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Wow... it's been quiet here the last little bit. To say that it has been an interesting year would be an understatement. I have been through a lot of transition in the last year. And it continues... today is my last paid day on staff with First Baptist Church. It's been a very unsettled week emotionally.I am currently looking for another job (so if you have any leads let me know) and plan to stay

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Ok, so it seems that the first issue we need to tackle is the volume of worship. How loud is too loud? The main problem we run into when we start talking about volume is that the arguments usually head toward worship style and instrumentation. It seems that in our minds we see things like piano, organ and strings as quiet and guitars and drums as loud. If you've ever heard a real pipe organ with

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I'm back from a little bit of vacation and have some new ideas! Here's the scoop. We're going to spend a little while on the site talking only about worship. Music, technical, heart, attitude, execution... whatever. But to kick it off I want to hear from you. What are your questions about worship? It can be about here at FBC, at your church, anything. I can't promise any definite answers or to

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-77432018454502058702010-05-16T16:23:00.002-06:002010-05-16T16:24:31.400-06:00

My friend Zac Smith passed away this afternoon. If you haven't seen his story check out his blog and watch this... The Story of Zac Smith from NewSpring Media on Vimeo.

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So what does faith look like?This morning, Micah, my two year old, ran out of milk in his cup. He came into the kitchen handed me the cup and said "More please." I gave him more milk.That's what faith looks like!

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If you want to know more about my friend Zac, or want to hear more of his story check it out here.

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One day a bird was flying south for the winter and caught in a snowstorm. As snow landed on his tiny wings, it melted slightly. then quickly froze, causing the bird to fall to the ground. As he sat helpless and shivering, encased in ice, the bird thought to himself (to be spoken in a little bird voice) "This is the end!"To make matters worse, a cow wandered toward the freezing bird and - wouldn't

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Recovery. It's an interesting word in my life right now. I'm going to the doctor on Tuesday to have a surgery consult on my foot. I am going to have a tarsal tunnel release. I know, it's sounds like so much fun you all want one now to don't ya! One of the things that I've been looking at seriously is the recovery time. How long is it going me to get better after they slice my foot open and put it

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-65256132278858032882010-01-06T15:39:00.002-07:002010-01-06T17:04:22.508-07:00

The new year is here. I've always like the New Years holiday. Don't get me wrong, Christmas is awesome. I love Christmas, but New Years always just had something a little different about it.I learned to play Trivial Pursuit at New Years Eve parties my church growing up would have every year. I was, of course, not old enough to actually play but I did hold the title of "Official Question And

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-1934277605869689012009-11-14T19:50:00.004-07:002009-11-14T20:23:58.334-07:00

It's a crazy time in my life. I'm learning how to deal with two kids (I'm told the jump to two is harder than the jump to one and I believe it), keep my marriage strong and work through all of the stuff (good and bad) at church. On top of that you may have noticed (if any of you still read this) that it's been almost two months since my last post.I'm not going to lie to you... the things that

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Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-26516684446785593692009-09-28T08:38:00.003-06:002009-09-28T08:40:18.207-06:00

So I am up at the annual Pastors Retreat that our region hosts. It's always a good time. I like being able to reconnect with some of my pastor friends from around the northwest. So look forward to notes from the speakers and other good stuff over the next few days!

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Little boy, Isaac Matthew, was born today at 10:48 a.m. 19 1/2 inches long and 7 lbs 8oz.We will be in the hospital overnight but will be home tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who prayed for us!Here is Isaac...

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I like shoes. I have major foot problems. Now that you know those two things about me I'm sure your wondering where this is going. There is a lot that is happening in my life right now. A death in the family, my wife about to give birth, my son turns two, I have to decide whether or not to fly to Oregon on short notice. Add to that all of the things that are happening at church this week and it

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-91082449760427831832009-08-13T15:12:00.002-06:002009-08-13T15:15:08.736-06:00

Sunday night is going to be really important. You should want to come...To what you ask?I'm glad you asked...VISION NIGHT 20096 p.m. in the Worship CenterWe will go over the great things God has done in the last year as well as what he wants to do in the coming one.It's going to be good.Be there!Just do it!

