My TV appearance, New Church Website, Renovation Overdrive and Missions Rethink
2 Comments Published by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 9:49 AM.
My TV Appearance
I was recently on TV talking about "The Edge," our Youth Drop-In Center, at Parkview. It was a cool experience to talk about our church's vision for engaging our community by meeting practical needs within. It was facinating to have talked for several minutes on camera and then only see two small clips on TV - but there were good clips:)
New Church Website
Our church is going through a major website overhaul and are launching our new (very cool) site in a few day. If you get a chance check it out www.parkviewalliance.com. We still have a lot of "polishing" to do and the potential of things we can do through it is amazing.
Renovation Overdrive
I been in renovation mode in our house for the last couple months since moving it, but for the next few weeks, I officially move into "renovation overdrive" as I complete our upstairs installing counter tops, new flooring, painting, shelving, lighting, building cabinets and cabinet doors. I like doing it but the pace is a bit much these days.
Mission Re-Think
I have been facinated with world missions lately which has trusted my into several books that I will post about together soon. There are:
I was recently on TV talking about "The Edge," our Youth Drop-In Center, at Parkview. It was a cool experience to talk about our church's vision for engaging our community by meeting practical needs within. It was facinating to have talked for several minutes on camera and then only see two small clips on TV - but there were good clips:)
New Church Website
Our church is going through a major website overhaul and are launching our new (very cool) site in a few day. If you get a chance check it out www.parkviewalliance.com. We still have a lot of "polishing" to do and the potential of things we can do through it is amazing.
Renovation Overdrive
I been in renovation mode in our house for the last couple months since moving it, but for the next few weeks, I officially move into "renovation overdrive" as I complete our upstairs installing counter tops, new flooring, painting, shelving, lighting, building cabinets and cabinet doors. I like doing it but the pace is a bit much these days.
Mission Re-Think
I have been facinated with world missions lately which has trusted my into several books that I will post about together soon. There are:
- Glocalization by Bob Roberts Jr.
- GloboChrist by Carl Raschke
- Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan
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Colonial Carry-Over
4 Comments Published by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 9:21 PM.
I had a great conversation with one of our church leaders the other night about the possibility of bringing someone from overseas to do a short-term ministry in our church sometime in the future. In other words, reverse the traditional North American mission's model - which would be interesting to say the least. In the midst our conversation, I began to realize how much our culture's colonial roots still exist in my thinking. I talked about the appropriate concern of making sure that this person was ready for a ministry like this and then I thought: Why don't we assume that when we send a team to a different country that they would have those questions of us? Do we just assume that they should be grateful to have a group of North Americans minister to them? I guess it has just made me think about some of the things we assume when we interact with other cultures - often without even realizing it. Maybe our ancestor's colonial worldview still lingers closer than we think.Labels: article
Satellite Church Article
0 Comments Published by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo on Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8:22 PM.
I stumbled across this article on satellite churches that is asking some of the same questions I have been asking. I am not against satellite churches per say, by why aren't these question and potential problems discussed more?
Also, the article mentions Shane Hipp's book, Hidden Power of Electronic Culture, which I would highly recommend - you can read my review of it here.
Also, the article mentions Shane Hipp's book, Hidden Power of Electronic Culture, which I would highly recommend - you can read my review of it here.
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Haggai: Re-Trace Follow-up (Prayer of Examine)
0 Comments Published by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo on at 12:38 PM.
As part of our current sermon series on Haggai, this morning we talked about the idea of RE-Tracing our spiritual journey and how God has worked in our lives (individually and together as a community) so that we can then see our present and future with a new perspective.As part of RE-Tracing our past, I mentioned the Ignatius Prayer of Examine and so I thought I would include a few links here:
- Written Prayer of Examine that you can use to reflect on the end of your day.
- Free MP3 Prayer of Examine that you can listen to with your Ipod, Mp3, media or CD player at the end of your day.
As always, I hope my messages get to the route of what the word "sermon" stems from (conversation) and that they would truly start spiritual conversations. Thus. I would always invite your comments, concerns, stories, prayer requests, etc. as we pursue life together.
I'm Back and Thinking
0 Comments Published by Bryce Ashlin-Mayo on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 9:33 AM.
Well, I back to the blogging world after a bit of a hiatus. With moving, doing a bunch of work on our new house and starting my new role (Lead Pastor of Parkview Alliance Church), things have been busy to say the least. Although things have been busy, I am feeling like I am getting into a routine and looking forward to reentering the blogging world. With that being said, I am still trying to decipher the direction my blog should take. I have some interesting thoughts and ideas that I have been working through and at least for know, I am looking forward to examining them here.Labels: misc
