When a visiting church leader asks us to identify the key factors in the growth of Elevation, we’re never sure how to answer.
We can tell them about our assimilation systems, which are thorough and extensive, and have no doubt been a key element of our high retention rate and astounding volunteer involvement.
We can lecture them [...]

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In the early days of Elevation what was your greatest win? What is the thing you’re most proud of?
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My friend Clayton is trying to get into blogging. I thought I would give him a boost. (Hey buddy, you can’t ride with training wheels forever, get your own blog :))
Guest Blogger: Clayton King
I remember the good old days when there was “an election year.” Twelve months before a Presidential election and everyone began raising [...]

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We’re still finishing out staff evaluations ‘round here (the process takes almost a full month these days!)
I think Chunks is posting something more technical about our staff eval process on our Access blog. If not, I’m sure there’s something else helpful there that will make it worth your click. Take the chance.
I love staff evaluation [...]

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In keeping with the spirit of this post, I’ll note that I’m sure this thought isn’t original with me (no good ones are). But I don’t remember exactly how it originated, so I’ll post it as my own.
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When it comes to using stuff from other people in sermon preparation, there are 3 kinds of [...]

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Let me fill you in on some meaningful stuff that’s happening at our little church, and some random stuff that’s happening in my life.
• Record attendance for the 2nd week in a row Sunday (2,133 people).
In the middle of the summer. Less than 18 months in. Whoa. This Fall is going to be berserk… don’t [...]

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