Tally Wilgis stopped by our video venue campus and had some great things to say about FF. Tally is the teaching pastor at Focal Point Church in Chesapeake, VA. Much props to our team out there in Chesapeake who keep the campus on point every week.
So we decided to do a series based off of the whole Web 2.0 deal. People trying to find comminuty and connections in all the wrong places… instead of trying to find it in Christ and with people who share & do life together.
So the series is here and starts this week. A micro-site was created to go along with it.
Check it out here.
Interactive/ Live Elements for the Series
Counseling Video 6-
Ever feel like this? You’re trying to create a culture for people to come and experience God and somehow they don’t fit. I mean you tried everything right? You did the studies, read the books, attended the conference so you are now the master of all that is reaching people, but somehow they don’t fit.
Our natural gut reaction is to begin to ask ourselves what is it that makes them not want to stay and get engaged? Once we make that list we begin to try and change people’s minds, cut programs and ideas down, shift & try to maneuver around everything to make them stay…
But maybe the issue is simply we need to make a different kind of hole. As leaders we look at our target audience (I pray for that for you the answer is unchurched people), and we ask ourselves this simple question “What shape are these people and what hole have we provided?”
You may find you have to change everything to do this, i.e. rename the church, create a new identity, fire staff, hire staff, change venues, sell your building, and the list goes on. But, one thing remains the same: You still have square pegs looking for a place to fit.
What kind of hole has your church made?
We started a new series this week and instead of just launching it; we now communicate through email about the series via video, etc. Check out the web/vid deal for our new series “Christianity for Cavemen” Click Here
So I was at our Tuesday night service and it was definitely an interesting experience. As I listened to our lead pastor tell a bar full of a mixed crowd of believers and unbelievers that they can make a difference and change someone’s story and serve… I hear conversations to either side of me (but good conversations).
