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Jana Hildebrandt and Kim Bontrager  "Removing Barriers. . . Connecting Dots" What are barriers that keep people from coming back or keeping them from God? Environment, Communication, Worship Services Public Space-parking, nursery, classroom, worship space, lobby, etc. Connect the dots:  Evaluate each environment. . . what is the purpose of this environment? who will use this environment? what do we want people to experience? what do we want people to leave with? who's responsible for quality control? Our communication should not be louder but smarter.   Who is accessing information?   Don Morris-"Multiplication: A Matter of Factors" Four Multiplying Factors Multiplying requires everyone to have an apprentice. Multiplication is proactive not reactive. Multiplying is not about size; it's about leader readiness. Multiplying isn't about our kingdom, it 's about God's Kingdom. Three "mu...

On Thursday of last week, I continued reading Creature of the Word: The Jesus Centered Church by Chandler, Patterson and Geiger.  I think I will be recommending this book to many people in the future.  The chapters I read last week focused on service and multiplication.  Here are a few quotes for you today: "Guilt-driven serving is the antithesis of Jesus-driven serving. . ."  "Wise church leaders will preach the gospel and provide opportunities for people to serve in response." "Churches centered on Jesus constantly remind their people how Christ has served and continues to serve them. And this becomes the one, the only, the supreme impetus for serving others." "Our real lives are a daring connection point between God and men for the healing of broken lives and a broken culture." "Regardless of where we, or the people we serve, are in spiritual maturity, we are instruments in the hand of God to see all things reconciled to God ...