Church For People Who Don’t Like Church
Creating Culture
In his blog, Mark Cuban recently told some of his history of owning the Dallas Mavericks (NBA basketball team) and I love what he writes about a decision he made when he first bought the team: The week I bought the Mavs I was asked by Nellie if I wanted to bag the season in…
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I love getting to be a part of Verve. It’s a daily adventure where you never know who will show up or what’s going to happen. In a strange set of examples this weekend: On Sunday our second service had just started when 24 teenagers walked in together. There was something odd about them. They…
Read MoreDo You Let Sinners Serve?
One of most frequent questions I get from other pastors is, “Do you let sinners serve in your church?” Now it’s not typically worded this way, and it almost always comes from a good place. Usually it’s more like, “So would you let a stripper volunteer in your children’s ministry?” Or the pastor who has…
Read MoreCommunion Details
Yesterday started sharing a little about doing communion at a church for people who don’t like church. Here are a few more thoughts… The first week of Verve we passed around gold communion trays that had cups of juice and broken up pieces of matza crackers on them. (By the way, I’m not a fan…
Read MoreCommunion Every Week?
If you’ve never been to Verve, something that might surprise you is that we offer communion every week. Why do we do communion in the service, versus at some other time or in some other place? Well, we don’t believe the service is for non-Christians. If you come to a Verve service you’ll see that…
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