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OK. We are going to be live from Victoria tomorrow, Saturday August 8 at or around 2:45 p.m. (PST). For those of you who couldn't make it to the wedding but still want to see it. Click HERE.It's going to be a hoot!I will also attempt to embed the video stream here if you would prefer that!

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Hey,Some of you may know that part of my vacation will be in Victoria Canada where our Student Ministries Director Chris is getting married on Aug. 8.I know there we a bunch of you who wanted to go but couldn't so we are going to do our best to broadcast the wedding here online. Once we have the details finalized I will post the link here so you can watch. Stay tuned for more and block out some

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-66526422757022569202009-07-24T15:19:00.002-06:002009-07-24T15:22:39.765-06:00

I am relieved that it is finally time for a vacation. It's been a while since I was able to get away and I get to do this with my wife and little boy for two weeks!I won't be at FBC, but I will be in church.I won't be in Pocatello, but I will stay connected.I won't be working, but I will get things done.I am really looking forward to the whole thing, except for the 10 hour drive there and back.Oh

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-37408019486612006412009-07-20T10:03:00.002-06:002009-07-20T10:07:26.694-06:00

Micah has chicken pox. What that means is he is really unhappy and daddy doesn't get to sleep. As a result there was one really important thing that I forgot to mention yesterday!Vision NightSunday, August 166 p.m. in the Worship CenterYou need to be here for this. We are finalizing the new years' budget and will have that for you to vote on, we will also have updates from the elder team about

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-52427853499173835622009-07-16T15:13:00.003-06:002009-07-16T15:30:11.217-06:00

It's the middle of summer. I know it hasn't been very hot yet, but it's the middle. School starts in a little more than a month (I know, I know), and I haven't had a vacation yet, (can it be summer without a vacation?). It's not even the dog days of summer. And I still feel like I'm just tired out. Maybe it's because I played/worked so hard at the beginning of summer, I don't know. Does anyone

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-16794468185430261262009-07-04T16:14:00.002-06:002009-07-04T16:19:48.721-06:00

Wow. Parade done. It's always a physically draining morning for me. We meet at the church at 6 a.m. to start setting up, hang out until the parade starts, play like crazy for 45 min, break a little, play 15 more minutes and then back to the church to tear down and in this case set back up for weekend services tomorrow!I get tired after all of that. But you who aren't on the truck have the bigger

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-73090024714776655282009-06-30T15:20:00.001-06:002009-06-30T15:21:24.086-06:00

Saw this on twitter and wanted to share...Once the Bible is less than God's Word Jesus becomes less than God & sinners become less than sinful. The Bible is highest authority. - Mark DriscollWhat do you think?

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Okay, so I know I'm not old. But I feel older than I used too. It's taken a day and a half to get over this trip and I still don't feel 100%. However, I wanted to give you a few more things before my official DCLA blog tour is done.Three Questions:As you talk to your kids (you do talk don't you?) here are some questions to ask. These questions we're asked of us each time we got together in the

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-30503869094962887782009-06-27T10:50:00.002-06:002009-06-27T11:03:48.963-06:00

Every conference I've ever been to has what I like to call a "pivotal day."It's a day when everything changes.It's a day when people finally let go of their hang ups and worries and dive into what God has fro them at the event.It's a day when all of the work that has been poured into them starts to bear fruit.Here in Los Angeles, with your kids, I believe TODAY is that DAY!We've had a day and a

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-46385694371007880092009-06-26T16:01:00.002-06:002009-06-26T16:06:58.563-06:00

Well we made it.It took some phone calls and frustration but we finally got a ride to the Convention Center Yesterday. Our original bus was fixed and got to the hotel shortly after we left. It seems that everything is smoothing out now that we are here. The opening session was very cool. A great blend of motion graphics, video, teaching, drama and music. It was very creative and engaging and gave

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So in case you didn't hear yet we've hit a snag.We lost the brakes in the bus going down a hill this morning as we were leaving for LA.No injuries, no damage. Just a jumped curb some ruin vines and a shaken up crew.Needles to say the plans for today have been changed. We'll miss out on the Dream Center but we should still be able to get to the convention center in time for the start if DCLA.As

