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watercooler Gather round and let's talk about real life issues that we deal with as arts leaders and fellow creatives. Also, specifically when it comes to leading a group of artists in church-type settings...how can we collaborate to become better?

If we could gather around the table every day instead of just February at cre:ate...what would we talk about?

What are your burning questions?

What discoveries are you making online, reading, resources, etc?

What could our music companies (EMI, Word, Great WorshipSongs,Integrity, Vineyard) do to better help us?

What could cre:ate do to better help you?

How can Randy and those who have been doing this for over thirty years mentor those who are younger?

What else?


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smokeandmirrors the emerging conversation 0 Nov 14 2007, 10:32 AM EST by smokeandmirrors
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I know some of you guys are in ministry to the "emerging" generation. My initial question is this. Do you consider yourselves as an emergent ministry or more of a ministry to emergents? In other words, are you more of a church that has a facet of ministry dedicated to that group, or is the whole of your church's ministry geared to minister to that group? If you are the former, what problems or difficulties has that created for you. If you are the latter, was that an intentional philosophy choice "in spite of" or "because of" your immediate cultural enviroment?
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mike[ritter] Taking the Web 0 Nov 13 2007, 11:39 AM EST by mike[ritter]
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Remember when you went online, visited a dozen sites hoping something new was up, then an hour later wondered how you ended up surfing for lyrics to the latest Cranberries song? With *web 2.0* those wasteful days are (well, can be) behind us. We'll discuss how to use subscription services for our personal growth and reach our audience online.
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btriplett Communion and reflection 6 Sep 17 2007, 4:15 PM EDT by btriplett
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So we just finished an incredible series entitled "Miracles", and my team and i were brainstorming as to how we could knock home that the same God who does these miracles is still pursuing them.

We came to the conclusion of an intercative and reflective communion service, where we constructed one table for each miracle spoken about (6 in all) they were scattered throughout the auditorium, and were designed with imagry, a few icons, and origianl art, we added paper an pen.

The idea was if someone needed the God who heals lepers to show up in the same way for them, that they would write their prayers or needs on a peice of paper and ask him to show of for them.

I was blow away to the response of each station, and how beautiful the communion moment was when we celebrated the greatest miracle together...

if any one has thoughts, comments, snide remarks... i would love to hear.
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