by Ben Sternke on September 2, 2009
Last Sunday’s Vision Night was an invigorating time of eating together, worshiping together, and conversing together about the vision of Christ Church. I am more stoked than ever about what God has in store for us. I also know that some of you expressed interest in attending but, for various reasons, couldn’t. I’ve emailed some [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 31, 2009
The 128 slides below will take you through what is called the “Freedom and Responsibility” culture at Netflix, and they would be well worth your time to read through. For example, there is no “x number of days per year” vacation policy. Seriously, they just don’t track how many days people take for vacation at [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 27, 2009
We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder – 7. Creativity, Roots, Justice, Truth – 8. 3D Church – 9. Gatherings Today: [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 26, 2009
We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder – 7. Creativity, Roots, Justice, Truth – 8. 3D Church Today: the specific kinds [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 25, 2009
We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder – 7. Creativity, Roots, Justice, Truth Today: The VEHICLE for the Vision (how we [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 24, 2009
We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder Today, four final values: Creativity, Roots, Justice, and Truth CREATIVITY We value creativity, not [...]
by Ben Sternke on August 22, 2009
We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community Today, four more values: Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, and Wonder PARTICIPATION As followers of Jesus, we believe that we are not [...]