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We made it. Long bus ride and cranky people aside we are now in Southern California.I don't want you to be jealous but we are a bout to roll to In-n-Out for lunch.Today is a day of refreshing after a fourteen hour bus ride. A chance to rest and play as we get ready for the incredible things that God is going to do in our lives.I've already read two book and written some new song lyrics, so look

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Yesterday I gave you a list of some of the things we can be thankful for. Today I wanted to give you the list of things that we prayed for on Sunday night and that we need to continue to pray for. DCLA tripProject House4th of July ParadeChurch FinancesNew Ministry YearSmall Groups @ FBCNew Families/People who are attendingHabitat for HumanityAdoptionsVern and Carol FraireSummer WeddingsParents

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Ok so I know it's been a few days since the prayer night but I wanted to give you guys a recap in case you weren't there. Here goes....We started by looking at Philippians 4:4-7Next we took some time to thank God for the things that he has been doing!Here's the list...11 baptisms2 new student workersJobsKids being discipledProvision for DCLAMarriages restoredNew babiesI Saw the LordWomen's Bible

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Are you Brian? Will you be the realtor? Watch this and decide...BRIAN HEAD WELCH - I AM SECOND from BRIAN HEAD WELCH on Vimeo.

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As a leader it can sometimes be difficult to find ways to grow. Lets face it, after so many books my brain just wants to shut down.Conferences are great. But if you hadn't noticed most of them are not here and not cheap. That's one of the reasons why we have been trying to get more things here. (More on that in a future post)However, I just got invited to be a part of something both very cool

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-62007329213926787282009-05-26T11:39:00.005-06:002009-07-29T17:58:35.210-06:00

This is exciting. I've been a dad now for 19 months and this is the first time I get to post something like this here! Yesterday my son, Micah, was cranky. Not like the "I'm a little boy and I'm tired" cranky but the "I'm a little boy and I want you to do what I want to do so I will be happy" kind of cranky. I love my Micah. I want to do things that make him happy but I also know that I need to

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-84808812664945205572009-05-11T10:50:00.005-06:002009-05-11T11:46:37.256-06:00

Do you have space?It sounds like a simple question, but the answer is very important.This post by Brad started a line of thought in my head about it. (If you're tempted to not read Brads post stop right here. Don't go on until you've read it!) Where is the space in my life? How is that affecting everything I do and everyone I interact with?It's that space that says, "I need drums and guitars to

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And people worry about Twitter and iPhone in church services...

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This post from Brad made me stop and think about how I live my life during the week. I wonder if it will help you think about your day-to-day experiences also?

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This is amazingly beautiful. It makes me wonder how close we get to others without actually connecting.Parallelostory from impactist on Vimeo.

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Hey all, so I have an idea for something new for us. I know that there are several of us here at FBC who take photos, I also know that there are several who take really good photos! I've been trying for a while to come up with a way to access and outlet all of the creative photogs that are running around this place, then Carlos started something at his church in Atlanta and I thought, "Maybe we

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-5953692541653151212009-04-15T15:25:00.002-06:002009-04-15T15:51:27.504-06:00

When it comes to culturally relevant technology there are no shortage of options. Ipod, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and many more. The big question is how can the church use them to be more effective? Perry Noble said this,"What we allow to distract us can often be the very thing that eventually destroys us!" The funny thing is that he said on Twitter. Which can be distracting...I've been mulling

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-87930140017453319112009-04-09T10:10:00.003-06:002009-04-09T10:24:25.614-06:00

I'm broken. I know that you don't hear that kind of thing very often from people. It usually comes at the point of recognition of a major problem. Addiction, financial ruin, etc. But here's the deal My major problem is me. I'll admit it, though it's only recently that I would. I am my biggest problem. I find myself doing and saying things that I will tell myself i didn't mean, but, when it comes

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-21575862301790353242009-03-27T16:39:00.002-06:002009-03-27T16:41:12.900-06:00

Hey just thought I would drop a note to everyone. In case you were wondering Sunday is going to rock! Jesus has some awesome plans for us and I don't want you to miss them! Bring a friend and come ready to encounter the Savior!

