Online Verve Services – In the Middle of the Night!

When we moved to Vegas we interviewed over 300 locals.  One thing we learned is that many locals work from 4 pm to midnight, or 6 pm to 2 am, and then live their lives from when they get off of work (going out to eat, shopping, partying, etc.) until morning. Then they sleep from…

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Critics

What forms your vision? How do you evaluate how you’re doing? I’m afraid for a lot of us, and for a lot of our churches, it’s our critics. When we’re told that we can’t do something or when someone lets us know they don’t like what we’re doing, we change course. But I was just…

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50 Hours of Worship?

As you probably know, Las Vegas is a city that prides itself on sin and welcomes travelers from all over the world who come here to ensconce themselves in debauchery. Recently, several churches determined to get people’s minds off the revelry and get their attention on God. A noble goal. So how do you do…

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Preconceived

Rene Laennec is the guy who invented the stethoscope. (I knew you’d been wondering.) He is famous for exhorting doctors to, “Listen, listen, listen to your patient! He is giving you the diagnosis.” Sounds stupid, doesn’t it? It’s a “duh” moment. “Really?! You don’t say. If I’m a doctor and want to know what’s wrong…

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Vince Recommends…

Another recommendation for locals only… I had heard about it. Then I heard about it again. Then, I think, a third time. But it wasn’t located in my neck of Las Vegas. Then I was planning on meeting Ty Neal, pastor at Grace Point Church in North Vegas, for lunch. And I realized – it’s…

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