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Bishop's Dinners for Scouting - Plan Your Work...
May 16th, 2011 at 7:37 AM
Bishop's Dinners for Scouting are events that bring together pastors, youth ministers and laity along with staff and volunteers of youth agencies (Boy Scouts,Girl Scouts, Big Brothers Big Sisters,Camp Fire and 4-H) for the purpose of promoting scouting as an outreach ministry of the local church.This is the first in a serie... … read more
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Shabby recruitment practices
April 13th, 2011 at 12:36 PM
If you are looking for ways to recruit quality leaders for your men’s organization, don’t look to Jesus as an example.Jesus was not a very good judge of character. He recruited Peter, a loud mouth who frequently acted before he thought, and he did not live up to his promises.He recruited James and John, ill temp... … read more | 2 comments
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No Foolin'
April 1st, 2011 at 7:20 AM
Today is the proverbial April Fool's Day.Speaking of proverbial, what does the Book of Proverbs have to say about foolishness?Well, it is much simpler to recognize a Fool for what he is not in lieu of what he is.The Fool is unrighteous. The fool hates what is good and holy; he loves evil.The Fool is unwise.Throughout Prover... … read more
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EMS Benefits
March 24th, 2011 at 7:53 AM
I received an email from Lew Weil, Greater New Jersey Annual Conference re: the benefits of an EMS membership. Please send us your thoughts, like Lew. I received the goodies from GCUMM for renewing my EMS Membership today. I thought I would tell you about them:1. A letter opener with a magnify... … read more
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Expectations
March 24th, 2011 at 7:37 AM
The people were gathered on tip-toe of expectation . . . wondering. . .” – Luke 3:15The University of Colorado (my alma mater) was disappointed when their basketball team did not make the NCAA playoffs. They entered the NIT to try to prove the NCAA committee made a mistake. They won the first three games i... … read more | 1 comment