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Great musicians, and one of my favorite tunes...

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Last week I told about a workshop we had coming. Well it's here! WE are a go!Carl Albrecht, Leann Albrecht and Ed Kerr will be with us in southern Idaho for a day and a half of worship and teaching. It is going to be awesome! For all of the info go check out the site and register!Here are some highlights though....$45 per person - You can't beat that!Friday night and Saturday - Use what you

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-79588507183851090642009-03-04T16:58:00.005-07:002009-03-06T12:26:33.808-07:00

Are you mad at church? To be honest I get mad at church. I know that this might seem like a trick question because Bill talked about anger and Chris and Karl talked about bitterness. But it's not.There are people who are mad at church. Not mad at A church (although I would wager there are those too!) but mad at THE church. Let's face it, we haven't always and continue to do things the wrong way.

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-30085639697341994272009-03-03T10:36:00.003-07:002009-03-04T20:32:02.464-07:00

Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll. Based on your recommendation I have now received my abacus and am trying to learn how to use it!Ok, so I didn't really get the abacus, although I did have a few people ask me if it was a new line of computers that they hadn't heard of yet. For those of you who don't know what it is! What I did end up getting though is the MacBook Pro. After much research

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-18388300657576119562009-02-24T11:03:00.004-07:002009-02-25T16:37:02.744-07:00

Hey bloggers,Just wanted to let you guys know about a little somethin' that's coming up. On May 1-2 (Friday night through Saturday) we are hosting a workshop that you are going to want to be a part of. Carl Albrecht, his wife Leann, and Ed Kerr are going to be with us to clinic and lead worship. We don't have all of the details yet but I can tell you this...It will be in Southern Idaho - so you

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-22012131986423007702009-02-19T14:51:00.002-07:002009-02-19T14:56:21.154-07:00

If you can't figure out why it's been so long since my last post you should read the last post. I've been bouncing around from computer to computer and space to space the last few weeks. Good news though, the office space is almost finished. I get my cube back but new and improved! The insurance is going to cover the replacement cost of my laptop and I was able to get most of the data that I

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-2693487678533472092009-02-02T20:35:00.005-07:002009-02-03T11:05:40.850-07:00

Greetings from vacation. I may be the only person on staff who blogs on vacation but you will just have to deal with that.So you should check out what Bill had to say about Thursday, but I wanted to focus more on the overflow. In case you didn't know we did something on Thursday that, as far as I know, has never been done in the 100+ years of FBC. We had simultaneous, multi-site, service!!! It

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This is NOT me.

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We've heard alot of talk about hope this last year. We were told to hope for change, hope for the best, hope that tommorow will be better. But lets face it. Sometimes we don't really "hope"Many times we treat hope just like wish. I wish things would change, I wish things were better. They sound kind of the same.Here's how dictionary.com defines hope: v. to look forward to with desire and

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Hey, We got to try something new today. Live Webcasting! So it's not that new but we've never done it before. You can check it out here.Now, I know that the quality could be better. Here's the facts. We need a better camera! There is one in the budget. BUt we can't spend money we don't have, so we do what we can with what we've got.Look for more live coming soon!

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Whoa. It's been way too long since my last post.(bad blogger, bad blogger) Anyhoo, I took some time off and actually didn't touch my computer for FIVE DAYS STRAIGHT! It was awesome! I would recommend you try it some time. So I was trying to figure out what I should say since it's been so long. It can be tricky sometimes to come up with things to say.However, after Bills message on Sunday I

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I want to be like these guys when I grow up!

