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Multi-Site Questions

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Guest Blog: Chunks Corbett, Executive Pastor
This post will be short and sweet.
Elevation Church is a church with several locations. In fact we will be adding a 3rd in the fall and I’m hopeful to add a 4th by Easter 09.
But having multiple locations (especially if they are portable) is not glamorous. Here are a [...]

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To force our need to the surface…

…So we can comfort others with the comfort we have been comforted with.

To force the issue to the surface…

…So we can recognize it, and speak into it.

To force our faith to the surface…

…And produce a deeper gratitude in our lives.

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Refresh your Perspective

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Holly and I were away for 4 days this weekend at the Creative Marriage Retreat (thanks Ed and Lisa). We left the kids at home. (Happy Mother’s Day Holly.)
When we got back, we were pretty anxious to see our boys. They were sound asleep, but we couldn’t resist peeking in. I [...]

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How a Preacher Watches Preaching

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

I was watching Bishop Jakes do his thing the other day.
Somewhere around the 45 minute mark in his message (just after the introduction) I realized that as a pastor, I listen to preachers on two levels at the same time:
1. What they’re saying
2. How they’re saying it
The first level [...]

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