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What I’m doing for Bible Study

February 17, 2011 in Ministry, Sharing with 0 Comments

I started this blog because, as Russ Martin said in Tithing your Time Online: “By spending five minutes to upload the presentation from your last small group leader training you could save someone hours”.

It’s one of the primary reasons I read so many blogs – to quickly glean from others and use their thoughts for Cru talks, Bible studies, and staff coaching. I feel that it multiplies my time (requiring a lot less prep/admin time so I can spend more time with staff and students).


So hopefully this will help you save some time. Here’s a few things I’m using in my Bible study the coming weeks:

“Repentance is THE way we make progress in the Christian life. Indeed, pervasive, all-of-life-repentance is the best sign that we are growing deeply and rapidly into the character of Jesus.”

  • I’m also using this question from Tim Norman in Bible Study today: “Why do you think it’s important to read the Bible?” followed by his Devil’s Advocate questions and study of 2 Timothy 3:16–17 he lays out in his post (he just started blogging – you should definitely subscribe! And not just cause he’s my boss).
  • For the next five weeks in our Bible study, we will be reading through a chapter a week from Fight Clubs. I’ll have them read through the chapter during the week and then discuss and apply during Bible study. The “Bible” part of our Bible Study discussion will come from digging deeper into the various passages in each chapter. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like this e-book is free anymore. You can preview the intro and 1st chapter here. Or buy it here.

What we fight for: “All else that is good and beautiful flows from him, but our thoughts don’t naturally drift to Christ. This is precisely why we need to fight.”

Why accountability groups fail in this fight: “We need to remove accountability [groups] from the center and replace it with the Gospel. We need to orbit around Jesus, not rules or confession. Instead of groups gathered around accountability, we must gather around Jesus. Only then will we find something truly worth fighting for.”


What are you using right now for BIble Study and Discipleship?


Resource Sharing – Magnet

September 24, 2010 in Sharing with 1 Comment

The reason I started blogging was to share resources.  

My first post detailed those thoughts (with some great links – if you want to be motivated to share!).

Brian Barela expressed well this sentiment last month in a post entitled “Do you commute your resources?“:

When you think about the best resources you have are they being shared mostly/only with people that are either…

  • geographically near
  • relationally near
  • asking you to send them something

These are all examples of resource commuting.

Are you comfortable with other leaders spending time creating something that you have already done?



So if it would save you some time, I wanted to share this magnet (pictured above) that a designer put together for our last Fellowship Dinner.  We used it for our campus, but it would work just as well for personal magnets to send to supporters (you could even put a different picture beneath the text).

Click here to download a zip file (15 MB) that contains:

  • Powerpoint slides (that we used at the Dinner)
  • Editable Adobe Illustrator files
  • A PDF of the magnet (without the bottom right stuff – our website, etc)
  • And every “piece” of the magnet in separate files (paint splatter, picture, words, etc)

If you just want the PDF, click here.

A few tips on doing magnets on the cheap:

  • Order Hi-res prints from a local print shop (or even better, from MPix – THE best place to order photos online). Anywhere but Kinko’s.
  • Get adhesive magnets from Magnet Valley and stick on prints.
  • Cut each edge with a standard paper cutter. Trust me, it’s impossible to even get one edge perfectly straight (with no overlap).
  • This method is a bit time-consuming but you will save a TON of money. And they’ll look indistinguishable from the real deal.



You might recognize the picture from publicity that Penn State Cru shared years ago.  Thanks for sharing Tim Henderson and Kim Shearer (the photographer)!

Sharing

July 13, 2010 in Sharing with 2 Comments

I’ve finally had the time this summer to sit down and start a blog.  The goal = to share:

  • Thoughts on Leadership
  • Resources
  • Ministry Strategy
  • Articles/Websites that have challenged me

Inspired by others who have taken the time to share their thoughts/learnings/resources I thought I would stop mooching and start contributing to the conversation.  Seems like everything I’ve been reading online this summer (especially within our organization Campus Crusade) has been about sharing the wealth.

Particularly:

  • Russ Martin’s thoughts from the CCC Blogference on Tithing your Time Online: “By spending five minutes to upload the presentation from your last small group leader training you could save someone hours.  Instead of pinging someone with an email”
  • Ken Cochrum’s thoughts shared in this video:

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Love what these guys are doing – sharing the wealth and moving us all forward.