Apr 15 2007

…Louder than Words!

If actions speak louder than words-

  • a generous tip and a thank you are more effective than (shudder) leaving a “gospel tract”.
  • letting someone in front of you in heavy traffic speaks louder than a “Jesus fish” on your car.
  • helping someone with their bags at Wal-mart is better than walking past them wearing a tacky Christian T-shirt.
  • being a great employee (or boss) will speak to your co- workers louder than peppering your conversations with “praise the lord” and “glory hallelujah”…
  • it’s better to mow your neighbor’s lawn while they are on vacation, than put a super-sized “old rugged cross” in your own.
  • being a loving husband (or wife), will tell your spouse you love Jesus more effectively than reciting the Book of Romans at the dinner table. (I better stop, this is starting to affect me personally.)

One of my greatest goals (and prayers) for actionchurch is that our “message“ never becomes just the words spoken on Sunday Morning!

By donrecord • vision • 0

Apr 13 2007

How we "roll"…

Imagine for a moment that Church is like a Bus Route. The Bus owner (God) gives a destination (vision ) to the Bus Driver (Church leadership). In theory anyway, a competent bus driver would post his destination on the front of the bus, choose the best “route” they could find to the destination, and try to “pick up” as many travelers as possible each day.

actionchurch has been given a clear destination. Our vision is to “pick up” people who are far away from God and take them to a place where their actions demonstrate they are truly a life changed by Jesus Christ.

Let me to tell you a little about our new bus…
We are not the only bus in town who belongs to “the owner”. Everyone is welcome on our bus, but not everyone will want to ride with us. (Some people might even throw rocks at us.) There are plenty of travelers who will come aboard if we invite and welcome them. We did not chose our destination and we will not change it. In order to serve people who do not normally get on a bus, we will have to go on a route where buses don’t normally go! We will help those in need along the way, even if they never ride our bus. We will not take pointless traditional “side trips” to try to get more people on our bus. We will not ask the riders to vote on our destination or route. We will be clear about our destination-even if it means some people choose not to get on our bus. We will not settle for driving around in circles with a few dozen of our closest friends because “everybody knows everyone, and we have such great fellowship.” We will not stop the bus so we can spend time “going deep” into map and bus route study. . . Some people will want off the bus- we will graciously open the door. (We’re not the only bus in town, remember?) We will also politely “point to the door” to those who want to ride our bus yet try to change our destination or “make us more like the bus they used to ride”- we will need their seats. We will remember that driving this amazing bus does not make us more important, just more responsible.

‘Sound Like the ride you’ve be looking for? Get in. Hold on. Lets Roll!

By donrecord • actionchurch FAQ, church planting, leadership, vision • 0

Apr 12 2007

Spot light: Holy Cow Creative

I posted earlier about some great kingdom building companies who help make the dream of actionchurch possible.

I am spotlighting Holy Cow Creative today because Michael Buckingham’s artistry is an integral part of our strategy to introduce the York area to actionchurch-a place we believe they will meet Jesus.

I first became aware of his work on one of my favorite blogs Church Marketing Sucks. He is a guest blogger there and shares his abilities with churches everywhere in their (FREE) church marketing lab. Michael is an award winning designer, but was kind enough to spend nearly two months of dialogue designing our Logos and corporate “identity”. During that time I found him to be open minded enough to listen to the crazy dreams and vision of an absolute novice to marketing(ME!). I also found him strong enough to tell the same guy when he was absolutely full of crap… (my words not his.) I appreciate both qualities in a relationship.

I have seen concepts of our shirts, hats(coming soon) and window vinyls, and our logo ROCKS on all of them! I truly can’t wait to see Michaels work on a racecar! (Here’s the Link) The good new is -the best is yet to come. This summer we will be unleashing the “Holy Cow Crew” on our web design and signage… Stay tuned for details.

By donrecord • church planting, vision • 0

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