principles
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Why staff don’t take gifts
This is just one of the principles we made clear from the start with our staff. Staff don’t take gifts from the congregation. There’s OK gifts like “let me buy you a coffee” or “It’s your birthday”… they are common gifts… Continue reading
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Reblog: Abstract and concrete communication
For any field you can communicate a spectrum of things; from abstract ideas to concrete things. And in this sense, bible communication and organisation communication are no different. The trick is to realise that you don’t just have a personal… Continue reading
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Your minimum is your priority
Do you have something that you absolutely have to do? “I have to have a coffee every morning!”, “I have to go to the gym 3 times a week!”, “I have to be at work 40hrs a week!”, “I have… Continue reading
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The goal is the second date
If you’re putting on an event for non-Christians, I think the most loving goal is “get a second date”. Make the big aim that they come back again. Make the big purpose that they don’t walk out thinking, “Well I’m… Continue reading
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