Advent resources

Wednesday we put up the Chrismon tree at our church.  The story is that the Chrismon Tree idea came from a church in Danville, Virginia, about 15-miles south of here.  Last year we moved the tree from the fellowship hall into the sanctuary, and people liked it.  Lots of folks showed up to help this year.  We played [...]

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threadless today, churchless tomorrow?

“Threadless is a community-based t-shirt company with an on-going open call for t-shirt design submissions.”  So, this company is building their whole product on the designs of others, which people are happy to submit, along with photos of themselves and their friends wearing the products.  Pretty cool — get people to design, market, and buy [...]

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Tuesday’s terrific technology tools

How’s that for alliteration?  Okay, bad header aside, I do have some interesting stuff today, techno-wise – Highrise — I’ve been looking for a web-based CRM (customer relationship manager) that was adaptable to church ministry, and I think I’ve found it.  Check out Highrise which allows you to keep track of people, tasks, projects, and [...]

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“A Place in the Garden” podcast

“A Place In The Garden”  mp3 by Chuck Warnock, from Luke 23:33-43.  This is the sermon I preached on Christ the King Sunday, November 25, 2007 at Chatham Baptist Church.  It is the story of the crucifixion of Christ and of the two thieves who were crucified along with Jesus.  I hope you find it helpful.

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Sermones en Espanol

Sermones en español / Sermons in Spanish ¿Sabías que puedes traducir este blog en español y lo comparten con sus amigos hispanos? Ir a http://www.google.com/translate_t y siga las instrucciones. Via con Dios! Did you know you can translate this blog into Spanish and share with your Hispanic friends?  Go to http://google.com/translate_t and follow the instructions.  [...]

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A Place In The Garden

A Place In The Garden Luke 23:33-43 NIV 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[a] And they divided up his clothes [...]

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Sermon for Sunday, Nov 25, 2007

I just posted my sermon for Sunday, November 25, 2007.  This is Christ the King Sunday, and my message is titled, A Place In The Garden from the lectionary reading for the final Sunday in Year C, Luke 23:33-43.  It’s the passage where Jesus tells the repentant thief on the cross, “Truly, this day you [...]

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Thanks!

This week we went over 40,000 views and still going!  Thank you for stopping by now-and-then, and making this a real gathering place for the small church community.  Seth Godin said “thanks” better today than I can – Every time you read something I write here, you’re giving me a gift… attention. It’s getting more precious all [...]

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My podcasts on iTunes

We’re podcasting on iTunes now!  I’m pulling all the mp3 files together for the initial link to iTunes, so if you subscribe to the Chuck Warnock: Sermons, etc podcast thru iTunes, you’ll get all the back podcasts in one place.  Hope you’ll visit iTunes and subscribe.  Right now you have to go to iTunes store>podcasts>religion [...]

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If gas hits $4/gal, what will your church do?

CNN reports that crude oil prices hit $99/barrel yesterday and are headed to $100/barrel and up.  Gas is already past $3-a-gallon in much of the US.  A gasoline transporter told me that people appear to be conserving more.   So even at $3 a gallon the price is having an effect.  What if gas goes to $4-a-gallon?  [...]

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