Monthly Archives: March 2007

Church Planting publication

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

If you’re a church planter – or a leader of a church that is engaging culture and trying to reach people for Jesus – you need to check out Cutting Edge put out by the Association of Vineyard Churches USA. … Continue reading →

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On Not Knowing What We’re Doing…

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

If you’ve been following my posts over the past year, you’ll know that the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is undergoing a major change initiative. The major impetus for this change – in personal terms – is … Continue reading →

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Why Kidnap British Sailors?

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

You’ve probably all heard about the Iranian kidnapping/capture of 15 British sailors. Why would they do that? Assuming that they’re not just (a) exercising a bad habit of holding hostages as a foreign policy tool, or (B) trying to take … Continue reading →

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Free Creativity

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

At the end of the second service Sunday, while we were singing the last hymn, my wife and Rhett M came up to join me. This is typically the time people come to join the church. Both are already church … Continue reading →

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Assessing Changes in the Texas Annual Conference

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

Bishop Huie, Rick Goodrich, and District Superintendent Jerry Neff led the 2 hour meeting in Longview yesterday. This meeting was mandated last year as a way of assessing the changed in the Conference. You can find a power point version … Continue reading →

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Kids & Families

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Richard Heyduck

The Wall Street Journal tells us it costs from $279,000 to a million dollars to raise a kid nowadays. Reading their article one sees pretty quickly that they’re talking about the rich folks of America. These are the families that … Continue reading →

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