we must do things no one else is doing." Craig Groeschel
Both hide their denomination.
It is better that way.
Really.
Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Angry Pietists Fighting for Their Lives Or Their F...":
- We went to 11:00 AM church. Andy wasn’t even there. North Point has three campuses (They have truly embraced the multi site ministry philosophy.) and he was preaching live at Buckhead. The music was great. Todd Fields is their main music guy and he is phenomenal. The worship atmosphere is always interesting to me. At times it seems that it is almost more like a concert than a worship service, but the people were enjoying worship.
At North Point they have more of a topical or series style of preaching (much like we do Sunday night). Andy was in week two of a series called “Faith, Hope, & Luck”. His printed material is first class. The look of the bulletin look was all about gambling. What I mean is that the artwork had neon signs, slot machines, and dice. It just looks like some serious time was spent on it.
Andy’s message focussed (sic) the million dollar question what is faith? The sermon was about 40 minutes, and in summation he said faith is trust in Jesus. One of the best sermons that I have heard Andy preach.
After worship Buske and I headed down...
http://web.me.com/pastorski/Site/Day_2.html
- After we registered we headed to the 5 Seasons for lunch. While we were there we heard this voice behind us at a table. Well, we turn around and sure enough there at the table is my old German teacher, Prof. Daniel Deutschlander sitting & eating bratwurst & drinking a beer. As it turns out he is speaking at the Peachtree Conference (I think that is what it is called - WELS churches in the ATL - Tennesee - Alabama area). He asked if we were down for his presentation. I had to say unfortunately, no. The conversation was pretty interesting after that. I mean, telling your old prof. that you are in town, not to hear him is bad enough, but on top of that you are in town to attend a non-denominational church leadership conference... Not normal WELS practice
- They ended the first (opening) session with some kick butt music (for Jesus of course).
http://web.me.com/pastorski/Site/Day_3.html
- The gist of his session was that what happens in the home has a greater influence on the spiritual life of children than what happens at church.
- The final Main Session with Andy Stanley was just phenomenal. We began with awesome worship. Today though, they began with a Christian rapper, Toby Mac. Our school kids would have loved it. I’m not sure that they would have believed that it was church though
- Be looking for some cool stuff that we will be implementing at St. Marcus, especially in Sunday Night
http://web.me.com/pastorski/Site/Day_5.html
Drive Conference 2009 - Dance - Session 2! from John on Vimeo.
Proof that dancing does not necessarily reduce hip size.
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WELS church lady has left a new comment on your post ""We Have Not Hit Bottom Yet" - Rogue Lutheran":
The Parlow, Ski, and Andy Stanley episode was documented by Ski himself. How much more proof do synod officials need. Folks, the officials have seen the documentation. Prof. Deutschlander was a witness! One would be interested in any official statements he made concerning this. Pictures, documentation, and Confessional Retired German Professors don't lie!
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
