Great physical sermon illustrations

Tim Singer - swatteamuth@hotmail.com

Tim shared some great physical sermon illustrations he has used.

One idea was about lunch boxes, tied to the feeding of the 5,000. Another idea had to do with a large dog bone, tied to the valley of the dry bones.

Great place for a ladies retreat!

Sarah Lehman - sarah@lehman.net

Sarah shared about a great place to take ladies for a retreat.

http://www.promisemountain.com/index.html

The Biggest Loser

Ryan Webster - pastorrhino@hotmail.com



Ryan shared about tweaking the TV show "The Biggest Loser" into an outreach situation.

Communion Video

Tim Fields - wheatstate@agkansas.com

Tim shared a video they made that was played during communion. It showed images of Passion of the Christ with video of the congregation superimposed.

Video is not available for posting. Contact Tim for more info.

Prayer Path - Labryinth

BJ Solander - bjsolander@hotmail.com

BJ shared about a cool tool for organzing some prayer ministery.

Click the photo or click the link - http://www.labryinth.org.uk/

Online Worship Resources

Chris Baker - baker1979@sbcglobal.net

Chris shared about some of his best online worship resources.

Sites to check for recent releases and popular tunes
www.ccli.com -- displays most used songs
www.billboard.com -- click on charts tab, look for Christian / Gospel
www.songtouch.com -- click on digital music tab
www.worshipleader.com
www.20thecountdownmagazine.com

Free resources for chord sheets
www.pwarchive.com
www.higherpraise.com

Subscriptions / Pay per chord sheet
www.delicatefade.com
www.praisecharts.com
www.ccli.com -- song select with the lead sheet option

Praying the Scriptures For Women

Kerry Clarensau - KClarensau@ag.org

Kerry shared about structuring prayer ministry for women.

Here is the link to her handout.

Softball Bloopers as sermon illustrations

Brad Young - cnbyoung@cox.net

Brad shared about using video bloopers from their softball team as main points in a message about Life's Bloopers. Missing opportunities (watching a strike go by), etc.

You can see the video clips here.

Midweek Service Enhancements

Mike Johnson - pastormikej@cox.net

Mike shared about practical guides for increasing and enhancing your midweek service.

Video on how to start a blog to upload pictures and videos

Track Core Values

Rick Glowacki - pastorrick@marysvillechristianfellowship.com

Uses a "scoresheet" to track how well the church is staying on track with their core values.

Link to Word Doc

2ft x 3ft color prints - cheap

http://www.shortrunposters.com/

Kent Duncan - kent_duncan@yahoo.com

Great spot for large (24"X36"), inexpensive ($2/each, I think, plus flat rate shipping for the whole order) poster-prints. We post candid oversized photos of our own people in the youth and children's areas, especially. You could do the same with pics from church activities, local community events, stuff like that.

* Kent was unable to attend, but sent a great idea anyway!

CORRECTION: the print outs are now 18x24, not 24x36. Still a great deal though!

Here is the first post!

Here is a picture I uploaded!