Tag Archives: outreach

Mentalities for a Church Engaging the Community

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stevepvc

In part one of this series, I talked about how complicated it can be to develop a particular set of mentalities within the church.  That’s not all that helpful without some concrete examples of what we mean by mentalities. The … Continue reading →

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Developing Church Mentalities

Posted on August 10, 2010 by stevepvc

Our church, like many others, is working to broaden its self-understanding, particularly in terms of how we engage the particular community we live in. We want to  move from an internally-focused, isolated church to one that is at work transforming … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Single Chances

Posted on April 22, 2010 by stevepvc

Seth Godin’s blog is one of my favorites. He does a great job of teasing out the marketing principles articulated in his books, and usually in a balanced and pithy style. Everybody has an off day though. Last week I … Continue reading →

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A Steward of God’s Grace to Whom?

Posted on April 15, 2010 by stevepvc

Yesterday, in the senior adult Bible class, we were hacking on Ephesians 3 a little bit.  Such a dense piece of scripture! The section describes Paul’s identity in some interesting ways, and one of those in particular caught my attention. … Continue reading →

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