Archive for April, 2008

Survey Results #3

Posted: April 30, 2008 in Vision Church

How many people at Vision do you consider to be friends? None 1 or 2  21% 3 to 5  34% 6 to 10  24% 11 to 14  6% More than 15 15%      Do you have children? Yes, I have children 56% No, I do not have children 44%   How did you learn [...]

Survey results #2

Posted: April 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

How old are you Under 21 13% 21-29 31% 30-39 13% 40-49 7% 50 or older 36%   How far do you drive to church? Less than 10 minutes 21% 10 – 20 minutes  66% More than 20 minutes 13%   How would you describe your Church involvement prior to attending Vision Church? Regularly attended [...]

Here is the link to the chronological bible reading plan that I mentioned yesterday in church.  I got it from Michael Lukasewski who pastors Oak Leaf Church.  Yesterday I preach a message that we called “Wonder Bread” where I talked about the fact that Jesus called himself the “bread of life“  In john chapter one [...]

Survey results #1

Posted: April 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

It is always interesting to see results of surveys and as we are going through the survey results, I will post a few.  For everyone that filled out one on Sunday, thank you so much.  It is great to get feedback and a gauge on the people that are attending Vision Church.  How long have [...]

An eventful 2 weeks

Posted: April 23, 2008 in Uncategorized

The last two weeks have been quite eventful, here is a few highlights: We had a riot on my street.  4 people with machetes, 15+ cop cars, ambulance and fire fighters.  Two people were tasered right in front of my house, and I thought that I lived in a quiet nice neighborhood! We had to call [...]

Do you consider yourself rich? Are you happy with your salary? Do you complain that you need more money? Go to www.globalrichlist.com and enter in your annual salary and see where you rank.   It is amazing to know that if you just make $2,200 /yr. you are in the top 15% in the world.   If [...]

Have you ever considered that you might look too far ahead?  No, don’t get me wrong I am all in favor of planning and scheduling.  What I ask is this “could it be possible that you are missing what’s right at your feet?”  I believe that all too often I miss out on opportunities by [...]

Think about it, how often do you think that you look at a circumstance and you view it as a disadvantage?  How often do we say things like: I guess I can’t do it because….. If I only had…. I need more training…. When I get to this point I can do it.. If I had [...]

Step by Step

Posted: April 8, 2008 in Vision Church

I can remember not having a video screen at church, not enough money to buy a snake, so we had our sound board on the stage, not enough money to pay any salary at all, etc.   I can remember one Sunday, about 2 years ago, when I wanted to show a video and I actually had [...]

Random Thoughts

Posted: April 7, 2008 in Personal, Vision Church

The sound was not good yesterday. We found out after the 2nd service that the school had a choir microphone turned on so we had everything going through 2 sound systems….. The sound should be 100% improved by next Sunday, I promise. The CD of last weeks message has been flying off the shelves; I guess that I [...]