can subscribe from my web page: www.spiritman.org. The...
Gene Whitcher
restore@...
Jul 14, 1998 5:12 pm
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Don Bein saw a posting about the Church Communications list, and although he isn't joining the list he passed along a couple of good ideas on using e-mail to...
I95BERNIEW@...
Jul 14, 1998 5:36 pm
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I was asked to look into the possibilty of a monthly Sunday School Newsletter. If anyone is doing one, I'd love to see a copy. Thanks, Pr. John Dornheim St....
John Dornheim
john19@...
Jul 14, 1998 6:37 pm
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Food for thought: Isa 50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he...