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Wow. It's been a while since the last post. Sorry about that. I don't know what your week was like but mine was jammed full. It usually happens at least once this time of year but I had something every night for eight days in a row!However, there was some great stuff going on. On Wednesday I got to sit in on Chris spilling the vision for Student Ministries for the next year. It was awesome! I can

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Wow, December already! Time has flown by so quickly, I don't really know how it goes so fast. So the real question is "Are you sick of Christmas music yet?" I can take a few days of nonstop carols and classics but that's about it. Sometimes I'm really thankful that I only have a AM radio in my truck.It looks like it is going to be an interesting season this year. The economy is in a weird place

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I am really excited about Sunday. I know that many of you will be out of town but a lot of us are going to have relatives here also. What a great chance to invite someone to church. Now before you get all weird about it Sunday is going to be awesome. The gospel is going to be preached like no other, you will definitely learn something and I think that God wants to use this opportunity to speak

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Hey all,Well we're back. It was a great trip, although I am still completely drained. Late nights followed by early mornings will do that. The concerts were awesome. Lincoln didn't even get on stage until 11 p.m. One of the highlights was during the concert Saturday night. One portion was called "Songwriters in the Round." They brought couches out on stage and had a group of songwriters just take

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-77370007913910635902008-11-13T08:06:00.003-07:002008-11-13T08:13:47.438-07:00

Here is the recap from Trick or Treat the Old Town Streets. Enjoy!

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Powerful!

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Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!" 1 Chronicles 16:30-31This Spoke to me today as I was thinking about the election. A lot of times we focused on ourselves and kind of forget that there

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So its been a while since we've had some creativity here. I found one for you though...

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Hey,Just wanted to remind you guys that Daylight Savings ends Saturday night. Don't forget to chang your clocks otherwise you'll end up watching our warm-up for the first service. (It's ok if you want to come and watch!) So enjoy an extra hour of sleep this weekend and get pumped up for what God wants to do on Sunday. It's gonna be awesome!

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Hey all,OK, so the last time I posted I said that I was back and then it's taken me a week to post again. Oh well. A lot of things happen in a week. This last Friday and Saturday the staff spent in Boise at the Intermountain Area Convention. Bill talked a little bit about it on Sunday. It was a great time. We got up early on Fri. and spent the morning in the car, the afternoon at the mall and the

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WOW. It's been way to long since my last post. I've been trying decide what to post about over the last couple of days and have not been able to think of anything. If fact, my whole week has kind of been like that. It feels like I have just been wandering around in a fog. Anyone else ever felt like that?It's really hard to figure out why that is. I think I get into these positions when I am

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-54772699174814945292008-09-30T20:38:00.002-06:002008-09-30T21:29:22.245-06:00

Time for the last session.David Putman: Breaking the Discipleship CodeWhat does it look like to be a missional follower of Jesus Christ?Generally we don't really want to go "deeper" or have more "meat.""I love technology!"Rev. 3:20: it Jesus' church why isn't he inside?Is it Jesus knocking on the door of my heart?What does it mean to break the code? We must loose our religion and rediscover the

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Clay Ford Pt. 2Will the next ten years be a decade of destiny or a decade of defeat?Jesus is more interested in His people reflecting Him in hard times that He is in us being happy, affluent and comfortable.We can't jump ship just because it hurts.When we know who we are in Christ we are not under the circumstances but are above them.Because we are seated with Christ we have full rights and

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Hey all,I thought that I might try something new...So here is the first session from Clay FordYou can't fight the prayers of a Mother!If Jesus really is who he said he is, and if he died for your sins, would you want to know it?If we only have enough of the Holy Spirit to work with middle-class youth we need MORE!Don't you think that God wants His church to be escalating in the presence of the

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I just got done listening to Perry Noble (Newspring Church) talk about three questions that we need to ask ourselves. It was really good. So I thought that I would put it out there for us to think about and hopefully to do. Most of this is Perry's, I'm not this smart, but I have sort of paraphrased.Question 1.What is it that God wants to do in our church?This seems like a question that we ask but

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One of the cool things that I get to do in this job is to help other churches get better at what they are doing. It is actually one of the things I am most passionate about. Karl and I get to go to New Plymouth, Idaho (just this side of Oregon) tomorrow to help them with some sound and band needs. It's going to be awesome. When we do this we don't charge the churches anything, in fact, when we

