Raising Up Communicators – My Most Current Thoughts

A common strain that many pastors feel is the pressure of not being able to miss a Sunday. In their own way, each one says the same thing: “I don’t feel like I have anyone on my team who can do what I do…” At Next Level Church, we have several capable communicators on our…

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NLC – 1st Monday – Prayer & Fasting – August

Hey everybody, Thanks for praying today. There are some huge things on the radar for NLC in the coming weeks and I know that prayer recalibrates us to God’s Will. Here are several prayer points for you to pray through today: 1.  Our 1st Permanent Location. There are two areas where we need to pray…

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An Uncommon Promotion

It was 3 years ago this month that my long time friend& ministry mate, Scott Drummond, decided to resign his position as Senior Pastor of a church in Columbus, OH and to join the staff of Next Level Church as our Executive Pastor. Scott grew up in that church and had served as the senior…

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What Summer Slump?!?

For 8 years now, we have refused to buy into the whole Summer Slump theory at Next Level Church. Instead, we’ve worked under the theory that if people are home, then why not give them a reason to come to church & bring someone else w/ them? (After all, in this economy, stay-cations are becoming…

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Slaying the Monster of Sunday (a help for Communicators)

One of the questions I’m frequently asked by pastors and communicators is about the Rhythm of a Preaching Schedule. One of the most taxing things about being a lead pastor or church planter is the drain of having to come up with completely new, creative, thought-provoking, challenging, engaging, funny, life-changing content every 7 days. I…

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The Up the Middle Church is Digital!!!

I wanted to let all of you know that The Up the Middle Church has officially been released on e-book and Kindle. AND… (& this is a big AND!) They made a mistake on pricing which is GREAT NEWS FOR YOU!!! Right Now you can get a digital copy of The Up the Middle Church…

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The Up the Middle Church now on E-Book & Kindle

I wanted to let all of you know that The Up the Middle Church has officially been released on e-book and on Kindle. AND… (& this is a big AND!) They made a mistake on pricing which is GREAT NEWS FOR YOU!!! Right Now you can get a digital copy of The Up the Middle…

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Everything is Beautiful in its Time

I thought I would share my SOAP with you today… S: Ecclesiastes 3:1 “There is a time for everything…” v. 11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time…” O: I couldn’t help but be reminded of how God has set the time in place for everything. Every promotion, every job change, every opportunity, every…

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Time to Chase some Lions

I just finished reading @MarkBatterson‘s Best-Selling Book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day for the 2nd time. I gotta be honest with ya, it’s just flat out inspiring. Here are a few thoughts: 1.  If you haven’t read it, you need to. Click here to get it. It will inspire, challenge…

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Who Do You Think You Are – Video Link – http://bit.ly/aUad9M

If you missed Part 1 of our Who Do You Think You Are Series that began last week, just click here to watch it. (You can also subscribe to our Audio or Video Podcasts through iTunes as well) Just between you and me… the 1st 40 seconds are worth watching the entire thing!!!

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