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Karl's day off was good for him... it can be a different world being in front every week.I'm always blown away by the way you enter God's presence... it's awesome to see so many of you enter into the presence of God.It can be draining to be up front... I feel like when I lead if I don't expend all of my energy in worship I haven't worshiped enough!We need to make room for the new folks... I think

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You never really know where God is going to speak to you. I really like comics, and have made it a habit of mine to read the comics in the newspaper when I get the chance. I also, over the last couple years, have taken to reading the rest of the page on which they appear.In today's "Dear Abby" column there was something that spoke to me...A woman, who signed her letter "Ministers Daughter" was

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Bill's message was great... we all could use some disturbance.It was awesome to see fire and passion from the stage.Jon's singing to Jesus with his guitar was great... I love it when he opens up with his "voice."As a church I think we need to find what disturbs us... there is a huge hunger for God in our community and we need to be the ones feeding it!Just a reminder, mostly for me, to keep

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-48551791221523835152008-09-06T22:13:00.001-06:002008-09-06T22:15:21.107-06:00

Well... I don't quite know what to say... ummmm... ZZZZZzzzzzzaaaaaaapppppPPPP!

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So it's been a little while since last I was here. That's ok. It's not like God wasn't working on me in the time that I haven't posted. In fact I wanted to share something that He showed me...Last week we were dealing with some conflict, which happens pretty often around here, I was not quite directly involved so I was trying to help by listening and offering an outside perspective. While I was

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Old song, New way... Enjoy

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So in the positions that I serve I have a lot of ideas and thoughts float my way. Some of them are on purpose and others just kind of pop up in one way or another. I can have a hard time figuring out which are things worth pusuing and which are ones that I should just leave alone. Ideas don't always make me a popular guy. When I took the position of Communications Director I had to make several

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-79016536725687967502008-08-20T15:49:00.003-06:002008-08-20T15:52:31.279-06:00

One of the things that I get to do in my job is help other churches with their technology problems. I found this little gem on YouTube. Thought you guys might like it. I think that we, as churches, sometimes treat technology like this. "various overkill to ensure eventual deafness speakers."

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I think that God is preparing us for something really bigThe message was like a prelude, it just kind of gets us warmed up, now we're ready for the main themeGod showed me that in some ways we don't really value people who don't know him yetWe have some things to work on but the good news is that they can get betterChris made a choice experiment for dinner... zucchini parmesan!I started a new

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Here it is...Turns out that the message was a hard one to giveI was really nervous about how people would respondOne of the things God told me before I got up was that I shouldn't expect what I want to happen, I should look for what He wants to happenI really believe that if we as a church would start abiding in Jesus that we would have to so creative to give away all of the fruit he would grow

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-35699371829157170292008-07-30T10:42:00.003-06:002008-07-30T11:30:55.995-06:00

Hey all,So I'm on vacation this week. I know, I know, I shouldn't rub it in. It is exciting and encouraging to read Bill and Karl's blogs and know what is going on with you while I am out of town. You may be asking yourself why I would post while on vacation? Well the simple answer is that since this is a fairly new thing I need to train myself to do it consistently. Like everything we learn to

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Hey all,I just wanted to take a few minutes to rewind yesterday for you....The message from God was great... endurance really is something we all could do better. The Dark Knight was a great movie... I don't think I want to see any movie twice in 12 hours again though.I was totally blown away by the thanks that you guys gave to our musical volunteers... it makes me happy to know that you

Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13114092973618836392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4192513937107106605.post-43119753065008250482008-07-07T09:23:00.003-06:002008-07-07T09:33:33.990-06:00

So I've been watch Mark speak here. He said a lot of good things but I wanted to talk about one thing that he said in particular. He said the he has never had a desire for people to accept Jesus into their lives. Now before you freak out let me tell you what he said next. He said that his desire was for people to give their lives to Jesus! Do you see the difference? If we accept Jesus into OUR

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Hey all,I hope you all can get something out of this place. I want it to be a place where we can discuss and come up with new ideas relating to ministry both here at FBC Poky and wherever you might be. IF you are part of the FBC family than thanks for dropping by. If you have any comments or concerns about things that are happening at church this is a great place to bring them up. I will be

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